Arnold Palmer Cadillac 1974 Commercial

[PunkbeerandCortinas]

Comfort and style. Two things a modern car is yet to give me.

[70sman4ever]

Long live the 70s man!! Better cars, better clothes, music, everything was better, but I keep it aloive. I own a 1975 Cadillac ElDorado Coupe and I dress 70s, bellbottoms and platform shoes. You dig it?

[wyecee]

Cadillacs are just a bad mix with today's gas prices. Sucks driving tuna cans you can't stand just to improvise budgets. If it wasn't for that it'd be no problem. America has presented its stupidity over the past 4 years.

[themamagoatshow]

did this one have the 427??

[davshaw5]

What a land yacht!

[FusionEntertainment]

I went into a cadillac dealer and told them arnold palmer told me to buy a car.....they all stared at me.

[PittsburghMarky]

@FusionEntertainment I take it you didn't go to Arnold Palmer Cadilliac in Latrobe, then?

[Necroman666]

pretty convencing. straight and pure.

[UFCextra]

Really though, getting around in comfort AND style. For Me, Cadillac is the #1 Luxury car

[lasuvidaboy]

Great looking car and in my opinion better looking than the 1975 version which just looked to massive. Caddys were'nt the same after GM's full-sized 1971 re-tooling. Those cars were heavier and apparently more complicated to build than the 'tighter' models they replaced. Also the quality/fit and finish went downhill in 1971 w/the changeover. A 1969-70 Cadillac had much better build quality than the 1971-76 models.

[MARLONLOVESMETALLICA]

Have you guys tried his drinks The "Arnold Palmer" or iced tea lemonade

[sweetwater88]

Land yacht.

[crazeenydriver]

wow. that car is worth serious coin today. I mean as long as its clean, and w/o the rot on the quaterpanels

[johnnyohness]

I was selling these cars in 74.& 75. There was a bug change from 71 72 or 73. This new series was the biggest piece of junk I had ever seen. Those of us selling them were embarrassed. Just look at the front styling. Compared to years before they looked like trucks. Sedan D Ville came with so many windows it looked like a Am Track scenic cruiser . It was clunky

and unrefined. Eventually the plastic molding

around the tail lights rotted off. They were a total POS Same for 75.

[jmkpns]

I like the 1969- 1970 front look, but they should have had a hood ornament.

[wyecee]

I wish this commercial would air today to show you REAL Cadillacs compared to "What's this supposed to be?" of today's models.

[ThePretzelHead]

I like the way that instrument panel feels in an accident.

[NerdyCanadian]

Holy shit, the land yachts they sold the year I was born. I wonder what the MPG that sucker got.

[tdvandy2]

Typically, about 14 MPG city and maybe 17 highway.

[quirpco]

Whoa, that's generous! Try 8 and 12.

[benids]

did he say front wheel drive?? What a surprise for 1974

[quirpco]

Not really. Eldorados had FWD since '67. Olds Toronados since '66.

[cadrolls1]

Front wheel drive was available on the "63" Buick Riviera.

[nordenfan]

@cadrolls1

Where were you? The 1963 Riviera was Rear-m Drive. The First Front Drive Riviera was the 1979!

[TheLizardKing1967]

1975 had the better looking rectangular headlights.

[Illousion1]

Them Eldorado's are very attractive.

[saturnday]

Arnold Palmer must really believe in the Caddy.

He has owned a couple of Cadillac Dealerships in North Carolina for years.

[64mung]

He owns one in Latrobe PA also, it's about one mile from his house.

[1967PmdGto]

AH YES. 500 cubes and 800cfm from a 4bbl with back barrels large enough to swallow your fist! I miss these cars bad enough that just maybe we need to go to war for oil with mid-east if they antagonize us enough----so we could build/drive beautiful cars like these again, LOL! I'd love to see todays fuel/ign technology on this 500CID beast!

[TidewaterHippie1969]

HAH!!

you want to see the most beautiful car ever??

for the exterior : 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car Collectors Series

for the interior: 1977 Lincoln Continental Town Car............

Cadillac is nice, but they got nothing on these 2.

[sme4thorens]

You are sooo right, Lincoln's had a much better interior than Cadillac, but the 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood tailsman had a great interior, I used to have a 1974 olds 98 regencey and that was also a great interior, loose pillow look, very comfortable, it was all black, seats 7........

[cadrolls1]

Lincoln never had a leather interior that came up to Cadillac's comfort.

[cadrolls1]

Lincoln never had the sleekness of the Cadillac. It never had anything that rivaled the Fleetwood Brougham either. Cadillac offered more interior room and those carpeted foot rests...mmmmm. When it came to rear seat comfort, Cadillac took second place to no one. The Fleetwood also had the self leveling rear suspension. Lincoln may have had an edge in terms of riding comfort in the city, but the highway belonged to the KING: CADILLAC!

[coldplays179]

i thought lincolns had the edge in engine performance as well..the 460vs500?

[coldplays179]

the interiors on those cars are exactly the same except for the dash......

the best was the 1974-1977 lincoln "versailles" interior option

[jojo911buster]

I love the cadillac 1973

[She11y]

Hideous? That's one of the most beautiful cars eva! And I'm not kidding. This and the 1975 - 78 Eldorado are just gorgeous.

[TK572]

The only thing I dont like is the front wheel drive.

[catmckay]

i love how they talk about the dash, its so simple...by the way bench seat is standard

[cadrolls1]

I believe that Cadillac should have kept the original dash design. It was flawless.

[armeniantilidie]

dis car sucks

[tstilll]

"but...FOR ME!"...for the umpteenth time LOL

 pretty stiff.

[quirpco]

LOL...you caught on to that "but FOR ME" thing too! I guess it's all about HIM isn't it?

[WALRU11]

All about him - as it should have been. When golf's "king" spoke, millions followed. Ever hear about "Arnie's Army?" Cadillac was delighted to have Palmer say "for me."  That meant for millions of others as well. This showman cleared the showrooms for them. Long live "the king!"

[bagzie]

I had one of those cars about 10 years ago. However, the big design flaw was the front-wheel drive format that caused problems. The car weighed 2 tonnes and all the weight at the front meant frequent front-end repairs. Front-wheel drive on a little car is fine, but on a 2 ton caddie it sucks. The reason they did it, I think, is to provide more room inside, as a traditional rear-drive car means a great big hump going down the centre of the vehicle to accommodate the drive shaft.

[drdelfi]

That car is hideous. A real tuna boat!

[ftyjhghjk]

You have no taste. Try driving one, then you'll change your tune.

[bfaulguy]

Yup, welcome to the global economy, where everything is made to be sold to everybody else, buy someone else. Many of GM's cars today are on some foreign platform.

[queensplazasouth]

Foreign platform... partially true. GM shares platforms globally with Opel (Germany), Holden (Australia), and GM Daewoo (Korea, only the Chevrolet Aveo).

This isn't a bad thing, nor is it anything new.

The Chevette was an Opel platform even the J-Body (Cavalier) was shared with Opel during the 80s.

[Stezzer]

I wish America still made cars like this. Now they all look pretty boring like ours.

[OLDS98]

WOW!! Thank you!! I enjoyed looking at this Cadillac commercial from the 1970's. I added this to my favorites. It is sad in a away because they do not make Cadillacs like that anymore or the Eldorado.

[hisairness2340]

Aaaaawesoooome