At the height of the Roaring Twenties, Cadillac offered well-heeled buyers a car with a V-16 engine.
Long before Bugatti made 16 cylinders its calling card, Cadillac launched V-16-powered cars in a bid to outdo other luxury automakers. A prime example is this 1930 Cadillac V-16 452A, which recently appeared on an episode of"Jay Leno's Garage." The car comes from California'sTo keep the V-16 secret, Cadillac initially let slip that it was developing a V-12 to match Packard.
This specific car has the earlier body style, thought to be from 1928 to 1929, married to the 1930 Cadillac chassis and engine. The customer wanted a V-16 Cadillac with a dual-cowl phaeton body as quickly as possible, and the new body wasn't ready yet. The V-16 was more about effortless acceleration than raw speed, Leno says. These Cadillacs weren't as fast as contemporary, but their generous torque almost makes the driving experience comparable to modern electric cars, he says. The smooth-running V-16 also offered a more refined experience than most cars of the period.
Cadillac continued making V-16 cars for about a decade, but eventually went back to slightly more sensible V-8 engines. Looking to recapture the brand's glory days, GM unveiled the Cadillac Sixteen concept in 2003, but that never made it to production.
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