Don Draper - Draper and Vehicles

Draper and Vehicles

Don worked as a used-car salesman when Anna Draper found him. Don enjoyed, on at least one occasion, the company of motorcyclists and hot rod enthusiasts while he was visiting Anna in Southern California. At the beginning of the series, Don drives a 1959 Oldsmobile, then a 1960 Buick Invicta convertible. Later, Don wrecks an unassuming and utilitarian 1961 Dodge Polara, after which he is goaded by Roger Sterling into purchasing an ice blue and white 1962 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. Sterling tells him that the Cadillac is a sign that Don had "arrived." By the start of Season 5, it had been replaced with a 1965 Coupe de Ville, in silver with red leather interior. In the Season 5 episode "Christmas Waltz, as the agency prepares to pitch for the Jaguar account, Don leaves a check as a deposit to take a red 1965 Jaguar E-Type out for a test drive with Joan and without the salesperson. He returns the car later that day.