1958 cadillac commercial

[whammond511]

People forget or don't know that this was a disastrous year for GM. They had a vary low sales volume as the country was in a recession. This was the year (ok, second year) that GM produced a car that sold for more than a Rolls Royce. Yes they proved that they could build a car as luxurious as the best in the world, but they couldn't make a profit at it.

[whammond511]

This year's sales set the stage for the tremendously downsized cars they brought out in '61 in all of the other divisions. Cadillac eventually brought out cars that looked smaller but were still about the same overall length and width. The "X" frame helped acheive that look.

[TheDiscrazy]

Guy below me fuck off!! ;)

[CarlChipSanders]

gas guzzling under powered environmentally destroying Piece of shit. The prius is faster, more luxurious and good for the environment.

toyota prius > anything made by cadillac

[McNabbulous]

@CarlChipSanders As they said in the movie, The Other Guys, the Prius is a tampon on wheels.

[CarlChipSanders]

@McNabbulous well tampons go inside pussys so...Prius still wins

[outtheunderground]

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[walwal633]

this is america at its finest. I am 29 years old. And can only wish I lived through this era. What a great piece of american history. I am not religious, but I can say that the fifty's cadillac was gods gift to the the world.

[Sejr]

Lol, I love the dramatic brass music, so utterly 50's.

[deeckhardt]

Always BEST in the world!!!

[ThePope07]

they obviously didnt think about people with different height issues. those bench seats are aweful! the tallest person had to drive or he didnt have leg room had someone shorter was driving.

[videoguy604]

A symbol of the downfall of America, fuel guzzling, glittery on the outside, shit on the inside, unsafe at any speed, overstyled, and underengineered.

[voucan128]

@videoguy604 shut up you hippie go drive your prius and unsafe are you kidding me? cars back then were built like tanks

[videoguy604]

@voucan128 Yeah, built like tanks, instead of the superstructure crumbling and absorbing the blow, it put the full force of the squishy human occupants under the mercy of Newton's First Law and let them splatter like bugs.

[AdrianoCROST]

@voucan128 Yeah right, look at the crash tests. Prius is safer than this oversized crap.

[kens97sto171]

@AdrianoCROST

What would you expect with 53 years of engineering advancement. New cars are safer. But you can give it it's due the thing is beautiful and has style that most new cars don't have.

[Freedomquest08]

@AdrianoCROST LMAO your a funny one. Prius's are for Al Gore worshiping hippie freaks that came along too late to own a VW microbus. While owning a Prius is a statement of religious beliefs (Global Warming)...It certainly isn't a real car. The Prius would be little more than a novelty if it weren't for government substies and perks for buying hybrids.

Far as safety goes...This car would flatten you in your Prius like the speed bump it resembles in a head on crash. XD

[wolfzero85]

@videoguy604 lol Obvious troll is obvious

[presidentbren]

See, this is when car commercials were about the car. Not about how the company is truly American or is saving the planet or saving football players from concussions. It was purely about the car itself.

[freethoughtmusic]

Oooooohhhh I WANT one!!!

[craiger1965]

I remember when my mother's 73 Fleetwood Brougham collided with a Dodge K-car. Dented fender on the Caddy, a trip to the junkyard for the K.

[ga1999]

Great cars with the exception of the troublesome air ride suspension. To find one intact in working condition is very rare...

[Coppertop4x4]

My Grandparents in San Francisco had this car. It was Coral Pink

[hippieking]

Fantastic car...so much better looking than the boring 57 model.

[counterclockwise123]

to say they dont build them like they used to would be an understatement almost as gargantuan as the car itself

[Nikolai382]

gew

[Me112233]

Not bad, but look for the '58 Imperial video . . . even sharper.

[bbdln847]

Hmm every car on the road to day looks similar this is plain uneque

[radicalgarbage02]

LOL sometimes reading the comments make you feel like you've entered the wrong neighborhood.

[TheMoviefan1996]

Beautiful car.

[deville49]

oh~...That sweet moment~...

[Rico8458]

Elvis had 25 of these?

[coster993]

Thats beautiful.

[dmorri1982]

too bad cars aren't made like that anymore.:(

[pcimmino]

A true work of art!

[AlJefferson]

The 58 was the pinnacle- no question.

No use wondering who ruled the world in 1958 having a look at that car.

[untouchablewealth]

Cadillac Dream

[sunsin717]

It called american dream

[Dkels219]

Run That Cadillac Head To head Against The Biggest Car Make Foreign Or Domestic Made Today With All The So-Called State Of The Art Safety Features And Watch Who'll Walk Away Without A Scratch While the "Other" Driver Is Either In The Hospital Or In The Morgue.

