1996 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 10

advances such as air suspension, memory seat, automatic electric door locks, transistor radio, a brushed stainless steel roof and low profile tires. t 1957 Eldorado Brougham For .the1948 model, Cadillac introduced the legendary tail fin which once more set the trend in automotive styling for nearly two decades.This was closely followed with the two door hardtop Coupe DeVille the industry's first modern overhead valve, high compression V8 engine on the 1949 model. Engineering innovations, conveniences and styling dominated the '50s and '60s. Cruise control, automatic climate control, tilt and telescoping steering wheels, twilight sentinel and four door hard tops all debuted these years. In 1957 the Eldorado Brougham featured The Eldorado,introduced in 1953, was redesigned for 1967 as thefirst front wheel drive personal luxury car. V8 The 472 cu. in. engine used in all Cadillacs in 1968 and 1969 was enlarged to500 cu. in. for all 1970 through 1976 Eldorados. The Track Master computerized skid control braking system option debuted on 1970 Eldorados. and A driver and passenger Air Cushion Restraint system (air bag) was available on all 1974, 1975 and 1976 Cadillacs. Analog Electronic Fuel Injection was available, on 1975 Cadillacs and standard on new international the in size 1976 Seville. In 1978, the Trip Computer option incorporated the first on-board microprocessor. ix