A Cadillac with 550-ft. lbs. of torque? Yes, it's true. Imagine the surprised look on the faces of high performance addicts in their 1970 Corvettes—complete with the $3,000 LS7 454 CID 460 horsepower Tri-Power Engine setup—when the light turns green and that huge Cadillac sitting next to them burns rubber from the front wheels! While most Eldorado drivers don't behave this way, it has certainly occurred over the years. It's an unusual feeling driving these cars; they don't behave the way you would expect an automobile of this magnitude to behave. They hold the corners like they were on rails; they accelerate rapidly enough to scare you if you hold the pedal down too long. The variable-ratio power steering was precise, the standard automatic level control kept everything on an even keel, regardless of load. Cars this size aren't supposed to handle this way—smaller performance cars are designed for this. Cadillacs are meant to isolate their occupants in comfy quiet, with no indication that anything else is going on outside.