[nismoz31turbo]

@Dkels219

lol the new car would be totaled. The driver of the lac would easily be killed though. The steering column and steering wheel on the cadillac would do serious damage to the driver, and the passenger would hit their face on a solid ass dash that is not going to give, and would crack open your head. The glass on old schools breaks in big chunks and would also be a hazard. Old schools are tough cars, but they are not safe.

[retrojoet]

@nismoz31turbo I totally agree with you about the hazards of the real old cars, but I would like to tell you about the accident in my town a few years back. An elderly lady was driving her triple-black 73 Fleetwood Brougham when some fool on his cell phone hit her head-on with his Lincoln. The Lincoln was demolished and the man was out cold on a stretcher, while the Caddy had a broken headlight and bent-upwards bumper. The old lady was unharmed and said "oh, my, so much for crumple zones!"

[txmcxlx]

There isn't a single car from the 1950's that was any good.

They were all junk.

[classicautofan1]

@txmcxlx GO ROT IN HELL YOU STUPID RICE GRINDER KID!

[txmcxlx]

@classicautofan1 You're an idiot. Whenever I see somebody driving an old piece of junk from the 1950's I think to myself .... Get with it.

[txmcxlx]

@classicautofan1 You're an idiot. Whenever I see somebody driving an old piece of junk from the 1950's I think to myself .... Get with it.

[happystuff1]

i just shed a tear

[cayetanohawaii]

That car is absolutely gorgeous. Too bad they stopped making them like that.

[lasuvidaboy]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder BUT the vast majority of car collectors (and 1957 buyers) prefer the 1957 GM line-up (cadillac included) over the bloated '58s. The 57s were far cleaner styled and command far higher prices in the collector market than the overchromed overweight '58s.

[johnnyohness]

This is so true. If you looked at the Caddy straight on from the front you could see 58 Chevy, 58 Pontiac. The 57 was far more individual in styling. Much cleaner lines. Less was more as we look back on those years.

[lasuvidaboy]

The 58s were so bloated. The 1957s were far better looking in my opinion:)

[TheReformed1]

Have to disagree. I think most 58's were way better looking than the 57's, Beautiful car buddy!

[Kimo90210]

The 1957 is far better ..I agree with you

[QuebecCentral]

Nice car ! !

[thevas909]

whats the music from this

[70Kenny]

Ah, what a truly sexy design. Everyone talks about the '59 Caddy's because of the high fins, but I think 1957 and 1958 were the zenith of Cadillac in the '50's.

[bwsescal]

Cimarron..someone mentioned?

I have a 1986 Cimarron sitting in the driveway...it needs a motor ( take it off my hands).

I bought it 9 years ago for $550.00 and I drove it for seven years...it has a 2.8 litre 6 cyl. motor.

I loved that car!

I drive a '92 Sedan De Ville now...it is gorgeous and looks new inside and out !

[MrLAWolf2010]

cars like in a candy shop how sweet

[wyecee]

You can't even count on "first best" nowadays. What material is these newer cars anyway? Not with steel bumpers.

[ilililhy]

paint it pink ,find a beautiful woman to share the back seat with at the drive in , and what more could a guy ask for in life?

[Inmate527]

What am ugly ass car.

[Hyperpants739]

Cadillac has ALWAYS made great cars/suv

[She11y]

How about the Cimarron?

[fluffydolly]

great caddy

[bwsescal]

I got drunk and smashed a Cadillac by age four! ( I stopped drinking pretty much by age five ).

Actually unrelated events. I sipped the remaining liquid from the glasses after a party one morning.

On another morning in 1964 age 4 I was playing in a family friend's 1958 Caddy convertible. I shifted the gear. . ..rolled into a tree which saved me from the steep Hill!.

I've Loved Cadillacs my whole life.

I'm on my 11th used one.

[lrd9999]

My neighbor's kid across the street did that to a '67 convertible Deville. They had no lock on the shifter until '69. Funny thing is that my '86 Doge Lancer, with a floor shifter, had no lock either. The same thing could have happened to that car. I think it's mandatory now.

[lasuvidaboy]

The 1957s were beautiful but the '58s were so beefy and heavy looking in comparison. The next beautiful Cadillac was the great looking 1961 models in my humble opinion:)

[packard400]

I'm a Packard guy myself, so Cadillacs don't hold anything special for me.....BUT by 58 there were no more Packards, and that Sixty Special 4 dr hardtop with that big ass piece of chrome from the rear door to the back bumper looks mighty sweet!!!! Packard should have done as well!

