Other cars -- Chryslers, Lincolns, and DeSotos -- had massive tail fins, but none took them to the heights that Cadillac did. The fin era peaked in 1959 and the Biarritz was the peak of the peak. It was nearly 19 feet long, of which eight feet was front and rear overhang, and weighed more than two-and-a-half tons.
盡管克萊斯勒（Chrysler）、林肯（Lincoln）和德索托（Desoto）的幾款老爺車都有巨大的尾翼，但其中沒有任何一款車型達到了凱迪拉克的高度。尾翼時代在1959年達到了巔峰，而比亞里茨敞篷車更是巔峰中的巔峰。它的長度幾乎達到19英尺，光是前后突出部分就有8英尺長，其自重超過兩噸半。

Kitsch for years, these cars are now considered high automotive art. The '59 model launched in a recession and only 1,320 were ever built, so we'll probably never see Don Draper drive one on "Mad Men." You can buy a nice example today for $175,000
多年以來，人們一直認為這款敞篷車做工粗糙，但現在人們的審美變了，轉而覺得它具有高度的藝術性。59年版的比亞里茨敞篷車問世時適逢經濟蕭條，因此只造了1，320輛。所以，我們也許看不到熱播劇《廣告狂人》（Mad Men）的主角唐?德雷柏在劇中開這款敞篷車了。不過現在花175,000美元可以買到一部車況較好的珍品59版比亞里茨。