After World War II until about 1980, Cadillac was the standard of the world when it came to luxury cars. No other automaker did it better or sold more luxury cars than Cadillac. Even Lincoln, which had its share of top-notch luxury cars during this era, always played second fiddle to Cadillac. Cadillac released more innovations, provided more luxury, and offered more sheer excess than its competitors. This formula was a winner for Cadillac – making it the undisputed top dog in the luxury car segment.  Unfortunately as most of these stories go, the rug usually gets pulled out and t

Everyone has heard the saying – “it is always darkest before the dawn”, for American performance car fans the period of the mid-1970s to early-1980s was a very dark period. During this time engine displacement shrank faster than the current price of a Federal Reserve note. Horsepower dropped to correspond with the massive displacement drop. 1970-1971 V8 powered performance cars had on the average 300+ horsepower, by the early-1980s performance V8s were at least half that horsepower. Rumors were flying by the early-1980s that even the remaining passenger car V8s (which were