The Cadillac V-16 was Cadillac's top-of-the-line model from its January 1930 launch until 1940.
 | Cadillac astonished the world's automotive elite when it introduced a spectacular new luxury car powered by a 16-cylinder engine at the 1930 New York Auto Show. This new Cadillac set new benchmarks for smooth, silent and superbly impressive performance.
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 | The heart of the Cadillac V-16 was its magnificent engine. Displacing a total of 452 cubic inches on all its sixteen cylinders, it featured overhead valves, and produced up to 185 horsepower.
The car featured a three-speed selective synchromesh manual transmission, solid front axle with semi-elliptical leaf springs and hydraulic dampers, three-quarter floating rear axle with semi-elliptical leaf springs, and four-wheel vacuum-assisted mechanical drum brakes. |  |
 | Although the V-16 was brilliantly designed, its shrinking Depression Era market meant that the V-16 was produced in tiny numbers. It is believed that there are less than ten, authentic 1930-31 V-16 Roadsters in existence today. An extremely significant 1930 Cadillac V-16 Roadster made $ 1.1m at Bonhams in 2019.
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An example made
$1.1m at Sothebys in 2017.
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