This page will contain images about Cadillac, as they become available.CadillacFor other uses, see Cadillac (disambiguation).Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the United States; outside of North America, they have been less successful. In the United States, the name became a synonym for "high quality", used in such phrases as "the Cadillac of clocks." This is less prevalent, though still known, in other English-speaking countries (who are more likely to use Rolls-Royce in such phrases). HistoryFoundingCadillac was formed from the Henry Ford Company upon Henry Ford's departure. With the intent of liquidating the firm's assets, Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the plant and equipment prior to selling them. Instead, Leland persuaded them to continue in the automobile business. Henry Ford's departure required a new name, and on August 22, 1902, the company reformed as the Cadillac Automobile Company. The Cadillac automobile was named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan in 1701. Early vehiclesCadillac, 1903 (courtesy the Smithsonian).Their first car was completed in October 1902, the 10 horsepower (7 kW) Cadillac, based on Henry Ford's design was practically identical to the 1903 Ford Model A. Many sources say the first car rolled out of the factory on October 17; in the book Henry Leland - Master of Precision, on p.69, that date is shown to be October 20; yet another reliable source shows car #3 to have been built on October 16. In any case, the new Cadillac was shown at the New York Auto Show the following January, where it impressed the crowds enough to gather over two thousand firm orders. The Cadillac's biggest selling point was precision manufacturing and, therefore, reliability; it was simply a better made vehicle than its competition. In Feb to Mar 1908, three Model K Cadillacs (1907 production) were released from the stock of Frederick Bennett (UK agent for Cadillac) at the Heddon Street showroom in London to compete in the annual Royal Automobile Club's Standardization Test. They were driven 25 miles to the Brooklands race track at Weybridge where they completed another 25 miles (40 km) before being put under lock and key until Monday March 2, 1908 when they were released and disassembled completely. Their 721 component parts were scrambled in one heap; 89 parts requiring extreme accuracy were withdrawn from the heap,locked away at the Brooklands club house and replaced with new parts from the showroom stock. Using only wrenches and screwdrivers the 3 cars were re-assembled and on Friday March 13 they completed a mandatory 500 mile (800 km) run. On completion of the test, one of the cars was placed under lock and key where it remained until the start of the 2000 miles (3200 km) Reliability Trials, several months later. It came out the winner of the R.A.C. Trophy! Parts interchangeability could not have been proven in any other more appropriate way. As a result of these tests, the Cadillac Automobile Company was awarded the Dewar Trophy for 1908 (actual award date was Feb 1909). The Dewar Trophy was an annual award for the most important advancement of the year in the automobile industry. General MotorsCadillac was purchased by the General Motors conglomerate in 1909. Cadillac became General Motors' prestige division, devoted to the production of large luxury vehicles. The Cadillac line was also GM's default marque for "commercial chassis" institutional vehicles, such as ambulances, limousines, hearses, and funeral home flower cars. The latter two of which were custom made by aftermarket manufacturers, GM does not produce any such vehicles on its own. In 1911, Cadillac was the first gasoline internal combustion engine auto to incorporate electric start, as opposed to earlier crank start. Originally marketed as a convenience device for female drivers, the electric starter developed by Charles Kettering was first used on the production models of 1912. Other innovations included the first V8 engine in mass production in 1915; shatter-resistant safety glass in 1926; and the first fully synchronized transmission (with gears "locked" in relation to one another to prevent clashing upon execution of a shift) in 1928. About this time, automobile stylist, Harley Earl, whom Cadillac had recruited in 1926 and who was to head the new Art & Color section starting in January 1928, designed for 1927 a new, smaller "companion" car to the Cadillac which he called the La Salle, after another French explorer, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. That model remained in production until 1940. Pre-World War II Cadillacs were well-built, powerful, mass-produced luxury cars, aimed at an upper class market, below that of such ultra-exclusive marques such as Pierce-Arrow and Duesenberg. In the 1930s, Cadillac added cars with 12- and 16-cylinder engines to their range, many of which were fitted with custom coach-built bodies; these engines were remarkable at the time for their ability to deliver a combination of high power, silky smoothness and quietness. 