[usa1america]

Fuck Jap and Korean cars!

American Pride!

White Power!!

[eskercurve]

* sigh *  Why do you have to ruin a perfectly nostalgic commercial with your racist ranting?

[BorisSs7]

hahaha yeah man!

[pannoni1]

I agree, except that "White Power" is not valid.

[spitfire2002]

Wow! look at the fins and chrome!

[retrojoet]

Those were truly the "standard of the world". My mom used to work for GM. She remembers that the parts were treated differently than the other divisions - even so far as to wrap each door handle in acid-free tissue paper and pack in individual boxes with the Cadillac crest. She was "hired" as "model" each year to put on a full-length fur coat and sit down - wiggle around on "test seats" that had new fabrics on them, in order to make sure that the fabric didn't damage expensive fur coats!

[foxyroxstar]

It's MY Birthday!.. Not meaning anything by it but I'll beleive your mom sorta Sexy looking back in the day too!..(aka'E.T.Y.!)-er, oui!

[retrojoet]

Happy B-day! I wasn't around back in those GM years of hers, but she was "discovered" at one of those fur coats "rollarounds" and was quite successful as a fashion/product model until she decided she had more fun being a full-time wife and mother.

[foxyroxstar]

I loved the Drive In movie theaters back in the day, though very young...open air..Summer!...you could have a cooler I guess en not really care!..AP?WP?Nahh.PEACE!

[puppetmaster983]

@retrojoet Didn't those coats stick to the material of 59's at first? I know they solved it, just curious.

[retrojoet]

@puppetmaster983 According to my mom, those problems with the seat materials started in the early-to-mid 50's, when they first started using a new generation of open-weave fabrics. Apparently, the weave "opened" when you sat on it and as soon as you moved, the weave "closed" on clothing fibers and furs and pulled the stuff out.

[matty007007]

@retrojoet

Wouldn't get that now would you, testing the fabric to see if it doesn't damage your trackies!

People dress horribly these days.

[josny1]

Now THAT'S A CAR!!!! Wow!

[HZHQVK]

fukn gud cars i jst bought a 59 coup deville

[chicorompecabesa]

wow, classic.

[jmar1973]

Now there is a true classic...They do NOT make them like that anymore!

Thanks for posting!

[JTPolo101]

there is a classic car dealer around here that has one of these in their showroom window. A black and silver hardtop. Absolutely gorgeous. They don't make em like that anymore. Sure wish they did.

[chuckycheese22]

"Low & Wide....That's the Cadillac Ride." This is so cool to see! Thanks!

[newickedrummer]

its too bad no one in america gives a shit what their car looks like anymore. what a beautiful boat!

[ianater900]

thats an old car!

[sneyder69]

Most of the Japanese cars are borring to see, compere to the American cars...

[She11y]

Cadillac isn't the standard of the world like it used to be in the old days. Cadillac needs to realize that Luxury isn't just about bling. It isn't just about adding a cool chrome side vent. It's about an image, perception, paying attention to the smallest details, and offering the complete premium experience.

It took Lexus 10 years to go from nothing to market leadership. No image. No product. No dealerships. No nothing.

Cadillac needs to go forward.

[guitardavid79]

Lexus???.....Oh yeah, loaded Honda's.

[volvo23t]

Lexus is actually loaded Toyotas, Acura is loaded Hondas.

[sctpoch]

Yup yup - and Infiniti is Nissan's luxury marque. Interestingly enough, they don't sell Lexuses or Acuras in Japan, just really nice Toyotas and Hondas. Those two brands were created solely to get around import quotas placed on foreign-manufactured cars.

[lasuvidaboy]

Cadillac in the 1950 and 60s were true luxury cars. Mercedes and even Rolls Royce did'nt even offer power windows, seats, vent windows, decent A/C etc. etc. until years later. Those quality of those 1950s and 60s Caddies were incredible and the 1957 Eldorado Brougham was more expensive than a Rolls-Royce of the day.

[RockRollisHere2Stay]

I do have one of these - this Sixty Special that is shown in the beginning. I have owned it for twenty years and will own also next twenty, at least :-) Great car indeed!

[dave98503]

piece of chrome junk.

[Fai27]

troll

[texan176]

Change the laws and build them like that again. Lexus, Mercedes, and BMW would be crushed in the US. Chrome, horsepower, size, and jaw dropping looks will never be beaten by plastic jelly beans with in dash navigation.

