Cadillac Series 40

The Cadillac Series 40 was a twelve-cylinder model that Cadillac built from January to September 1935. It replaced the Series 370, from which it differed mainly in new bumpers and the new name, and inside the company it was called the Series 370-D. It used Cadillac's six-litre V12, a version of the sixteen-cylinder engine introduced in 1928 that was shortened by four cylinders and bored out, rated at 135 PS. All 54 variants rode on a wheelbase of 370.8 cm and carried Fleetwood bodies, from a five-seat standard sedan at 3,995 dollars to a town cabriolet at 6,395 dollars. That put the V12 about 1,000 dollars above the V8 models and 3,000 dollars or more below the V-16. From 1936 the car continued under the name Series 80, and the number built is not known.