Pictures of the V16 Roadster prototype before the crash back to the home page Click the pictures for full-size versions. This is what the Cadillac V16 Roadster looked like before it was stripped for speed tests. They removed the windshield and the top and some other stuff. Here is the 1930 Cadillac V16 Roadster before it was stripped, driving on the same track on which the 1927 LaSalle speed and endurance tests were conducted. This is my great grandfather's car that he died in. He was test driving the car with an engineering student. It was a Cadillac V16 Roadster prototype.