1932- The year it could have endedIn 1932, after Cadillac suffered from record low sales and charges of discrimination against black customers, Alfred Sloan created a committee to consider the discontinuation of the Cadillac line. At a fateful board meeting, Cadillac president Nicholas Dreystadt gave the GM Board of Directors a 10 minute speech in which he advocated advertising to black consumers so as to increase sales. The Board agreed to give Dreystadt 18 months to produce results. By 1934, Cadillac had regained profitability. By 1940, Cadillac sales had risen 1000% compared to 1934, thus saving Cadillac from extinction. 1934 brought about a revolution in assembly line technology. Henry F. Phillips introduced the Philips screw and driver onto the market. He entered into talks with General Motors and convinced the Cadillac group that his new screws would speed assembly times and therefore increase profits. Cadillac was the first automaker to use the Phillips technology, which was widely adopted in 1940. PostwarPromotional art of the 1947 Cadillac Series 75 SedanPostwar Cadillacs, incorporating the ideas of General Motors styling chief Harley J. Earl, innovated many of the styling features that came to be synonymous with the classic (late 1940s-late 1950s) American automobile, including tailfins and wraparound windshields. Cadillac's first tailfins, inspired by the twin rudders of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, appeared in 1948; the 1959 Cadillac was the epitome of the tailfin craze, with the most recognizable tailfins of any production automobile. 1960 CadillacAt this point, Bill Mitchell succeeded Harley Earl as styling chief, and his preference for more austere design combined with changing buyer tastes caused the excess to be rapidly toned down, starting in 1960. Nevertheless, Cadillacs retained their tailfins through 1964, and suggestions of them remain in the peaked rear fenders of many models even to this day. The tailfin style gave birth to the enduring vertical-tailight pattern, which is a subtle trademark of the Cadillac line (the opposite of the horizontal tailight pattern which is a likewise subtle trademark of rival Lincoln.) Somewhat surprisingly for a marque with such a strong design heritage, Cadillac has resisted the temptation to produce any "retro" models such as the revived Ford Thunderbird or the VW New Beetle, and has instead pressed ahead with a new design philosophy for the 21st century called "art and science"[1] which it says "incorporates sharp, shear forms and crisp edges - a form vocabulary that expresses bold, high-technology design and invokes the technology used to design it." Low points, and the beginning of a recoveryCadillac suffered from the malaise that set in to the American auto industry in the late 1970s to the late 1980s. There were high points, such as the launch of the Eldorado two-door personal luxury car in 1967, with its simple, elegant design—a far cry from the tail-fin and chrome excesses of the 1950s. However, the 1970s saw vehicles memorable for other types of excess: engine size, for one (the Eldorado featured an 8.2-litre engine at one point), weight, and physical bulk. The build quality also became poorer when measured against German rivals. As with most American brands, Cadillac was forced to downsize its offerings between the 1973 and 1979 fuel crises. Its staple De Ville and Fleetwood lines were downsized for 1977 and again for 1985. It launched a smaller car around the size of the Mercedes-Benz 300, the Seville, based on a Chevrolet Nova platform, which became a success for the marque. Due to gasoline shortages, Cadillac offered a "dieselized" (converted from gasoline use) LF9 350-cubic-inch (5.7L) V8 engine, in its full-size cars from 1979 to 1981. This was a disaster for GM. The engine was notoriously unreliable and smoky. Ironically, GM's other division, Detroit Diesel had had decades of experience building Diesel engines. However, trying to extend its brand further downward to appeal to younger buyers, Cadillac launched in 1981 (for the 1982 model year) the compact Cimarron, a warmed-over Chevrolet Cavalier as a rival to the BMW 3-series. Buyers rejected this model for being too close to the considerably cheaper Chevrolet — unlike the Seville, which did not resemble the Nova or other GM X-cars, the Cimarron was almost indistinguishable from the down-market versions. Buyers also objected to the Cimmaron's four-cylinder engine and low level of standard equipment. Although the motoring press lauded the first Cadillac manual transmission in decades, the automatic's extra cost also rankled buyers. Another low point during the early 1980s was the variable displacement engine, branded the L62 