[BlixerWixer]

Americas cars are the biggest bullshit on wheels, I´ve ever seen. America has much overslept today.

lol

[texan176]

Since the 1970s I agree but prior to that American cars were world class. Cadillacs built in the 50s were rolling art. Now they just try to build a better Lexus and FAIL.

[BlixerWixer]

What do you want with Lexus or Infiniti?

These are only german plagiats of Mercedes and BMW. Look at Japan, nothing as rolling plagiats of german cars. The Japanese have no own ideas. So, I prefer on this way better a american car as such Japan crap!

[texan176]

Japan builds reliable and affordable cars. German cars (made in Germany or the US) that are good price too high for average people. German cars for average people (Volkswagens built in Mexico) are inferior to Japanese cars (built in the US).

BMW and Mercedes have been hurting since Lexus came on the market in the US. In fact, BMW is laying off 5000 workers this year due to sales declines (due to a soft economy really)...but Toyota manages to grow even these days.

[Individuell83]

the cost/performance ratio of american cars is MUCH better than the german.

you maybe think if you buy a german car you have quality, but if you take a look of the mercedes gaspump there´s a little sign where is written "made in china" you don´t bay for german car the quality you pay for the name and for nothin other. Maybe it´s good that some german cars need not so much gas per 100km but plastic and fabric seats is no quality!

So I live in germany and know german cars.

Amaricans are better!

[texan176]

This is true. Mercedes has been using Chinese built electric motors on their cars since the early 00s. The Mercedes cars made from the 50s to the early 80s were rock solid.

[Individuell83]

yes but german cars had never and I think will never have this high american stanrds like leather seats, automatical clima system, electric mirrors, 4 electrical window opener, automatic drive, sorround system o CD changer.

You have ever to pay for everything extra

[texan176]

American cars since the 70s have been designed to self destruct after a new years on the road. They do have more features but they don't last. This is okay if you just lease a new car every few years but a major problem if you buy a car and keep it more than 5 years.

Resale value is also horrible on American cars. Cadillac DTS is around $50K new but it drops to the mid 20s just 3 years from new. Mercedes and BMW fetch more as used cars.

[Individuell83]

I never said that german cars are bad

but the cost/performance ratio is horrible for this activity

[MNBluestater]

that car on the turntable looks like a model. LOL

[bobanddoug96]

wow

[LexusAds]

It's funny... as far as eye candy no one makes anything close to this these days. I feel like we're still slowly working our way out of a design depression.

The CTS is probably one of the most visually interesting cars, and even that can't compare. The interior design is phenomenal. But when it comes to exteriors, not even Cadillac is brave enough to use such elaborate designs.

[sneyder69]

I wish that kinde disign would come back, its more luxery that it is today

[keyofdavid88]

:21-:27 - one of the most gorgeous cars I've seen.

[BEEGER1]

Man, the USA sure could build cars back then...

[lmccmna6]

Lets see if they can use some good old american ingenuity to manufacture cars that are not oil dependant but still effective for travel, luxery and conveinence.

[TheLizardKing1967]

@BEEGER1 . Cadilliac still makes great cars. Where are you from. Bum Fuck Egypt. LAMO

[BEEGER1]

@TheLizardKing1967 I TRADE YOU TWO CAMELS FOR DAUGHTER...NO, THREE CAMELS! Dipshit...

[counterclockwise123]

@TheLizardKing1967 the Cadillacs of the past 20 years do not compare to the pre-1990 cadillacs. the one exception is the last Fleetwood which was built until 1996

[DeLorean4]

@TheLizardKing1967 SAAB still makes good Cadillacs.

[dvogel1983]

@BEEGER1 Still do, can you afford a brand new Cadillac if not, you dont know a think about how they are build today :).

[moobyprick]

ahhh a real American car, sex on wheels

[PJB567]

I wish I was forty in 58' I would be buying one of those beauties right now! Great commercial.

[danfoulk]

I wonder what happened to all those turntables they put the cars on...

[DNsum]

this is what a cadillac is.  they should still make the commercials like this.

[DemonicWolfie]

Omfg. That was one of the most gorgeous things I've seen.

[cadillacdreams01]

Nothing compares to a Cadillac.

[boss12]

Wats the best thing about Cadillacs??? They never go outta style

[fluffydoll3]

I remember these cars from when I was a small child. They had metal dashboards in those days, unlike our padded vinyl/leather ones nowadays. There were no seatbelts. They only had AM radios. I don't remember airconditioners at all--you opened the windows--LOL!

