Cadillac Le Mans

The Cadillac Le Mans was a concept car designed by Harley Earl and developed by Cadillac. It was named for the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France, in which Cadillac competed in 1950. Displayed at the 1953 General Motors Motorama in New York City, the design was a low-profile (51 inches (1,300 mm) to the windshield frame), two-seat, fiberglass-bodied roadster. This concept showcased Cadillac's first wrap-around windshield. It was powered by a 250 hp (186 kW) version of Cadillac's 331 cubic-inch V-8, a power output not reached in production Cadillacs until 1955. The Le Mans overall length was 196 in (4,978 mm). Though four units were built, the model never went into production, and it would be nearly 50 years before Cadillac developed another vehicle with a similar design concept, the Cadillac XLR. Of the four, one was destroyed in a fire in 1985 and two still exist with one of those currently in the Cadillac Historical Collection.[1] The fourth unit was put on display at a Cadillac dealer in Oklahoma City in November 1953. Two days later, the car went missing and has not been seen since that time. Numerous investigators and auto enthusiasts have tried to find the missing Le Mans, but so far their efforts have yielded no results.

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• Conceptcars.it