V8-6-4 engine. Introduced in 1981, this 368 in³ (6.0 L) engine sequentially shut down cylinders as demand dropped. Company marketing hailed the engine as cutting-edge technology, but it proved unreliable and was dropped the next year in favor of a family of smaller aluminum V8 engines rushed into production. The 4100 (4.1 liter) V8 engine was used widely in Cadillacs in the late 1980's. This proved to be one of the worst engines ever built. It suffered from coolant leaks, warped intake manifolds and warped heads. The 4100's problems cost Cadillac the loyalty of many customers. The mid-1980s saw Cadillac try to rebuild its image, aware that European and Japanese imports were on a rise, and with Honda launching its American luxury division, Acura. Some new design approaches were tried: the Seville, for instance, had gracefully rounded wheel arches with a hint of chrome. The greatest challenge to the imports was the Cadillac Allante, a convertible designed by Pininfarina of Italy, and built on what was touted as the world's longest production line—with the car's bodies fabricated in Italy and flown by Boeing 747 to the United States to meet their transmission and engine. The car was, sadly, not a commercial success, but today stands out as a modern classic and more than able to hold its own, image-wise, next to its Mercedes-Benz SL rival. The Allante's styling influenced other Cadillacs, especially the Seville, which adopted its sharper, tailored lines. Indeed, Cadillac was so confident of the Seville that it was exported to Europe, but it faced stiff opposition. The Cimarron and Seville models marked a beginning of "smaller" cars for the Cadillac line. Throughout the 1980s, American auto makers downsized most of their models, and the Cadillac was no exception. By the late 80s, the Brougham was the only Cadillac model that retained the style and size of the "big" DeVilles and Fleetwoods of the 70s. It was discontinued after the 1996 model year (the Brougham was rebadged as the Fleetwood Brougham). After GM phased out the GM B platform after 1996, abeit the importation of the European-based Catera, the only equivalent of rear-wheel drive is seen as a sport utility vehicle with the present-day Escalade. The Art & Science eraThe latest incarnation of Cadillac styling - Art & Science (A&S) was previewed with the 1999 Cadillac Evoq concept roadster at that year's Detroit Auto Show. With its crisp lines, hard creases, and sharp corners, the Evoq not only had a striking presence of its own, but also marked a departure from the softer design of previous Cadillacs. Distinctive characteristics of Art & Science design include stacked headlamps, vertical taillamps, angular grille, and creased body lines in addition to alphanumeric model names. The DeVille sedan and 2002 Escalade sport utility were the first executions of the Art & Science design philosophy, though they should be appropriately noted as more transitional vehicles since they combine A&S with the last era of styling and tested the waters for public acceptance. Cadillac's 2003 Cadillac CTS was the first ground-up incarnation of A&S and was an instant hit, partly due to product placements in the cyberpunk Matrix trilogy. Following in its success was the Cadillac SRX sport utility wagon and the Evoq-inspired Cadillac XLR roadster. The 2005 Cadillac STS is the latest in the A&S lineup and will complete the transition between the old school of design and the new. The new Cadillac V-Series was also introduced to provide sporty models based on Cadillac production cars, with very extensive chassis and engine upgrades. A slight evolution of A&S was shown at Detroit's 2003 Auto Show with the Cadillac Sixteen concept, which had a rounded body with crisp A&S features. This version of A&S will probably see itself debuted on models that appeal to more conservative demographics, such as the DeVille's replacement and a possible ultraluxury sedan. The 2005 Presidential Limousine first shown at the second inauguration of President George W. Bush features A&S design cues, and is said to foreshadow the 2006 Cadillac DTS, which is the replacement for the DeVille. In late 2005, Cadillac introduced the new DTS, the replacement of the DeVille, completing the full lineup of A&S models. Also in 2005, General Motors announced the first Cadillac designed exclusively for the European market, a model called the BLS, to be built by Saab in Sweden. Cadillac modelsHistorical and Classic