[smirnofowner]

I have actually owned a 1958 Fleetwood, it had padded dash, aircon, auto seek radio, power windows, power seat, power trunk, power brakes, auto dimmer for the headlights, foglights, airride, power steering, 4 speed auto trans, 364cuin v8, a piece of art.

I have a -61 convertible now.

[lcw288]

i want one but i dont think i can park this into my garage.....

[momojew]

The commerical still works. I'll have mine in sky blue with a two-tone blue/black cloth interior, please. And if it's not too much trouble, make it a pillar-less center-opening door Eldorado with tinted wrap-around windshied and extra chrome. Can I get seat belts with that?

[texan176]

Cadillac & Lincoln were world leaders in technology and design until the 70s when Detroit decided to line the pockets of the executives and sent quality into the toilet.

I owned a Buick and Cadillac in the 80s and 90s. NEVER again. But I would buy a vintage model as seen in the video.

[cadillacdreams01]

The 70's 80's and 90's are over...time to take another look.

[indiodeoro]

I found a 57 and a 59 Fletwood 75 limousines resting in the Texas desert 10 years ago. When I decided to save them, both was totally stripped and destroyed. :(

[DerAdventurer]

OmG!

Camera man had to step 5 miles away to film the whole car!!!!!

Simply stunning! Thanks for sharing it1

[GenericGene]

Now that is an amazing car.

[LJFLA]

They sure don`t make them like that any-more!

[IluvSixtiesPontiacs]

I used to know a guy who had a '58 Fleetwood Sixty Special. I drove it once and I could not beleive what it was like! I had a '73 Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance at the time and that '58 seemed even roomier and more comfortable than my '73! It really is a shame they cannot make cars like that anymore.

[sme4thorens]

It's called an Escalade, and people who drive them lease them because they can't afford them............

[CadillacDvlConcours]

I must say, Cadillac is better than every Japanese car maker combined. All Japanese cars are plastic toys when compared with the solid steel of a Cadillac. I am forever a true American automobile buyer thanks to them.

[retrodimension]

i love that kind of cars wow i want one too!!!

[supremes1964]

I want one!

[supremes1964]

Nowadays! you can't tell whats new for the year! Backthen, it was exciting looking foward on future car model. Rememeber, when the tail-lights had the last digits year of make? Now, its no big deal .....they all look the same.

[slashmaster2]

So you mean looking forward to the new cars back then is like looking forward to the new roomba's now?

[supremes1964]

I dont look forward to next years models. Today cookie-cutter cars are the pits.

[quirpco]

An awesome commercial for one the most beautiful cars ever made...but why didn't they list the MPG rating? (just kidding)

[Isleman1]

Great!...thanks for the look.....

[supremes1964]

WOW I WANT ONE............WHAT A CAR!

[Funkgun]

lol, love the commercial. Brilliantly new!

[UCFCamaroSS]

this is why America is the best country on earth

[smirnofowner]

I use to have one, black fleetwood -58, like riding on air........me and my family towed a caravan i the summers here in Swededen, loved it.

[supremes1964]

how much did it cost back then!

[brunettechocha]

A Chevrolet new was around $2,000. This Cadillac was probably around $4,000; the equal of $40,000 these days. These cars were full of power, beauty, presence, & character, like no others in the world. It all started to slowly decay in the 80s. I see Cadillacs today... just meaningless, sad. I am optimistic of the future though.

[1947Desoto]

American cars of the late 70's through early 00's are a great disopointment. I agree with you about the future, maybe the American companies will wise up to the Japanese way of building cars. I just hope that fins, white walls, and two-tone paint come back.

[TheArithmetic]

I think your statement that American cars are a disappointment in comparison to the Japanese is ill informed. Buick recently tied Lexus for the J.D. Power award for dependability and Cadillac, Mercury and Honda were the other brands in the "Top 5." American cars are making a great comeback and GM is in the lead!

[1947Desoto]

I see where you're comming from. Notice in my responce I said early 00's 2000-2004. Recently 2004-2007 the American cars like Cadillac, Buick and Mercury has made a great comeback, both in styling and fuel efficency.

[momojew]

$3,500 would get you a nice comfy sedan with most options except air conditioning. AC would set you back almost another grand. The highbeam light sentry (automatically changed headlamps from high to dim at night for oncoming cars) was usually the first option to quit working.

[walwal633]

AMEN!!

[DerAdventurer]

I sign right over the words you've said. I love my country and as a traveller, I've met alot of adorable places in the world, however there's nothing like America. But not the current, full of problems and hate, and fights and sick people. America from those days. The true America, which unfortunately became History. Cadillac rocks!