By1959, Cadillac trusted the Italian company, Pininfarina, to assemble Eldorado Brougham cars by hand. These models were less popular than their 1957 and 1958 predecessors. The craze for Eldorado Brougham vehicles fizzled out once consumers started experiencing issues with the state-of-the-art air suspension setup at
1957Cadillac Eldorado Brougham The Eldorado Brougham — designed in 1954 as Cadillac’s dream car for the General Motors Motorama of 1955. From the beginning, the Brougham was a pace-setting vehicle with styling and engineering features destined to be incorporated into lesser cars in future years. Two years of concentrated testing and
Witha price tag of $13,074 ($117,000 today), the hardtop sedan featured rear-hinged doors, a stainless steel roof, power memory seats, and air suspension. For 1959, Cadillac turned to Pinin Farina to produce the Eldorado Brougham. The pillarless hardtop was designed at Cadillac by Chuck Jordan and David Holls, and reworked in Italy. i9KGIED.