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The 2005 Presidential Limousine first shown at the second inauguration of President George W. Legend has it that once, when feeling cold, Coco Chanel placed a man's sailor jumper around her neck. This version of A&S will probably see itself debuted on models that appeal to more conservative demographics, such as the DeVille's replacement and a possible ultraluxury sedan. During the early 20th century Chanel was especially known for its quality and innovation. A slight evolution of A&S was shown at Detroit's 2003 Auto Show with the Cadillac Sixteen concept, which had a rounded body with crisp A&S features. These sales are however strictly invitation only. The new Cadillac V-Series was also introduced to provide sporty models based on Cadillac production cars, with very extensive chassis and engine upgrades. Chanel goods are sold for less at these sales if they did not sell in the last season. The 2005 Cadillac STS is the latest in the A&S lineup and will complete the transition between the old school of design and the new. Though there are a few exceptions to this such as the Chanel sample sales at the end of a season. Following in its success was the Cadillac SRX sport utility wagon and the Evoq-inspired Cadillac XLR roadster. Reasons are that it keeps the Chanel trademark to the few upperclass personel and does not want confusion of about the concerning of quality. Cadillac's 2003 Cadillac CTS was the first ground-up incarnation of A&S and was an instant hit, partly due to product placements in the cyberpunk Matrix trilogy. This is much to the dismay of many. The DeVille sedan and 2002 Escalade sport utility were the first executions of the Art & Science design philosophy, though they should be appropriately noted as more transitional vehicles since they combine A&S with the last era of styling and tested the waters for public acceptance. Chanel is known to burn its leftover stock as it does not want it to be sold cheaply (wrecks reputation) and does not want to be given away. Distinctive characteristics of Art & Science design include stacked headlamps, vertical taillamps, angular grille, and creased body lines in addition to alphanumeric model names. It was not launched when Chanel begun her career, at the beginning of XX Century. With its crisp lines, hard creases, and sharp corners, the Evoq not only had a striking presence of its own, but also marked a departure from the softer design of previous Cadillacs. The 2/55 handbag was launched on February 1955 (this is the meaning of its name). The latest incarnation of Cadillac styling - Art & Science (A&S) was previewed with the 1999 Cadillac Evoq concept roadster at that year's Detroit Auto Show. It was discontinued after the 1996 model year (the Brougham was rebadged as the Fleetwood Brougham). Another famous item is the Chanel 2.55 handbag with its quilted pattern. By the late 80s, the Brougham was the only Cadillac model that retained the style and size of the "big" DeVilles and Fleetwoods of the 70s. Indeed, Cadillac was so confident of the Seville that it was exported to Europe, but it faced stiff opposition. Chanel is currently trying to deal with their logo being illegally used on cheaper goods, especially on fake handbags. The Allante's styling influenced other Cadillacs, especially the Seville, which adopted its sharper, tailored lines. The logo was not trademarked until during the first openings of Chanel stores. The car was, sadly, not a commercial success, but today stands out as a modern classic and more than able to hold its own, image-wise, next to its Mercedes-Benz SL rival. This comes from the name Coco Chanel. The greatest challenge to the imports was the Cadillac Allante, a convertible designed by Pininfarina of Italy, and built on what was touted as the world's longest production line—with the car's bodies fabricated in Italy and flown by Boeing 747 to the United States to meet their transmission and engine. The Chanel logo is an overlapping double 'C' - one facing forward and the other facing backward. Some new design approaches were tried: the Seville, for instance, had gracefully rounded wheel arches with a hint of chrome. . The mid-1980s saw Cadillac try to rebuild its image, aware that European and Japanese imports were on a rise, and with Honda launching its American luxury division, Acura. This material is used for clothing and accessories alike. The 4100's problems cost Cadillac the loyalty of many customers. Chanel is also known for its quilted fabric which also has a "secret" quilting pattern sewn at the back to keep the material strong. It suffered from coolant leaks, warped intake manifolds and warped heads. Chanel took to living at the Hôtel Ritz, and her suite of residence is named the Coco Chanel Suite even today. This proved to be one of the worst engines ever built. 5 was launched in 1921, Coco Chanel's fashions became well-known and were purchased by the high flyers of London and Paris society alike. The 4100 (4.1 liter) V8 engine was used widely in Cadillacs in the late 1980's. After Chanel No. Company marketing hailed the engine as cutting-edge technology, but it proved unreliable and was dropped the next year in favor of a family of smaller aluminum V8 engines rushed into production. 