Yesterday I had the pleasure of going to the New York Auto Show. They had 10 or 11 new Cadillac’s including the new sport wagon. Below you can see a quick video with all the details. The nice lady explained all the features.

I will be putting up some pictures during the week. If you would like to see all the videos I filmed yesterday they are already up on the YouTube Channel. Feel free to subscribe to our Youtube channel Cadillac Country Club

When I write these updates I always have to keep aware that we have many readers with many different agendas. Some like to see vintage Cadillac’s and some are signed up because they just bought the latest Cadillac. I try to give everyone what they want. With that said lets get see what is happening this week.

The new Cadillac’s are a hit. When I first heard about the new Cadillac CTS sport wagon the first thing that came to my mind is “WHY” but after seeing all the reports I can understand why. Families have to adjust their driving needs and these new Cadillac’s are perfect for the dad who wants some power in his car and the mom who needs the family car to be practical for the family. Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon

Our friend Bruce Nunnally of Caddyinfo.com and Jane Devin have a great piece on the Cadillac XTS Platinum concept. They interview Interior Designer Christine Park who explains all about the features of this beauty. I love the built in DVD players in the rear seats. You can see more here Caddyinfo.com Cadillac XTS Platinum

With everyone talking about plug-in hybrids it doesn’t surprise me that one would be a Cadillac. I think it’s only a matter of time before we are seeing these on the street. Cadillac plug in hybrids

Here are something for fans of 1978 Cadillac’s This is a nice piece on a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Classic Coupe. There are many pictures of this beauty of a car. 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Classic

I ran across some cool pictures of a 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible on Flickr. I have to warn you that once you go to Flickr and look at the pictures you could be there for hours. Have fun! 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible

I am still working on all the video’s I took in Las Vegas last week, I will get them up very soon.

Lots of Cadillac’s in the news this week as Tiger Woods  crashed his Escalade. I know by now you are tired of hearing about Tiger Woods lately but I am wondering how his Cadillac Escalade got so much damage from only hitting a tree and a fire hydrant. The thing looks like it was doing 500 mph when it crashed.
(Handout Photo from Florida Highway Patrol)

This week Cadillac brought out their new line at the LA Auto show. The CTS coupe is getting some talk as well as the Converj. You can read more here. Cadillac at the LA Auto Show.

Here is a cool looking Cadillac. It is a CTS BatMobile, I got a kick out of it. It is not something you see everyday that’s for sure.You can see it here.Cadillac BatMobile.

In case you haven’t heard “our” website recently received a link back from the Cadillac website. They placed us in the Enthusiast section on their website. This is a great honor for us and shows that helping people find parts over the years has paid off. You can see our link Here. We are glad to be part of the Cadillac site in our own small way.

We have been getting a lot of questions lately about new Cadillac’s. Primarily we focused on Vintage and Classic Cadillac‘s so I went and found a great site that has all the information one would need to know when doing their research. Cadillac Buying Guide is one great site, full of information. If you are looking to buy a new Cadillac I would bookmark the site as a favorite.

Over on CaddyChat.com we have been getting a lot of questions with starting problems. It is something that has happened to all of us, if you can help out and answer a few questions that would be great. You can also place pictures up there of your Cadillac.

If you would like to have your Cadillac featured on our site just drop me an email and we can make that happen. Vinny(at)cadillaccountryclub.com

I finally made it to the New York auto show and got a chance to see all the new Cadillac’s that were there. Although I am not a fan of the latest SRX style cars that are coming out I was amazed at one car at the show and that was the Cadillac Converj.

This car has some of the sleekest lines I have ever saw on a car and the features that were shown to us were amazing to say the least. I was over taking pictures of the Escalade hybrid when the spokesperson started the presentation near the Converj and it was crazy to say the least. It was like a tidal wave of people making there way over to the car.

You can see many more pictures over on the site. I made a dedicated page just for the Converj.

For the vintage fans of Cadillac I need a little help finding a part. I have an email from Bill Gross who is looking to find a rear center windshield for his 1950 series 61 4 dr sedan. If you can be of any help send me an email or post it in the comments section below and I will send Bill the information it is much appreciated.

I know it has been awhile since I sent out a newsletter, I have been busy but enough about that. I am looking forward to this week.

This week I am attending the New York Auto Show and will have a lot of pictures and videos of the new Cadillac Converg. I hate the name but love the idea of a practical Cadillac. If you can call it that, to me it’s a Chevy Volt in disguise – we will just have to wait and see if it ever goes into mass production. By the end of the week I promise I will have pictures and video.

