• Vehicle numbers were found on the left center pillar post.
• The original engine serial number was the same as the vehicle identification number.
• The numbering system was the same employed a year earlier with the second symbol changed to a "6" for 1966 model year.
• All Eldorados now utilized the first two symbols "68" for their Style Number.
• The Sixty-Special Brougham was now a separate model of the Fleetwood Series with a "P" Style Number suffix applied.

• Best ever sales and production year in Cadillac history.
• Second year running for sales increases, despite a downturn in the overall market for U.S. cars.
• First season for delivery of more than 200,000 new units.
• A record of 5,570 one-week builds was marked December 5 and a record one-day output of 1,017 cars was achieved October 27.
• The 1966 models were introduced October 14, 1965.
• Towards the end of the summer 1966, a new assembly line was setup to manufacture front-wheel-drive Eldorados conforming to 1967 model specifications.

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