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Marque of the Month of February
Cadillac...
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| was founded by Henry Ford in 1901 as The Henry Ford Motor Company. |
| was renamed Cadillac Motor Company in 1902, after Henry Ford left. |
| was run by Henry Leland from 1902 - 1917, when he left to start Lincoln Motors. |
| was given the Dewar prize for the industry first of using interchangeable parts in 1908. |
| was purchased by General Motors in 1909. |
| was the first automobile to have an electric starter as standard, in 1912. |
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1916 Hearse
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1940 60 Special |
1941 60 Special
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1949 Fleetwood
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1951 Series 62
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1953 Fleetwood
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1956 Fleetwood
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1957
Coupe de Ville
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1958
60 Special |
1959
Series 62
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1960
Eldorado
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1961
Coupe deVille
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1962
Fleetwood Limo
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1964
Fleetwood |
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1966
de Ville
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1967
de Ville |
1968 Eldorado
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1972 Sedan de Ville
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1974
Eldorado
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1976
Fleetwood
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1979
Eldorado
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1985 Seville
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1985
Cimarron
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1988 Brougham d'Elegance
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1993 Allante
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1997 Eldorado
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2002 de Ville
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2004 CTS |
The 1966 Toronado was the first American mass-produced front-wheel-drive automobile since the Cord (1929-1937). The Toronado paid homage to the Cord 810 in some styling features (the roofline, hidden headlights and the "drilled" wheels).
| Did You Know? |
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Oldsmobile had a "companion" division for one year only (1929), the Viking.
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The company was officially known as the Olds Motor Works until 1942.
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Ransom Eli Olds left Olds Motor Works in 1904 to found Reo Motor Car Company.
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The song "In My Merry Oldsmobile" was written about the curved dash runabout.
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The group REO Speedwagon is named after a product of Ransom's second company.
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The Cutlass model line was often the sales leader for all American cars in the '70s.
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