Cadillac 1995 DeVille Owners Literature page 8

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For
the
1948
model,
Cadillac
stainless steel roof and low profile
tires.
which set the rrend in automotive
styling for nearly two decades.
This
was followed
by
the
1949
model with
the two door hardtop Coupe DeVilIe
and the modern overhead valve,
high compression
V8
engine.
.. ...
Engineering innovations, con-
veniences and styling dominated the
'50s
and
'60s.
Cruise control, auto-
m a t i c c l i m a t e c o n t r o l ,
t i l t
a n d
telescoping steering wheels, twilight
sentinel and four door hard tops
all
debuted in these years. In 1957 the
Eldorado Brougham featured
ad-
vances such as air suspension, mem-
ory seat, automatic electric door
locks, transistor radio, a brushed
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19.53,
was redesigned for
1967
as
the
first front wheel drive personal lux-
ury car.
The 472
cu. in.
V8
engine
used in
all
Cadillacs in 1968 a n d
1969 was enlarged to
500
cu. in. for
all
1970
Eldorados.
An Air Cushion Restraint
Sys-
tem (airbag) was available for 1974,
1975
and
1976
Cadillacs.
Analog Electronic Fuel Injec-
tion was available, on 1975 Cadillacs
and was standard on the new inter-
national size
1976
Seville. In
1978,
the Trip Computer option incor-
porated an on-board microprocessor.
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