{"id":8128,"date":"2010-05-22T06:35:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T12:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=8128"},"modified":"2010-05-22T06:38:11","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T12:38:11","slug":"cadillac-cts-coupe-modern-cadillac-eldorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-cts-coupe-modern-cadillac-eldorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac CTS Coupe &#8212; Modern Cadillac Eldorado?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From 1953 through 2002 the Cadillac Eldorado was the premier 2-door Cadillac.\u00a0 A 2-Door 4-passenger luxury car is truly a personal luxury car and strikes an additional chord with some Owners.\u00a0 Some like the more sporty styling of a 2-door automobile, a Coupe.\u00a0 It also suggests that although a full size\u00a0 luxury car, the automobile is only used for the Driver &amp; Passenger most times &#8212; so only 2 doors are needed.<\/p>\n<p>What some don&#8217;t realize is that these Cadillacs had it going on under the hood &#8212; power and speed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8130\" style=\"width: 1033px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1953_Cadillac_Eldorado.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8130\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8130\" title=\"1953 Cadillac Eldorado\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1953_Cadillac_Eldorado-e1274530179680-1023x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1953_Cadillac_Eldorado-e1274530179680-1023x416.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1953_Cadillac_Eldorado-e1274530179680-499x203.jpg 499w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1953_Cadillac_Eldorado-e1274530179680.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1953 Cadillac Eldorado<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eldorado.  El Dorado:\u00a0 A fabled City filled with Gold.\u00a0 Literally, the Gilded (place).\u00a0 The 1953 Cadillac Eldorado was the ultimate luxury and performance car of its day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8134\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1959CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8134\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8134\" title=\"1959 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1959CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530580557-1024x319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1959CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530580557-1024x319.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1959CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530580557-500x156.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1959CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530580557.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1959 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Long, low, with a tail fin that rose majestically behind, like the exhaust of a jet plane or a rocket.  The Eldorado line continued to exude personal luxury.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8138\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1976CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8138\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8138\" title=\"1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1976CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530739613-1024x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1976CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530739613-1024x328.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1976CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530739613-500x160.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/1976CadillacEldoradoConv.jp_-e1274530739613.jpg 1715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An 8.1L engine, a convertible top, and a football field worth of hood line.  The 1976 Cadillac Eldorado made a statement; had a presence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8139\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/X2CA_EL02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8139\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8139\" title=\"2002 Cadillac Eldorado ETC\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/X2CA_EL02-e1274530839804-1024x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/X2CA_EL02-e1274530839804-1024x419.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/X2CA_EL02-e1274530839804-500x204.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2002 Cadillac Eldorado ETC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2002 Cadillac completed production of the Eldorado.\u00a0 With the Cadillac CTS on the way for 2003 the line moved to rear-wheel drive, and continued the transition to 3-letter names begun in the 90s.<\/p>\n<p>The XLR appeared in 2004 but like the Allante  as a 2-seater was really a different car and a different spirit from the Eldorado line.<\/p>\n<p>And now, enter the Cadillac CTS Coupe &#8212; the modern, elegant, efficient inheritor of the Eldorado lineage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2486\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/X11CA_CT004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2486\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2486\" title=\"Cadillac today unveiled the 2011 CTS Coupe, the latest and most\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/X11CA_CT004-e1274531043610-1024x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/X11CA_CT004-e1274531043610-1024x477.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/X11CA_CT004-e1274531043610-500x233.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I would like to see a Cadillac CTS Coupe Eldorado Edition &#8212; perhaps as a Dealer installed option &#8212; with specific performance and styling touches &amp; appropriate emblems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 1953 through 2002 the Cadillac Eldorado was the premier 2-door Cadillac.\u00a0 A 2-Door 4-passenger luxury car is truly a personal luxury car and strikes an additional chord with some Owners.\u00a0 Some like the more sporty styling of a 2-door &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-cts-coupe-modern-cadillac-eldorado\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,253,6],"tags":[552,631],"class_list":["post-8128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cts-coupe-cadillac-models","category-eldorado-cadillac-models","category-site-info-news","tag-cadillac-cts-coupe","tag-cadillac-eldorado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8128"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8157,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128\/revisions\/8157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}