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    1979 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine

    Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Cadillacs sold pretty well, even after most of a decade of Malaise-y gas prices and general sense of diminished expectations, so you could still buy a great big angular slab of rear-wheel-drive Fleetwood as late as 1984. Here we've got a raggedy '79 Fleetwood that's been sitting on a major commercial strip for a couple of weeks now.
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    8:00 AM on Fri Nov 21 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    2,284 views, 58 comments

    Most discussed Battles: I may have imagined this... Is there a James Bond film where a poisoned dart (or something similar) is fired from more »

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    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Wizard Of Oz Tin Man's '69 Cadillac For More Than $9600?

    There's no end to the Nice Price Or Crack Pipe choices here, even after 57% of voters went with "Nice Price" on the $4,500 Twin Stick Turbo Colt Bumper Car yesterday. Today we're going to explore the value of fame in a car, in this case a '69 Cadillac Fleetwood- a cool machine in its own right- that was once owned by Jack Haley, the man who played the Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz. The last time it went up on eBay, the $9,600 top bid failed to meet the reserve, so it's apparent that the seller feels the Tin Man connection to be an extremely valuable one. That's apparent in his selection of photographs; when the car itself isn't as important as its intangibles, you shoot the photos with the sun behind the car and your family posed in front of it, throwing in a single shot of the hood emblem for good measure. Well, what do you think? Cool car, interesting past… but worth over $9,600?


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    8:30 AM on Fri Nov 14 2008
    By Murilee Martin
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    Most discussed jbownsabmw but still wants GM to survive: Ok, I'd hit that. His wife, and maybe Dorothy, that is. more »

  • presidential limo

    Obama To Get New, Giant Truck-Based Cadillac Presidential Limo

    With a new president set to take the office, GM is working on a new version of "Cadillac One" for President-Elect Barack Obama — and it's a monster. According to our sources, the new President's state car may look like a stretched Cadillac DTS but is actually based on the GMC Topkick medium-duty truck platform underpinning Ironhide from Transformers. But instead of turning into an alien fighting machine, the Cadillac transforms into a portable bunker likely equipped with five-inch thick glass, cellphone-jamming equipment and blast-proof ceramics. Of course, this is all speculation as the Secret Service won't let anyone know the details of the system. More »

    12:30 PM on Mon Nov 10 2008
    By Matt Hardigree
    25,272 views, 173 comments

    Most discussed The Name's Ash78, Housewares: more »

  • novelties

    Secret GM-Ferrari Merger Confirmed By NYC Street Spotting

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    1969 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Convertible

    Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. After 366 vehicles in this series, the most numerous one is the 1969 Cadillac, which passes the 1969 Beetle today with the fourth example (1969 also being the most common year for DOTS cars). 1973 was the high-water mark for American Cadillac sales, with 1969 actually being considered a "down" sales year for the marque, but for whatever reason we haven't yet seen a '73 in this series.
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    9:00 AM on Thu Oct 16 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    1,816 views, 45 comments

    Most discussed wannabewannabe: Murilee, I'm pretty sure this is a 70 Caddy convertible. The 69 had wraparound taillights and no badges on more »

  • cadillac cts

    Report: Cadillac May Offer CTS With Turbodiesel V8

    Rumors are starting to spread of GM considering fitting the new Duramax 4.5-liter turbo diesel V8 in the Cadillac CTS. That would mean an oil-burnin' sedan with a possible 310 HP and at least 520 lb-ft of torque. Think of it as a sort of mid-performance model slotted between the standard 304 HP CTS and the top-spec 556 HP 2009 CTS-V...but with good fuel economy. That's right, not only does the Duramax mill meet new emissions regulations but it's 50-state-legal and it'll also return an estimated 20-25% better fuel economy than a comparable gasoline-powered V8. That efficiency combined with the pavement-melting torque could make for perhaps the best all-around American car ever made.

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    12:00 PM on Wed Oct 15 2008
    By Mark Arnold
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    Most discussed Mad_Science: Pretty much everyone here would agree this is awesome. From a technical standpoint, I'm pretty doubtful. The size and weight of an more »

  • top gear

    Clarkson Decides Not All American Cars Are Rubbish, Would Take Cadillac CTS-V Over BMW M5

    We had some outrage from the readers when that Jeremy Clarkson fella (who recently crashed and is not at all dead) from across the water done made the Chrysler Sebring convertible one of them- whaddya call it- metaphors for the entire United States and dissed 'em both. Well, you disgruntled types can go ahead and regruntle yourselves, because now The Stig is shopping for a 4-door saloon and Clarkson thinks the Cadillac CTS-V looks like a helluva lot better deal than the BMW M5. His logic goes something like this: 1) The Cad is £19,000 cheaper than the M5, 2) The CTS-V is faster around the Nürburgring, and 3) The Stig won't worry about the insatiable thirst of the CTS-V, because he saved so much money buying it in the first place.

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    10:00 AM on Mon Oct 13 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    4,346 views, 55 comments

    Most discussed weatherman: The British have an inferiority complex that colors their view of everything American, which stems no doubt from having their more »

  • russia

    Old Detroit Iron Languishes In Russian Gulag

    When you try to import an old American car into Russia, you'd better meet the deadline for paying the import tax… or there'll be a knock on your door in the dead of night and the car will end up in this Moscow impound yard. What could be worse, you ask? For some good examples, we suggest Russian literature, such as f'rexample Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward, the protagonist of which suffers from cancer and a broken heart… in the gulag. Thanks to K5ING and SOS10 for the tip!


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    4:00 PM on Thu Oct 9 2008
    By Murilee Martin
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    Most discussed Mike the Dog: I truly <3 that '63 Galaxie cop car... more »

  • top gear

    Top Gear UK Hits Bonneville Salt Flats With Corvette ZR1, Challenger SRT8, Cadillac CTS-V and... Baseball Caps?

    After seeing Top Gear UK boys hitting the streets of Reno in a Cadillac CTS-V, Dodge Challenger SRT8 and Corvette ZR1, we now know where they were headed — the Bonneville Salt Flats. This mess of pictures pretty much confirm that TGUK will be pushing the cars to their terminal velocity while making quips about Mormons and polygamy — and all while — umm — wearing baseball caps? Sure, whatever floats their British boats. It also looks like James May has taken a liking to a polished-up Shelby Cobra that was at the flats as well. We don't know if that'll sneak into the segment or if he's just geeking out, but Carroll Shelby will probably be suing his ass anyway.

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    12:00 PM on Mon Sep 22 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    6,800 views, 53 comments

    Most discussed graverobber- My Yugo Nova!: Clarkson: Do you notice just how mind-numbingly awful American cars are? Hammond: Oh, I don't know Jeremy, that Corvette is certainly more »

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    10K Mile '81 Cadillac Cimarron For $8,995: Nice Price Or Crack Pipe?

    A decisive 85% of you felt that the $39,975 Iran Khodro Paykan Deluxe required a major helping of Hubba Rocks to look like a wise investment, but today's choice might be more of a dilemma. Yes, the Cimarron was a total disaster for Cadillac, diluting its brand at the worst possible time, but that makes it a historically significant car… and Pixel has found this super-original, low-mileage example in a used-car dealership with an $8,995 price tag. You might be looking at the best Cimarron on the planet here; check out Pixel's Flickr sets, then make the jump to read his comments on this fine Cadillac compact and vote in the NPOCP poll.


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    8:00 AM on Wed Sep 10 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    4,016 views, 96 comments

    Most discussed Nurburgringer: "all original"? Are there a bunch of rabid Cimarron modifiers out there I don't know about? more »