1958 Competitive Comparison Chrysler Imperial Documentary Video
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How could the Imperial's glove box be so far from the driver yet the rear hip room is less?
They forgot the "GM" contours of the front wheel opening, the roof contours which could also be on a Buick, the dip in the rear door belt line, which could be "any GM car" of that year, or the GM/Fisher Body design outer door handles.
Unlike the similar comparison videos which Chrysler did, the Cadillac focuses on a smooooth ride rather than ANY mention of handling capabilities. OR capabilities should an unexpected dip be encountered. Remembering the high-line Buick and the railroad track crossing in the Chrysler video, where the bumpers bounce wildly out of sync with the body itself?
They might have the strongest X-frame in any car, BUT compare driver protection (by the frame) to the 1958 Ford commercial with a wrecking ball! The ONLY side strength in the Cadillac is in the rocker panels to protect the driver in a side impact crash, it seems.
GM touted their "Magic-Mirror" acrylic lacquer paint as being the best and shiniest. But it still needed to be waxed! Just like that "dull" enamel on the Imperial needed waxing.
But this is typical of GM advertising into the middle 1960s. Selling "style" over real substance, to me.
The 1957-58 Cadillacs were good looking cars, but if you take the chrome off and name plates, there are so many GM-common body contours that it takes the length and chrome to indicate it is a Cadillac.
ONE thing the Cadillac people might have neglected to mention is the TWO heater cores. One on each side of the instrument panel. With a supply line from the lh side running across the top of the cowl to the rh core. An accident looking to happen, twice, to me. FWIW
Thanks for the link!
CBODY67
They forgot the "GM" contours of the front wheel opening, the roof contours which could also be on a Buick, the dip in the rear door belt line, which could be "any GM car" of that year, or the GM/Fisher Body design outer door handles.
Unlike the similar comparison videos which Chrysler did, the Cadillac focuses on a smooooth ride rather than ANY mention of handling capabilities. OR capabilities should an unexpected dip be encountered. Remembering the high-line Buick and the railroad track crossing in the Chrysler video, where the bumpers bounce wildly out of sync with the body itself?
They might have the strongest X-frame in any car, BUT compare driver protection (by the frame) to the 1958 Ford commercial with a wrecking ball! The ONLY side strength in the Cadillac is in the rocker panels to protect the driver in a side impact crash, it seems.
GM touted their "Magic-Mirror" acrylic lacquer paint as being the best and shiniest. But it still needed to be waxed! Just like that "dull" enamel on the Imperial needed waxing.
But this is typical of GM advertising into the middle 1960s. Selling "style" over real substance, to me.
The 1957-58 Cadillacs were good looking cars, but if you take the chrome off and name plates, there are so many GM-common body contours that it takes the length and chrome to indicate it is a Cadillac.
ONE thing the Cadillac people might have neglected to mention is the TWO heater cores. One on each side of the instrument panel. With a supply line from the lh side running across the top of the cowl to the rh core. An accident looking to happen, twice, to me. FWIW
Thanks for the link!
CBODY67
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