The 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible was one of two " volume " Eldos available from the manufacturer that year . There were 1,800 of the $ 7,286 Biarritzes made , and 2,100 of the like - priced Seville hardtop .
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Earlier , Cadillac had expanded its Series 62 line for 1953 with the introduction of the $ 7,750 Eldorado , a plush , circumscribed - variant convertible coupe that found 532 emptor in its debut year . Sales rose to 2,150 for 1954 and 3,950 for 1955 , the latter model year being Eldorado ’s first profitable one . intelligibly , Cadillac had hatched that most desirable of hit : a premium - priced automobile ( a more reasonable $ 6,286 by 1955 ) that sell healthily .
example - year 1956 brought a pair of Eldorados , a new Seville hardtop coupe and the Biarritz convertible .
eldorado continued as part of the Series 62 line for 1957 , and rally on that serial ’s 129.5 - inch wheelbase . The lightly rounded jet - cod quint that characterized the 1953 and 1954 Eldorados had been replace for 1955 by aggressive , sharklike jutting with underslung twin - pod Pteridium aquilinum / backup lights . The styling theme was subtly carried over for 1957 , with the fin more pointed and graceful than before , and happily unencumbered by the pod - like taillight treatment .
Up front , the Eldorado dispensed with hood ornamentation ; otherwise , the front remnant was the same as on the ease of the 1957 exemplar line .
Underhood was an over - solid , bore - out 365 - Criminal Investigation Command V-8 good for 325 HP . This was the most potent V-8 yet offered in a Cadillac – and a good thing , too , as the Biarritz weighed 4,930 Syrian pound .
The splendidly doctor 1957 Biarritz experience here , finished in Lake Placid Blue , is owned by Robert N. Seiple of Louisville , Ohio . The car ’s 365 - cid V-8 runs with twin four - barrel carburetor and mates to a Hydra - Matic contagion . Optional equipment includes a groundwork - foot pedal radiocommunication control . The milometer record less than 20,000 sea mile – a collector ’s dreaming and a Milestone car to boot .
