Jerry Seinfeld, not content with amassing millions from his hit sitcom, Seinfeld, and from selling his entire Porsche collection for oodles of money, (because well, they were Porsches), decided to start a new series… Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee has a simple premise. Jerry invited a guest over, and they get into a somewhat special car, and then they go have coffee and a meal and tons of conversation, a lot of it is funny.

The series kicked off with Seinfeld having Larry David over and they drive around in a 1952 Volkswagen Beetle, and when the inside camera kicks in, that’s when you realize how tiny the car truly is.

Today, the show has moved to Netflix, where most of the good shows are, and where all the seasons are now at, with lots of good episodes and some bad ones. Cars-wise, the episodes mostly featured gems like a 1974 BMW 3.0 CS coupe, a Meyers Manx Dune Buggy, a 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO, and even a Volkswagen The Thing from 1974.

Ostensibly, there were a few bad wheels in the mix as well, and from that bad-car list, here’s the one car we feel had no place in Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee; and the car is the General-Motors-owned Cadillac Series 62 Convertible, one of the best Cadillacs ever. Here are our whys and wherefores…

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The History Of The Cadillac Series 62

Cadillac’s Entry-Level Cars Were Called The Series 65, And To Complement The Same, The Better Trims And A Higher Version Was Introduced As The Cadillac Series 62
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Cadillac’s entry-level cars were called the Series 65, and to complement the same, the better trims and a higher version were introduced as the Cadillac Series 62. It was also marketed as the Sixty-Two and the Series Sixty-Two; although it was renamed the Cadillac Series 6200 in 1959. Introduced in 1940, the nomenclature held on till finally, in 1965, it was again renamed the Cadillac Calais. The Calais managed to eke out a living till 1976, post which it was replaced by the Cadillac Seville, which managed a much longer lifespan, all the way till 2004.

The 1940 debut of Series 62 was a hit, and almost 6,000 sold in the first year alone, making for almost half of all Cadillac sales. By 1941, sales had quadrupled and almost 25,000 of these sold, setting quite the sales record for Cadillac which hadn’t had such a good year since the ‘20s.

The design went more streamlined for the second generation that lasted from 1942 to 1947, and the first post-war Cadillac rolled off the assembly lines in 1945. Overall, this was a low-production, low-sale period because the world was at war, or should we say WWII.

In 1948, the Cadillac Series 62 became a thing of beauty and with a new V8 engine for 1949, sales reached a record of 55,500-plus. As the years and generations moved forward, sales also climbed up and off the charts, making this a very successful Caddy on the whole.

One of the most iconic cars to come out of the 25 years of the Series Sixty Two, was the 1959 model that came with extra-large tail wings and is prized as a classic today because, by 1960, the tail wings had been drastically reduced. By 1961, the Series 62 entered its seventh and final generation but sales spiraled down. By this time, the erstwhile trims that were now their own nameplate as the Sedan DeVille and the Coupe DeVille created enough in-house competition to kill the Series 62.

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The 1961 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible

By 1961, The Series 62 Looked Like Just Another Car And Had Nothing Of The Caddy Panache To It
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In episode 11 of season 11, Seinfeld brought down controversial comedian Bridget Everett in the 1961 Cadillac Series 62.

At the time, Cadillac’s marketing for the model was also politically incorrect, with the tagline, “The new standard of the world in supremacy!”. Considering the memories of WWII were still rife, and was the trolling of America for having dropped the bomb, this was distasteful.

Also, the 1961 Series 62 was arguably one of the most disinteresting models from this lineup, and even Cadillac knew the end was nigh. The car looked way tamer than its earlier avatar and a far cry from the OTT styling of the 1959 model, which would have made a far more interesting addition to the show. We are pretty sure the extra-large tailfins would have spun out plenty of ribald jokes, considering it was Bridget Everett after all.

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Why Do We Dislike The 1961 Cadillac Series 62

The 1961 Series 62 Was Arguably One Of The Most Disinteresting Models From This Lineup, And Even Cadillac Knew The End Was Nigh
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After the very in-your-face rear wings of the 1959 mode, Cadillac tamed them for 1960 but even then, the car had tons of character. By 1961, the series 62 looked like just another car and had nothing of the Caddy panache to it. The slanted-back grille, the angular lines of the car were more reminiscent of the Chevy cars of the time, and basically, the car looked like a straight-line land barge.

Our main grouse is that had Seinfeld truly wanted to showcase a Series 62, he could have taken one from the bestselling years instead of a car that was clearly at the end of its tether. There were better years of the Series 62, period.

Sources: CNN, Vulture.com

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