Cadillac's 1957 X-frame let the Series 62 sit lower without losing interior room — but rivals like Ford called the frame design unsafe.
Lead trim: Series 62 365 cu in OHV V8
Cadillac Series 621957–1958
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FactCadillac's 1957 X-frame let the Series 62 sit lower without losing interior room — but rivals like Ford called the frame design unsafe.
For 1957 a tubular X-frame without side rails was adopted, which Cadillac claimed gave a lower body without loss of usable space and greater torsional strength (the frame was controversial as unsafe, with Ford touting "perimeter" frames). Front-end styling had rubber bumper guard tips and dual circular lamps in the lower bumper, with a dual taillight theme, seven horizontal wind slits ahead of the rear wheel openings on standard 62 models, crest medallions on the forward-angled fins and special De Ville nameplates; the Series 62 Eldorados (Seville and Biarritz) had the model name above a V-shaped rear deck ornament and a three-section built-in front bumper, and a four-door Eldorado Sedan Seville was added (only four sold, cancelled the next year). For 1958 there was a new grille with round "cleats" at the intersections, dual headlamps, small chrome fins on the front fenders, less pronounced tailfins and five longer horizontal wind splits; the word Cadillac appeared in block letters on the fins of base models. The engine was the 365 cu in (6.0 L) OHV V8 with the 4-speed Hydra-Matic (page gives no rating) on a 129.5 in wheelbase, 80.0 in wide, 59.1 in high, 4,800–5,300 lb; lengths varied by body from 215.9 in (1957 four-door) to 225.3 in (1958 four-door extended deck and Sedan de Ville).
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series 62 365 cu in OHV V8 | 1957–1958 | 6.0 L V8 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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The 1964 Series 62 introduced Comfort Control, a dial-set automatic heating and air conditioning system — the industry's first fully automatic climate control, standard decades before it became common.
The year it became the Series 6200, Cadillac split De Villes and 2-door Eldorados into their own separate series — and sales of the Series 6200 alone plunged to just 70,736, its lowest since 1950.
Cadillac's 1957 X-frame let the Series 62 sit lower without losing interior room — but rivals like Ford called the frame design unsafe.
Cadillac built one completely unique Series 62-based Eldorado coupe just for the Reynolds Aluminum Corporation, with special extruded-aluminum body panels.
Cadillac's all-new postwar 1948 Series 62 looked like the future — P-38 fighter-inspired tailfins and all — but under the hood sat the same flathead V8 from 1941, good for a leisurely 16-second sprint to 60.
Postwar steel was so scarce that some 1946 Series 62s left the factory with wooden bumpers. Dealers were supposed to bolt on real ones whenever metal became available.
The 1941 Series 62 is the only four-door convertible Cadillac ever built — the brand never made that body style again.
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