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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 de Ville
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1962
Fleetwood Limo
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1963
Fleetwood |
1964
de Ville |
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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1984 Eldorado
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1985 Seville
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1986
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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Cadillac started out as The Henry Ford Motor Company, was run by Henry Leland (who went on to found Lincoln Motors), became a top rival to their companies, and set the luxury car standard for most the 20th century. Cadillacs were usually a bit flashier than the other luxury marques (Packard, Marmon, Lincoln), but in the 1950's flash took to new heights in the age of fins, chrome and
"Dagmars."
Things toned-down a bit in the 1960's, and as the 1970's closed, fuel prices and demographic trends make Cadillacs less of a world standard and more of a reflection of the past. In the late 1980's and 1990's Cadillac fought back with innovations and an embrace of more modern sensibilities, with an American flavor. Cadillac even went with the times and introduced a truck/SUV at the turn of the new millennium.
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The slogan "Standard of the World", first used in 1908,
refers to the award for precision.
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Cadillac stopped making four-cylinder engines in 1914, in favor of V-8's.
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Cadillac introduced the world's first-ever production V-16 in 1930.
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Cadillac made dual brake hydraulics standard in 1962.
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Cadillac offered airbags in 1974.
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Cadillac introduced the world's first transverse FWD V-8 in 1985
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