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The 1958 Cadillac
1958 and the American public embraces the space age.
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The 1958 Cadillac Eldorado
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1958 and the American public embraces the space age.
Music from the era.
Billboard's Top Rock songs 1955 to 1958.
Here are some of the most popular tunes from the period.
The 1958 Cadillac accurately displays all of the newest design styles and the American public's aspirations of the year. Strong, powerful, aerodynamic, the car almost looks like a rocket ship. Many new features reflect the newest trend towards miniaturization, a technology that will prove critical later on in the "Space Race".
1958 Cadillac TV advertisement.
1958 Cadillac Fleetwood commercial
1958 Cadillac music video.
Vintage Cadillacs of the 1940s, 50s and 60s, shown in the graphics and advertising of that era. 4 minutes.
1958 Cadillac Technical specifications
1957–1958
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2-door hardtop
2-door Eldorado Seville hardtop
4-door hardtop
2-door convertible
2-door Eldorado Biarritz convertible
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4-speed Hydra-Matic automatic
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129.5 in (3,289 mm)
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Length
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1957 4-door: 215.9 in (5,484 mm)
1957 2-door (except for Eldorado Biarritz and Seville): 220.9 in (5,611 mm)
1957 Eldorado Biarritz and Seville: 222.1 in (5,641 mm)
1958 short deck 4-door: 216.8 in (5,507 mm)
1958 2-door (except for Eldorado Biarritz and Seville): 221.8 in (5,634 mm)
1958 4-door extended deck and Sedan de Ville: 225.3 in (5,723 mm)
1958 Eldorado Biarritz and Seville: 223.4 in (5,674 mm)
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Width
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80.0 in (2,032 mm)[1]
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Height
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59.1 in (1,501 mm)
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4,800–5,300 lb (2,200–2,400 kg)
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Designer(s)
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The year 1958 was all about Satellites and rocket-ships.
In October 1957 the United States awoke one morning to find that the Soviet Union had beaten it into space. With their launch of the sputnik satellite, the world's awareness of the strategic importance of space became almost instantly a national obsession. Everything reflected our new space age consciousness. Like the "streamlined" look of the 1930s, now cars, products, furniture even fashion displayed this new aerodynamic, rocket age, look.
The original news reel of Sputnik 1 in 1957 (2 minutes).
What the US lacked in its space race it was able to more then compensate in its industrial design. Soon all America was enthralled with this look that set the stage for President Kennedy's famous speech announcing The US effort to land a man on the moon within a decade. Little did the world realize that that effort would create miniaturization and computers that ushered in the electronic-digital age that we enjoy today.
Elvis and 1958
1958 saw the year that Elvis Presley was drafted into the Army. His popularity never diminished, rather it was strengthened as he performed his everyday duties like any other soldier.
A 1958 newsreel Interview
Elvis Presley - Don't Ask Me Why - 1958.
In the1950s American car manufactures changed modern history. Cars designed with women's needs substantially helped create the suburban lifestyle. GM and the other major automobile manufactures begin to focus on the female driver. By hiring female designers and introducing features designed to make driving without a man more enjoyable and safe they Inadvertently helped create the suburbs and it car oriented lifestyle.
1950s CAR COMMERCIAL directed at women
Cadillac's full history
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