The New Cadillac DTS Limosine (aka Series 75)!

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Here is a link to CNN where there is a picture of the new DTS Limo which is to be used in the inauguration of Dubya. I really like this car! I hope the regular DTS is as nice. Now if they can only improve the interior appointments ala the 50s but that won't happen. So...enjoy!!

Bush's New Cadillac DTS Limo

OK...on further inspection....its just a redone 2001. sigh. Oh well.

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Great link Randall. Still looks like either the Mercedes or a GM truck front end grille, but at least it's not as slopey as the limousines that the White House has now. I don't know if someone who was used to the exterior styling of the 70s and 80s limousines from Cadillac would think much of this one as their ad claims ["The DTS will have a larger, bolder grille, a bigger Cadillac crest than the DeVille, and offer a more responsive ride with reduced road noise and vibrations, said Al Gagne, product manager for the DTS and DeVille. "]. The latter part of the sentence yes, but adding the fallen crown back onto an even larger Cadillac emblem and a bigger grille? On the up side, interior comfort is at an all time high compared to the spartan interiors of the 50s through the 70s.

(Danger: personal opinions being aired... ) Hey, we're old car nuts and some of us (me) remain "unreconstructed" to the euro-japan styling of sedan-sports cars. As I said before, I freely admit that the ride and handling and interior comfort are all far better.

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Well I can agree to disagree on the interiors and comfort of the new cars. I would reverse your contention, and say that the drab, overstuffed interiors of today are confining, where the interiors of the 50s and 60s (early 60s) were elegant in materials and roomy, comfortable and pleasing for long drives. However I do agree that the engineering is far better today. I do not want to return to the past....that is impossible in any case and undesirable. I simply don't like the new cars (starting in 1980 to be honest). OK. I am an Old Car Nut indeed. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

And I do drive cross-country a lot, so I have a lot of experience in the cumfort department. My rather large personage needs a broad seat, don't you know! I can hardly contain myself to get the '56 done with all the color and textures just to drive to the store let alone make cross-country jaunts.

Hey I just realized...Im like that old weird uncle friends of mine had back in the early 60s who refused to drive those new fangled machines and hung tenatiously onto his Model A ford! HAH!

Now THAT is irony for you! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />