Cadillac - Wartime Innovation

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). Cadillac - History. Cadillac - Founding.

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• Cadillac - History
• Cadillac - Founding
• Cadillac - Early vehicles
• Cadillac - General Motors
• Cadillac - 1932- The year it could have ended
• Cadillac - Wartime Innovation
• Cadillac - Postwar
• Cadillac - Low points and the beginning of a recovery
• Cadillac - The Art & Science era
• Cadillac - Cadillac models
• Cadillac - Historical and Classic
• Cadillac - Finned Fifties
• Cadillac - Sixties and Seventies
• Cadillac - Alphabetical Model Summary
• Cadillac - Current
• Cadillac - Concepts and prototypes

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Cadillac - Founding. Cadillac 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, f ...

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Cadillac, Cadillac - History, Cadillac - Founding, Cadillac - Early vehicles, Cadillac - General Motors, Cadillac - 1932- The year it could have ended, Cadillac - Wartime Innovation, Cadillac - Postwar, Cadillac - Low points and the beginning of a recovery, Cadillac - The Art & Science era, Cadillac - Cadillac models, Cadillac - Historical and Classic, Cadillac - Finned Fifties, Cadillac - Sixties and Seventies, Cadillac - Alphabetical Model Summary, Cadillac - Current, Cadillac - Concepts and prototypes

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Cadillac - Historical and Classic. 1902-1903 Cadillac runabout and tonneau - 72 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine 1903-1904 Cadillac Model A - 72 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine 1904 Cadillac Models A and B Model A - 72 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine Model B - 76 in wheelbase single-cylinder engine 1905 Cadillac Models B, C, D, E and F Model B - 76 in wheelbase single-cylinder engi ...

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Cadillac, Cadillac - History, Cadillac - Founding, Cadillac - Early vehicles, Cadillac - General Motors, Cadillac - 1932- The year it could have ended, Cadillac - Wartime Innovation, Cadillac - Postwar, Cadillac - Low points and the beginning of a recovery, Cadillac - The Art & Science era, Cadillac - Cadillac models, Cadillac - Historical and Classic, Cadillac - Finned Fifties, Cadillac - Sixties and Seventies, Cadillac - Alphabetical Model Summary, Cadillac - Current, Cadillac - Concepts and prototypes

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