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02/12/2018 3:59 pm
PICs: Which '58? Buick or Cadillac
One word answers are OK! Or you can give detailed responses. Your call!
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John Bono
North Jersey
02/12/2018 4:09 pm
Buick. That Cadillac looks like front and back halves of two different cars.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
02/12/2018 4:11 pm
Buick.
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
02/12/2018 4:17 pm
BUICK for me. I thought the 58 Caddy got uglier than the 57, and then hit horrific ugliness in 1959. Buick on the other hand was beautiful in 58 and then was drop dead gorgeous for 1959. GM's best looking car that year.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
02/12/2018 4:17 pm
Buick!
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
02/12/2018 4:21 pm
Buick! The rear end of the Caddy takes away from an otherwise good looking car.
02/12/2018 5:13 pm
Cadillac by a very small margin.
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
02/12/2018 6:21 pm
Hate the Buick & the Caddy rear but like the Caddy front.
02/12/2018 7:01 pm
Once more George you prove my point (thanks!) You hate the 1959 Cadillac but thousands.....
?.ordered & purchased the car undoubtedly for the very reason you despise it. Those fins of course "are the car."
GM designed those fins specifically so that Cadillac owners would be noticed; GM's goal was to "out-fin" competitors. They succeeded.
Cadillac sales that year reinforced the fact that any car will get you where you want to go...but when you drive a Cadillac (with those OH SO TALL FINS) people will know you have arrived.
Growing up in the 80's was no deterrent for me, however, the 1959 Cadillac (CDV) was one of the first collector cars I purchased; I just had to have those fins. In fact, one of my first websites (albeit crude) still operates...featuring my 1959 Cadillac.
But again, to your point George....although you dislike the car, proud Cadillac owners did not B-E-C-A-U-S-E they knew everyone would see those fins, hence, they(as Cadillac owners) would stand out.
Why buy a Cadillac (or any luxury car) if you feel your NOT going to be noticed? On several levels (whether owners admit to it or not) they want to make a statement for all to see. George, you may not feel this way but countless others do. Naturally, there's no "wrong or right" answer here; it's simply human nature.
Do you think GM that year could've sold many Cadillacs WITHOUT those fins? Hardly!
I can assure you George, those Cadillac owners may have been "sorry souls" (as you put it)??? but boy, they sure were happy.
02/12/2018 10:46 pm
Pass ... What else you got ?
02/12/2018 11:10 pm
To be honest I think they're both design disasters, however...
I guess they're typical of their time and for that reason will have their followers. If I had to pick one it would be the Buick as to me the rear end of the Cadillac just doesn't work. I'm also in the minority of disliking the '59 Cadillac which may have been designed to impress but I always felt it was a vulgar monstrosity. It's a good job we all like something different. I first got into American cars in the mid 50s when I was around 7 years old so I suppose that's why 1955/56 are my favourite years.
03/12/2018 12:06 am
Cadillac
03/12/2018 12:10 am
+1
03/12/2018 12:20 am
A '50's Buick without Venti-Ports? Give me the Caddy, please.
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