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Formerly | Cadillac Automobile Company |
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Company type | |
Industry | Automotive |
Predecessor | Henry Ford Company |
Founded | August 22, 1902Detroit, U.S. | in
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Fate | Acquired by General Motors in 1909 [1] |
Headquarters | , Michigan |
Area served | United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Europe, Kazakhstan, Middle East (excl. Iran and Syria), China (excl. Hong Kong and Macau), South Korea, Japan |
Key people | Steve Carlisle, President, Cadillac |
Products | Luxury vehicles |
Parent | General Motors |
Website | cadillac.com |
Footnotes / references [2] |
Cadillac, officially the Cadillac Division of the General Motors Company, is a luxury car maker, owned by General Motors. During the 20th century, Cadillacs were so highly thought of that the phrase "the Cadillac of x" was coined, meaning that something of excellent quality and better than everything else in its category. 1902
The company is one of the oldest car companies and was founded in 1902. By the 1950s and 1960s, it had become famous for making high-quality and luxurious cars, often setting the standard for automotive styling. Cadillac had largely declined by the 1980s and lost much of its market to other companies. Since the early 2000s, Cadillac has regained some of its lost reputation. However, it is not the same company it once was. Cadillac is based in Detroit, Michigan. Many of its cars are available as a V-model, which is a sports package.
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[change | change source]Discontinued
[change | change source]Gallery
[change | change source]- Cadillac 6 1/2HP Tonneau 1903
- Cadillac 8 1/4HP Surrey 1904
- Cadillac 10HP Tonneau 1904
- Cadillac 6 1/2HP Rear-Entrance Tonneau 1904
- Cadillac 8 1/4HP Detachable-Top Limousine 1904
- Cadillac 8 1/4HP Tonneau 1904
- Cadillac 8 1/4HP Tonneau 1904
- Cadillac 8 1/2HP Tonneau 1904
- Cadillac 10HP Tonneau 1904
- Cadillac 9HP Limousine
Other websites
[change | change source]- Cadillac.com – Official site
- Cadillac.GM.ca Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine – Official site of Cadillac in Canada
- CadillacEurope.com – Official site of Cadillac in Europe
- CadillacOwners.com – Community of Cadillac owners and enthusiasts with pictures, classifieds, auctions, discussions, tech tips and more.
- History and Picture Cadillac in Russian Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Motors buys Cadillac on History.com
- ↑ "Form 10-K Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 Commission File Number 001-34960 General Motors Company". General Motors. General Motors Company. February 15, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.