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Cadillac El Camino
If the “El Camino” nameplate sounds familiar, you are right. Chevrolet used it for its light pickup model, which they produced from 1959 to 1987. However, Cadillac was the first car company to use it on their 1954 concept vehicle.
The Cadillac El Camino was the prototype of a sports coupe with a low roofline and compact size. The company realized that the Eldorado wasn’t a sports car. They knew they needed something smaller and nimbler to fight their European competitors. Unfortunately, the GM management didn’t approve the project.