5 fragrance - so called as it was the fifth attempt at creating a Chanel perfume that Coco Chanel liked - and the popular Chanel suit, an elegant creation comprised of a knee-length skirt and trim, boxy jacket, traditionally made of woven wool with black trim and gold buttons and worn with large costume-pearl necklaces. Introduced in 1981, this 368 in³ (6.0 L) engine sequentially shut down cylinders as demand dropped. The house became especially famous with its signature Chanel No. Another low point during the early 1980s was the variable displacement engine, branded the L62 V8-6-4 engine. Founded in 1909, the small shop selling ladies headwear had moved to the upmarket Rue Cambon within a year. Although the motoring press lauded the first Cadillac manual transmission in decades, the automatic's extra cost also rankled buyers. [1]. Buyers also objected to the Cimmaron's four-cylinder engine and low level of standard equipment. According to Forbes, the privately held House of Chanel is jointly owned by Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer who are the grandsons of Chanel founder Pierre Wertheimer. Buyers rejected this model for being too close to the considerably cheaper Chevrolet — unlike the Seville, which did not resemble the Nova or other GM X-cars, the Cimarron was almost indistinguishable from the down-market versions. The House of Chanel, more commonly known as Chanel, is a Parisian fashion house in France. However, trying to extend its brand further downward to appeal to younger buyers, Cadillac launched in 1981 (for the 1982 model year) the compact Cimarron, a warmed-over Chevrolet Cavalier as a rival to the BMW 3-series. Forbes. Ironically, GM's other division, Detroit Diesel had had decades of experience building Diesel engines. Chanel. The engine was notoriously unreliable and smoky. This was a disaster for GM. Due to gasoline shortages, Cadillac offered a "dieselized" (converted from gasoline use) LF9 350-cubic-inch (5.7L) V8 engine, in its full-size cars from 1979 to 1981. It launched a smaller car around the size of the Mercedes-Benz 300, the Seville, based on a Chevrolet Nova platform, which became a success for the marque. Its staple De Ville and Fleetwood lines were downsized for 1977 and again for 1985. As with most American brands, Cadillac was forced to downsize its offerings between the 1973 and 1979 fuel crises. The build quality also became poorer when measured against German rivals. However, the 1970s saw vehicles memorable for other types of excess: engine size, for one (the Eldorado featured an 8.2-litre engine at one point), weight, and physical bulk. There were high points, such as the launch of the Eldorado two-door personal luxury car in 1967, with its simple, elegant design—a far cry from the tail-fin and chrome excesses of the 1950s. Cadillac suffered from the malaise that set in to the American auto industry in the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Somewhat surprisingly for a marque with such a strong design heritage, Cadillac has resisted the temptation to produce any "retro" models such as the revived Ford Thunderbird or the VW New Beetle, and has instead pressed ahead with a new design philosophy for the 21st century called "art and science"[1] which it says "incorporates sharp, shear forms and crisp edges - a form vocabulary that expresses bold, high-technology design and invokes the technology used to design it.". The tailfin style gave birth to the enduring vertical-tailight pattern, which is a subtle trademark of the Cadillac line (the opposite of the horizontal tailight pattern which is a likewise subtle trademark of rival Lincoln.). Nevertheless, Cadillacs retained their tailfins through 1964, and suggestions of them remain in the peaked rear fenders of many models even to this day. At this point, Bill Mitchell succeeded Harley Earl as styling chief, and his preference for more austere design combined with changing buyer tastes caused the excess to be rapidly toned down, starting in 1960. Cadillac's first tailfins, inspired by the twin rudders of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, appeared in 1948; the 1959 Cadillac was the epitome of the tailfin craze, with the most recognizable tailfins of any production automobile. Earl, innovated many of the styling features that came to be synonymous with the classic (late 1940s-late 1950s) American automobile, including tailfins and wraparound windshields. Postwar Cadillacs, incorporating the ideas of General Motors styling chief Harley J. Cadillac was the first automaker to use the Phillips technology, which was widely adopted in 1940. He entered into talks with General Motors and convinced the Cadillac group that his new screws would speed assembly times and therefore increase profits. Phillips introduced the Philips screw and driver onto the market. Henry F. 1934 brought about a revolution in assembly line technology. By 1940, Cadillac sales had