The Cadillac Elegante, an amazing and very ostentatious luxury cabriolet coach-built in 1954 on a Series 62 chassis for American sport car and motor boat enthusiasts Harry Birdsall and Joe Mascari. They sketched an aircraft-inspired body that then was refined by the famous German designer Albrecht von Goertz (who would go on to design the BMW 507: 1954 - 1956). They combined futuristic design with luxurious fittings and state-of-the-art technology. It took about two years and a bill of approximately US $ 22.000 (twice the price of a new Ferrari at this time!), but the Cadillac Elegante was a sensational car: a cabriolet with an electro-hydraulically powered retractable hardtop, finished in white iridescent paint mixed with power of real pearls, 24 karat gold-plated trim and red natural upholstery. The plan was to build ten more units, but Birdsall’s health deteriorated and the enterprise came to an end. The Elegante is still, however, the most expensive creation of Carrozzeria Motto and most likely in the whole of Italian coach-build industry.

Norman Granz, a jazz concert promoter and record producer from Beverly Hills, had a new 62 Series Cadillac shipped from Detroit to Italy to be customised for him by Pininfarina. The result was this blue dream roadster. This two-door, two-seater roadster has design similarities with the Lancia Aurelia PF200 Concept. The round, chrome radiator grille with the distinctive Cadillac "V" in the radiator grille is particularly striking. The rear had similar tail fins to those of the 62 series. Pininfarina presented this dream roadster at the 1954 Paris Motor Show. Pininfarina built other special bodies for GM. Allante, Skylight, Starlight, and Jacqueline are worth mentioning.

The armored glass of the Cadillac was almost one centimeter thick, plus around 1,360 kilograms of armored steel. Strong spring balances helped to operate the heavy side windows - they could be raised 2.5 centimeters and then opened a hole. Through this hole, Al Capone's men could shoot outside with their Tommy Guns if necessary. The rear window could be folded down - also to have a clear line of fire on pursuers.