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Past Gas

S1 Ep258: Cadillac Pt. II: From Tailfins to Track Monsters

Past Gas

Donut Media

Leisure, Comedy, History, Automotive

4.97.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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This week, we wrap up our deep dive into the history of Cadillac. From the tailfins of the 50’s to the Land Yachts of the 70’s, all the way to the Le Mans winning prototypes of today. How did we get here? And what does the future of Cadillac look like?

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0:00.0

This week on past gas we're talking about Cadillac part two. This is not the good years we're talking about.

0:06.4

We are talking about Hailfins too nowadays. So there are a bunch of different eras, the land yacht era of the 70s, the crazy long ones, and then

0:14.9

there's some years where they don't really hit the mark and then they find their stride again,

0:19.2

but it's with an unusual car that they don't usually make. What is that car? We'll find out this week

0:25.0

on Cadillac Part 2. Let's get into it. During the first three quarters of the

0:30.4

20th century Cadillac was the luxury vehicle of choice for presidents and movie stars.

0:36.0

These landyots were celebrated in pop songs by iconic artists like Aretha Franklin,

0:41.3

Bruce Springsteen, and the Clash.

0:43.6

But by the mid-90s, Cadillac was in a sad state.

0:47.3

Cars had lost half their market share, and it wasn't even clear whether General Motors

0:51.1

should continue making it. Today I'm past Gas, what force has nearly killed America's premiere

0:56.0

Auto Markie?

0:58.0

How did it bounce back?

0:59.0

And what does the future hold for Caddies and their daddy?

1:02.0

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1:17.0

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