risen 1000% compared to 1934, thus saving Cadillac from extinction. By 1934, Cadillac had regained profitability. The Board agreed to give Dreystadt 18 months to produce results. At a fateful board meeting, Cadillac president Nicholas Dreystadt gave the GM Board of Directors a 10 minute speech in which he advocated advertising to black consumers so as to increase sales. In 1932, after Cadillac suffered from record low sales and charges of discrimination against black customers, Alfred Sloan created a committee to consider the discontinuation of the Cadillac line. In the 1930s, Cadillac added cars with 12- and 16-cylinder engines to their range, many of which were fitted with custom coach-built bodies; these engines were remarkable at the time for their ability to deliver a combination of high power, silky smoothness and quietness. Pre-World War II Cadillacs were well-built, powerful, mass-produced luxury cars, aimed at an upper class market, below that of such ultra-exclusive marques such as Pierce-Arrow and Duesenberg. That model remained in production until 1940. About this time, automobile stylist, Harley Earl, whom Cadillac had recruited in 1926 and who was to head the new Art & Color section starting in January 1928, designed for 1927 a new, smaller "companion" car to the Cadillac which he called the La Salle, after another French explorer, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Other innovations included the first V8 engine in mass production in 1915; shatter-resistant safety glass in 1926; and the first fully synchronized transmission (with gears "locked" in relation to one another to prevent clashing upon execution of a shift) in 1928. Originally marketed as a convenience device for female drivers, the electric starter developed by Charles Kettering was first used on the production models of 1912. In 1911, Cadillac was the first gasoline internal combustion engine auto to incorporate electric start, as opposed to earlier crank start. The latter two of which were custom made by aftermarket manufacturers, GM does not produce any such vehicles on its own. The Cadillac line was also GM's default marque for "commercial chassis" institutional vehicles, such as ambulances, limousines, hearses, and funeral home flower cars. Cadillac became General Motors' prestige division, devoted to the production of large luxury vehicles. Cadillac was purchased by the General Motors conglomerate in 1909. The Dewar Trophy was an annual award for the most important advancement of the year in the automobile industry. As a result of these tests, the Cadillac Automobile Company was awarded the Dewar Trophy for 1908 (actual award date was Feb 1909). Trophy! Parts interchangeability could not have been proven in any other more appropriate way. It came out the winner of the R.A.C. On completion of the test, one of the cars was placed under lock and key where it remained until the start of the 2000 miles (3200 km) Reliability Trials, several months later. Using only wrenches and screwdrivers the 3 cars were re-assembled and on Friday March 13 they completed a mandatory 500 mile (800 km) run. Their 721 component parts were scrambled in one heap; 89 parts requiring extreme accuracy were withdrawn from the heap,locked away at the Brooklands club house and replaced with new parts from the showroom stock. They were driven 25 miles to the Brooklands race track at Weybridge where they completed another 25 miles (40 km) before being put under lock and key until Monday March 2, 1908 when they were released and disassembled completely. In Feb to Mar 1908, three Model K Cadillacs (1907 production) were released from the stock of Frederick Bennett (UK agent for Cadillac) at the Heddon Street showroom in London to compete in the annual Royal Automobile Club's Standardization Test. The Cadillac's biggest selling point was precision manufacturing and, therefore, reliability; it was simply a better made vehicle than its competition. In any case, the new Cadillac was shown at the New York Auto Show the following January, where it impressed the crowds enough to gather over two thousand firm orders. Many sources say the first car rolled out of the factory on October 17; in the book Henry Leland - Master of Precision, on p.69, that date is shown to be October 20; yet another reliable source shows car #3 to have been built on October 16. Their first car was completed in October 1902, the 10 horsepower (7 kW) Cadillac, based on Henry Ford's design was practically identical to the 1903 Ford Model A. The Cadillac automobile was named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan in 1701. Henry Ford's departure required a new name, and on August 22, 1902, the company reformed as the Cadillac Automobile Company. Instead, Leland persuaded them to continue in the automobile business. Leland to appraise the plant and equipment prior to selling them. With the intent of liquidating the firm's assets, Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Cadillac was formed from the Henry Ford Company upon Henry Ford's departure. . In the United States, the name became a synonym for "high quality", used in such phrases as "the Cadillac of clocks." This is less prevalent, though still known, in other English-speaking countries (who are more likely to use Rolls-Royce in such phrases). Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the United States; outside of North America, they have been less successful. Cadillac Sixteen - 2003. Cadillac Cien - 2002. Cadillac Imaj - 2001. Cadillac Vizon - 2000. Cadillac Evoq - 1999. Cadillac Solitaire - 1989. Cadillac Voyage - 1988. Cadillac CART-PPG - 1985. Cadillac Aurora - 1980. Cadillac Florentine - 1964. Cadillac Bonneville Maharani - 1963. Cadillac 4-door phaeton - 1960. Cadillac Cyclone - 1959. Cadillac "Rain Car" and 4-door Eldorado Seville - 1958. Cadillac Director - 1957. Cadillac Castilian, Gala, Maharani, Palomino, Eldorado Brougham and Eldorado Brougham Town Car, - 1956. Moritz, Westchester - 1955. Cadillac Celebrity, Eldorado Brougham, La Salle II, Eldorado St. Cadillac El Camino, La Espada, Park Avenue - 1954. Cadillac Le Mans and Orleans - 1953. Cadillac Eldorado and Townsman - 1952. Cadillac custom roadster for Bill Boyer - 1951-52. Cadillac Debutante - 1950. Cadillac Caribbean, Coupe de Ville, El Rancho, Embassy - 1949. Cadillac V-16 Aero coupe - 1933. 2004-present Cadillac XLR. 2005-present Cadillac STS. 2004-present Cadillac SRX. 1999-present Cadillac Escalade (ESV/EXT). 2006-present Cadillac DTS. 2003-present Cadillac CTS. 2006-present Cadillac BLS (Europe only). 2004-present Cadillac CTS V-Series. 2006-present Cadillac STS V-Series. 1975-1976 Cadillac Castilian Station Wagon. 1938-1993 Cadillac Sixty Special. 1975-2004 Cadillac Seville. 1927-1996 Cadillac Fleetwood. 1963-2003 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado. 1956-1960 Cadillac Eldorado Seville. 1957-1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. 1956-1962 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. 1953-2003 Cadillac Eldorado. 1949-1993 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. 1949-2005 Cadillac DeVille. 1935-1983 Cadillac commercial chassis. 1982-1988 Cadillac Cimarron. 1994-1996 Cadillac Catera. 1965-1976 Cadillac Calais. 1985-1993 Cadillac Brougham. 1987-1993 Cadillac Allante. Fleetwood - 126.3 133 151.5 &bnsp; and 157.5 in wheelbase V8. Seville - 114.3 in wheelbase V8. DeVille/Coupe de Ville - 130 in wheelbase V8. Calais - 130 in wheelbase V8. 1975 - Cadillac "Calais", "De Ville", "Seville" and "Fleetwood" Series Fisher Fleetwood
Calais - 130 in wheelbase V8. 1974 - Cadillac "Calais", "De Ville" and "Fleetwood" Series Fisher Fleetwood
Calais - 130 in wheelbase V8. 1970-1973 Cadillac "Calais", "De Ville" and "Fleetwood" Series Fisher Fleetwood
Calais - 129.5 in wheelbase V8. 1967-1970 Cadillac "Calais", "De Ville" and "Fleetwood" Series Fisher Fleetwood
Calais - 129.5 in wheelbase V8. 1965-1966 Cadillac "Calais", "De Ville" and "Fleetwood" Series Fisher Fleetwood
Series 60S Fleetwood - 129.5 in wheelbase V8. 1961-1964 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 64 - 130 in wheelbase V8"Eldorado" sub-series. Series 63 - 130 in wheelbase V8"De Ville" sub-series. Series 62 - 130 in wheelbase V8. Series 60S Fleetwood - 130 in wheelbase V8. 1959-1960 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 63, 64, 69, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 60S Fleetwood - 133 in wheelbase V8. 1957-1958 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 70, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 60S Fleetwood - 133 in wheelbase V8. 1956 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 60S Fleetwood - 133 in wheelbase V8. 1954-1955 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 60S Fleetwood - 130 in wheelbase V8. 1953 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 60S Fleetwood - 130 in wheelbase V8. 1952 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 61 - 122 in wheelbase V8. Series 60S Fleetwood - 130 in wheelbase V8. 1950-1951 Cadillac Series 60S, 61, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 62 - 126 in wheelbase V8. Series 61 - 126 in wheelbase V8. Series 60S Fleetwood - 133 in wheelbase V8. 1948-1949 Cadillac Series 60S, 61, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 75 - 138 in wheelbase V8. Series 62 - 129 in wheelbase V8. Series 61 - 126 in wheelbase V8. Series 60S Fleetwood - 133 in wheelbase V8. 1947 Cadillac Series 60S, 61, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 60S Fleetwood - 133 in wheelbase V8. 1946 Cadillac Series 60S, 61, 62, 75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 42-63 - 126 in wheelbase V8. Series 42-62 - 129 in wheelbase V8. Series 42-61 - 126 in wheelbase V8. Series 42-60S Fleetwood - 133 in wheelbase V8. 