UPDATES ABOUT THE 1959

There has been some facts about my last post about the 1959 Cadillac with the tv. It seems that this Cadillac is not what it was made out to be. As you can see from the responses on the post about the 1959 Cadillac. It seems to me that the nice folks over at the Imperial Palace got wrong information also. I have been corrected about this Cadillac from a few places. One Car-nection.com Cadillac database and the Cadillac Lasalle forum also had a post about MY wrong info. I can only post what I saw on the sign. This car seems to be something else then what that sign says.

A few months back I received an email from a guy named Earle who was going to a pro car show down in New Jersey. Since it was only a few hours away I figured I would just on a train and head on down but I guess I had the dates wrong as the show came and went without me being there.

Earle and his 1978 Cadillac Flower Car

I didn’t realize I missed the show until I got an email from Earle with pictures included. I was so bummed that I missed it,but thanks to Earle he made sure he took some pictures for us.

That is Earle standing next to his fine looking Cadillac. I really owe Earle for sending in all the pictures of his ride which can be seen on Earles page by clicking on the picture.

It is not often that we get such detailed pictures and a great story on how he became the owner. Thanks again Earle.

Now for the new Cadillac fans I have to say I am quite excited over the new Cadillac concept car he Converj. Although I am not a fan of the name the look and feel of the car is amazing. It has sleek lines and looks really fast although that is not what it is meant to be.  It is an electric car that is similiar to what Chevy has planned with the Chevy Volt except this one is in a much sleeker body style. I am hoping it moves from being a concept car to an actual production car. You can see more on Cadillac Converj.

As we are really in the need to break away from our oil dependancy in the USA this car could help us in a big way. Although the 40 mile range is not that big of a deal, think about the amount of times you just drive to the store and back. This could save a lot of gas that you purchase. Little step yes but a much needed one.

Well with the high price of gas it doesn’t surprise me at all that Cadillac is stopping production on these two models. According to a report on Bloomberg.com this will be the last year for these two models.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aJm6owinYSDE&refer=home

I am guessing Cadillac will be pushing some sort of 6 cylinder CTS or something similar. I am sure sales have been lacking on these models since the price of oil started to skyrocket. It is a real shame, what line is next?

Sorry I havent been posting much lately. I took a trip out to Las Vegas where it seems that every other car I saw was a Cadillac. Besides doing some slot machines I was busy taking pictures.

I have had the honor of looking at some new pictures lately. William from California sent in some pics of his 1950 Cadillac Coupe Deville. She sure is a beauty.

You can see more pictures of her on the 1950 Cadillac pages http://www.cadillaccountryclub.com/1950-cadillac.html

It seems that more and more people have been contacting me lately with classic Cadillac questions. I don’t know the reason but I am glad that more people are restoring these Caddilacs back to their original form. It makes the site easier to work on when I have new people writing in.

On another note did anyone see the guy that drove his car from Chicago to New York on one tank of gas. He called his style of driving hypermiling or something like that. It was on the CBS early show. He claims that if you go slower and don’t use the brake as much you can save a lot of gas, but it causes you to get to your destination slower. Guess if you are not in a hurry it is a good thing. With the price of gas nowadays it can help save some money by trying it. You can see more here http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/19/earlyshow/main4107075.shtml

Yesterday I went to the 2008 New York Auto Show and am I glad I did. I learned more about the new Cadillac’s then I could have imagined. I took over 400 photos and did some sort videos that will be up on the site in a short while. Actually some videos are already up over on www.caddychat.com in the video section.

It seemed to me that Cadillac has been using their brains a bit and coming up with some stuff that is amazing. They had the concept car the “Provoq” which runs on hydrogen and electric ONLY. It even plugs right into your house or it charges with the solar panel on the roof. I think the Provoq is going to end up replacing the SRX at some point. 

I chatted with almost every rep that Cadillac had there and let me tell you these nice people really know the features on these Cadillac’s. They were very nice to me and not because they had to be if you know what I mean. 

The front grille opens and closes to let air in to cool the hydrogen cells. The bottom of the car is sealed off and so is the hubcaps. It really was amazing to watch the presentaion on this Cadillac. I think if they released it today it would be a hit and I am sure we would have more hydrogen stations by public demand. 

The other model they had on display was the CTS concept Cadillac which has a huge powerful engine. Sleek styling and more features then I can remember. I liked the doors the best as it was keyless.

  I wish I had the time to upload all the pictures but that will take a few days at the least.