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Definitely a different day and age back then .

My Idea of a Perfect Deal is often a lot different than what a Dealer thinks is a Perfect Deal... If I can get a deal where they make no Money, better yet, lose Money, then that is a Perfect Deal As for thinking of me and a Salesman as Friends 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂

Groovy, man. I dig it.

00:04 - I had a gold 1970 CDV years ago.

I didn't realize this was going to be a comedy ... but it's just hilarious! "Your old car will never be worth what it is now" ... really? Check what '55 Caddys are going for on Hemmings, Bring a Trailer, etc.!

That 500 cubic inch engine came in handy when the Oil Embargo of 1973 hit.

Cadillac shrieks tacky over designed Harley Earl passe styling. No wonder the GM designers rebelled on him when he was gone to Europe on vacation. A great story in itself.

Love the mid-century house with that hip roof line! Good practical advice, that never gets old and can apply to other industries as well. Building relationships is everything!

Cool! Not crazy about the styling but this is when Cadillac was Cadillac, not a Chevy truck stuffed with to many options destined to fail in a short time. I saw a few at a recent classic car show. OMG, amazing.

Hilarious to look back. I recently attended a classic car show in October which featured both, not as a comparison. The Cadillac motorcar was black with a white interior, and the Imperial motor car was white with a white interior. Both were beautiful and just HUGE compared to the cars of today. The Imperial's interior looked like a studio apartment! LOL

hi fred murray

introduction: It's just like the '69, except tail lights and grill. that were interchangeable

Sad today, you can't get on a lot without being attacked or followed. You use to have a great time, not it's a chore to get suckered into a contract, warranties, and costly options.

Cou-pay DeVille

This America is long gone now.

I would choose Cadillac

I'm amazed at how angry I got watching this. The Imperial was so much better than the Cadillac. They really we unfair here. I get that it's almost 70 years old and a selling tool for cadillac but, it really goes to show how scared of the imperial Cadillac was at the time. They were radically different cars

My dad had a used 1959 Cadillac during the early 1970s. It was in excellent shape and fun to drive.

400 hp! Wow!

Back then cars were built tough with options and style, today they're cookie cutter, disposable aluminum cans with so much technology no one can work on them except high-priced mechanics for dealers

We can only dream of such car buying experience these days. Long gone for sure!

Mr and Mrs Carter died later in a horrible crash due to lack of divided highways and no airbags or seatbelts. Also Mr Carter liked to have a few drinks before going out to dinner.

As owner of a 1956 Cadillac Sedan DeVille in similar colors (original) the level of workmanship and quality is superior to any of their cars from the 1970s 80s, 90s and of recent, new cars all no more than a jazzed up Yukon and blend in like every other car on the road infotainment plastic unrepairable to the owner. These cars are tanks, easy to work on/ maintain even if they do need servicing more frequently, less safety they are of a different more elegant era. By far the most comfortable car have ever been in. Great promo film strip!

Little has changed in 2024. It's still the same hustle. Rushing and taking advantage of prospective buyers. Another reason many avoid dealerships.

Imperial was doing well in sales at this time and GM took notice on this one. At least Imperial had its own body and trim.

General Motors sales technique was pretty much the same thing when I got in the business in 1977. We were expected to dress and conduct ourselves as professionals. We got brand new company cars that we could only put 6000 miles on before we traded them in for something with 0 miles on the odometer. We were encouraged to take new cars to a customer's home.. I sold Pontiac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac and GMC.

You would think the video was only taken yesterday! 😂

What went wrong?

Should have gone with the Imperial - 392 Hemi

I’d have gone with the imperial for its 392 hemi

Put that coffee Down!

The Imperial had a Hemi (last year of the original version)

The first guy might want to hold off on that new Caddy until his teenage son goes off to college or gets his own car.

Sher would have been nice if the 71 2 and 73 would had a 10 to 1 piston ratio

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Awesome! The pricing even more awesome! Though this almost 50 yrs ago.

Back then, the rule of thumb was, if you can’t pay for a car in 3 years, you can’t afford that car. Now, cars are priced so far beyond that, that most people can’t afford to pay for any car in less than 6 years. That means, most people are driving cars they literally can’t afford. I understood that years ago. So I never buy new. Always buy at least 2 years old.

Good ol emissions control

In the 60's, my uncle own a new Cadillac every year. He'd trade them every in October want the next year models came out. He'd claimed that he didn't have any maintenance or state inspection. So he said that it wasn't that expensive. In those days Cadillac had good resale value.

Absolutely gm bullshit. cadillac was and is a turd blossom. I wouldn't get out of the electric chair to watch one be crushed. Every line the narrator speaks is garbage.

This selling tactic was pushed on all GM car dealers starting in the late 1930s. It's harassment . There's a GM film called Hired that goes in to detail about how one must strong arm a potential customer. Even showing up at their house

i tend to know my price range and what i want in a vehicle, if i find a vehicle that meets my criteria, and is in good condition, i go forward with a test drive, if i test drive a vehicle, it means i intend to make a offer if the test drive is good. i tell sales people the best way to get me to walk away is to try to sell me something.

everything about the trade in and nothing about the sales price markup...this was before the Monroney sticker

I confirmed that June 5, 1956 was indeed on a Tuesday 00:59. : )

That imperial is nice though. I honestly think i would pick that. Better handling, the Cadillac had that weak dangerous X frame. And Cadillac just kind of rested on its laurels. Of course I think we would all gladly take either one.

Deceit and dishonesty have been hallmarks of makind for millennia.

I remember being highly annoyed that GM bean counters omitted the “V” for ‘70 and ‘71. It returned in 1972.

Can someone explain to me why we are shown a cut from freeze frames, and not the film itself?

This announcer sounds a little like George Fenneman but he worked for Groucho Marx & they were sponsored by Desoto so it's gotta be someone else

That house is as big as a B-52. They use that same set with other GM sales presentations. They were custom orders from the factory back then. Colors and seat coverings. I liked that Lincon 1955 maybe. Break job after 1 year. Cash cows