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...those who think Ford's Continental is too cheap for their taste, General Motors last week rolled out Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham, the most expensive of all U.S. production cars. Price: $13,074, not including transportation charges (about $160 extra), state and local taxes, compared to $9,891 for the Continental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: For the Finicky | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...first-month anniversary, Gene gave me diamond earrings. The next month, a gold bracelet and a solid gold carryall. Third month, a race horse. Fourth, a five-carat diamond ring. Next, a diamond bracelet from Tiffany's. The sixth-month anniversary, there was a blue Cadillac Eldorado waiting outside the door." Later "anniversary" loot: fancy apartments in Manhattan and Venezuela, mink, more diamonds. Sighed Terry: "Gene made me give all my own jewelry to my mother because he wants everything I have to come from him! I'm so happy-that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 28, 1957 | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...trucks and buses, plus scores of sequined nymphs to decorate them, and a half-hour musical review (title: America on the Move) that ran six times a day. Among the show stoppers: the high-priced cars that will go into limited production this year-Cadillac's $12,500 Eldorado Brougham (output restricted to 1,000 the first year), Pontiac's convertible Bonneville Special (only 2,000, and for dealer use only), Ford's retractable hardtop convertible (about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Big Road Show | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

...LUXURY AUTOS are being unveiled at Manhattan's National Auto Show this week. Among them: Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham (price: about $12,000, with production held to 1,000 a year); Pontiac's Bonneville sports convertible with fuel injection (production limited to 2,000 in first year); Nash's Rambler Rebel, due this spring, has 255 h.p., optional fuel injection; Mercury's $3,500 Turnpike Cruiser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Dec. 10, 1956 | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

...Cadillac will look much like last year's $8,500 Eldorado special model. Grilles are lower and wider-looking; the traditional Caddy taillight fin has been replaced by a thinner, all-metal fin jutting above a cluster of taillights set down near the bumper; and the body has been dropped to reduce overall height another 3 in. to 59 in. on the 60 Special and 62 Sedan. Power: up 15 h.p. to 300 h.p. in the standard engine, up 40 h.p. to 325 h.p. in the special V-8 installed as optional equipment in 1957 Eldorado models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Show Stoppers | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

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