1942 Cadillac Series 42-60S, 42-61, 42-62, 42-63, 42-67, 42-75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 41-62 - 126 and 163 in wheelbase V8. Series 41-61 - 126 in wheelbase V8. Series 41-60S - 126 in wheelbase V8. 1941 Cadillac Series 41-60S, 41-61, 41-62, 41-63, 41-67, 41-75 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 40-90 - 141 in wheelbase V16. Series 40-75 - 141 and 161.75 in wheelbase V8. Series 40-72 - 138 and 165.25 in wheelbase V8. Series 40-62 - 129 in wheelbase V8. Series 40-60S - 127 in wheelbase V8. 1940 Cadillac Series 40-60S, 40-62, 40-72, 40-75, 40-90 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 39-61 - 126 and 162.25 in wheelbase V8. Series 39-60S - 127 in wheelbase V8. 1939 Cadillac Series 39-60S, 39-65, 39-75, 39-90 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 38-75 - 141 and 160 in wheelbase V8. Series 38-65 - 132 in wheelbase V8. Series 38-60S - 127 in wheelbase V8. Series 38-60 - 124 and 160 in wheelbase V8. 1938 Cadillac Series 38-60, 38-60S, 38-65, 38-75, 38-90 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 37-70 - 131 in wheelbase V8. Series 37-65 - 131 in wheelbase V8. Series 37-60 - 124 and 160.75 in wheelbase V8. 1937 Cadillac Series 36-60, 37-65, 37-70, 37-75, 37-85, 37-90 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 36-80 - 154 in wheelbase V16. Series 36-85 - 138 in wheelbase V12. Series 36-80 - 131 and 160 in wheelbase V12. Series 36-75 - 138 in wheelbase V8. Series 36-70 - 131 in wheelbase V8. Series 36-60 - 121 in wheelbase V8. 1936 Cadillac Series 36-60, 36-70, 36-75, 36-80, 36-85, 36-90 Fisher Fleetwood
Series 370-D - 146 and 160 in wheelbase V12. Series 30 - 146 in wheelbase V8. Series 20 - 136 in wheelbase V8. Series 10 - 128 in wheelbase V8. 1935 Cadillac Series 10, 20, 30 and 452-D Fisher Fleetwood
Series 20 - 136 in wheelbase V8. Series 10 - 128 in wheelbase V8. 1934 Cadillac Series 10, 20, 30 and 452-D Fisher Fleetwood
Series 370-C - 134 140 and 156 in wheelbase V12. Series 355-C - 140 and 156 in wheelbase V8. 1933 Cadillac Series 355-C, 370-C and 452-C Fisher Fleetwood
Series 370-B - 140 and 156 in wheelbase V12 Fisher Fleetwood. Series 355-B - 134 and 156 in wheelbase V8 Fisher Fleetwood. 1932 Cadillac Series 355-B, 370-B and 452-B Fisher Fleetwood
Series 370-A - 140 143 and 152 in wheelbase V12 Fleetwood. Series 355 - 134 and 152 in wheelbase V8 Fleetwood. 1931 Cadillac Series 355, 370-A and 452-A Fisher Fleetwood
Series 370 - 140 143 and 152 in wheelbase V12 Fisher Fleetwood. Series 353 - 140 and 152 in wheelbase V8 Fisher Fleetwood. 1930 Cadillac Series 353, 370 and 452 Fisher Fleetwood
1928 - Cadillac Series 341-A; 140 and 152 in wheelbase V8 Fisher Fleetwood. 1926-1927 Cadillac Series 314; 132 138 and 150 in wheelbase V8 Fisher Fleetwood. 1925 - Cadillac Type V-63; 132 138 and 145 in wheelbase V8 Fisher Fleetwood. 1924 - Cadillac Type V-63; 132 and 145 in wheelbase V8 Fisher. 1922-1923 Cadillac Type 61; 132 in wheelbase V8 Fisher. 1920-1921 Cadillac Type 59; 122 and 132 in wheelbase V8 Fisher. 1918-1919 Cadillac Type 57; 125 132 and 145 in wheelbase V8 Fisher. 1917 - Cadillac Type 55; 125 and 145 in wheelbase V8 Fisher. 1916 - Cadillac Type 53; 122 132 and 145 in wheelbase V8 Fisher. 1915 - Cadillac Type 51; 122 and 145 in wheelbase V8 Fisher. 1914 - Cadillac Model 1914; 120 and 134 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine Fisher. 1913 - Cadillac Model 1913; 120 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine Fisher. 1912 - Cadillac Model 1912; 116 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine Fisher. 1911 - 116 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine Fisher. 1910 - 110 in wheelbase; 120 in wheelbase (limousine) four-cylinder engine Fisher. 1909 - 106 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine. 1909-1911 Cadillac Model Thirty
Model H - 102 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine. Model G - 100 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine. 1908 Cadillac Models G, H, M, S and T
Model K - 74 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine. Model H - 102 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine. Model G - 100 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine. 1907 Cadillac Models G, H, K, and M
Model M - 76 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine. Model L - 110 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine. Model K - 74 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine. Model H - 102 in wheelbase four-cylinder engine. 1906 Cadillac Models H, K, L, and M
Model C - 72 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine. Model B - 76 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine. 1905 Cadillac Models B, C, D, E and F
Model A - 72 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine. 1904 Cadillac Models A and B
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