The Cadillac That Embarrassed Rolls-Royce

Ajouté : 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]This is the car that General Motors knew would lose them money and built it anyway. Only 304 [music] examples of this stainless steel air suspended $150,000 rolling laboratory were ever made. Not for profit, not for sales, but to prove to the world that no one, not Lincoln, not Rolls-Royce, [music] not anyone could out Cadillac Cadillac. Meet the 1958 El Dorado Brom, the car that [music] wrote the rule book everyone else still follows. At its heart, a 365 cubic inch V8 breathing through three [music] two-barrel carburetors, 335 horsepower wrapped in the lowest roof line of any car on the road. But forget the engine. [music] This thing had a memory seat, automatic air suspension, doors that locked themselves [music] when you put it in gear and a built-in perfume set in the vanity. This wasn't just the most expensive Cadillac ever built. It was the most advanced car [music] on the planet, and GM made sure everyone knew