1934 Cadillac V-16 Fleetwood Town Sedan was the Celestiq of its Time
Original article written for Forbes
| 1934 Cadillac V-16 Fleetwood Town Sedan. M.S. Rau |
After talking to Steve Nannini about the 1934 Cadillac V-16 Fleetwood Town Sedan he meticulously restored for many years and for hundreds of thousands of dollars it’s easy to get caught up in his excitement.
Nannini, based in Tucson, Arizona, with his restoration shop, was eager to explain how this one of 206 in total production should garner more attention than anything made today.
“It was exotic and unusual as any EV ever built," Nannini said in a recent phone call, acknowledging some similarities with Cadillac’s bespoke Celestiq EV which boasts an elusive $350,000 price tag.
Its provenance and story intertwined with England’s Rolls-Royce caught the attention of luxury arts and antiques dealer M.S. Rau out of New Orleans. M.S. Rau’s president Andrew Fields described the “cool story” about Rolls-Royce reverse engineering the V-16 Fleetwood for its British luxury sedans.
