Cadillac El Camino

The Cadillac El Camino was a concept car that the Cadillac division of General Motors showed at the GM Motorama of 1954. Its name comes from the Spanish El Camino Real, the royal road known in the United States as Highway 101. The two-door, two-seat coupe was painted silver-grey and had very large tailfins, of the kind Cadillac production models would show in the following years. The sides carried spear-shaped creases, the front had Cadillac's first double headlights, and rocket-shaped chrome bumper horns with rubber tips caught the eye as much as the fins. The flat roof was stainless steel with a panoramic window at front and rear. A roadster, the La Espada, was shown beside it. Neither car was produced, but the fins and the side creases returned on the Eldorado Brougham of 1955.