Cadillac

The Cadillac Motor Car Division (/ˈkædɪlæk/) is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors Company (GM) that designs and builds luxury vehicles. Its major markets are the United States, Canada, and China. Cadillac models are distributed in 34 additional markets worldwide. Cadillac automobiles are at the top of the luxury field within the United States. In 2019, Cadillac sold 390,458 vehicles worldwide, a record for the brand.

Cadillac is among the first automotive brands in the world, fourth in the United States only to Autocar Company (1897) and fellow GM marques Oldsmobile (1897) and Buick (1899). It was named after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded Detroit, Michigan. The Cadillac crest is based on his coat of arms.



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 * Ford then embarked on a brief but successful career as a racing driver. Victory in a race at Grosse Point brought him sufficient kudos for a second company, the Henry Ford Motor Company, founded just seven weeks later. Many invested who had already lost money financing the Detroit Automobile Company. The intention — of he backers at least — was to start making a car based on the one which had been responsible for Ford's famous racing victory. Yet only four months later, Ford was asked to leave and offered a severance payment of $900. The company was renamed the Cadillac Automobile Company and manufactured a car according to Ford's design, but with a single, rather than a two-cylinder motor. After 1909, as part of General Motors, Ford's arch rivals in later years, Cadillac became one of America's most prestigious makes of motor car — the exact opposite of the reputation Ford motor cars later acquired.
 * Ray Batchelor,


 * As I was motorvatin' over the hill I saw Maybellene in a Coupe DeVille A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
 * Chuck Berry, "Maybellene" (1955), written by Chuck Berry


 * I might not have any money, I might not have a Cadillac, but I'm proud of what I do and I don't answer to anybody.
 * A Bronx Tale (1993), directed by Robert De Niro, written by Chazz Palminteri. Spoken by De Niro's character Lorenzo Anello.

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 * You Can Kill A Horse But Not A Cadillac
 * Cadillac advertising slogan, 1905


 * They'll Take The Cadillac Tonight
 * Cadillac advertising slogan, 1955


 * Best Of All... It's A Cadillac
 * Cadillac advertising slogan, 1982-1986


 * The Only Way To Travel Is Cadillac Style
 * Cadillac advertising slogan, 1988-1991


 * Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Cadillacs Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry 'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black
 * Johnny Cash, "One Piece at a Time", One Piece at a Time (1976), written by Wayne Kemp


 * One day I devised myself a plan That should be the envy of most any man I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand
 * Johnny Cash, "One Piece at a Time", One Piece at a Time (1976), written by Wayne Kemp


 * So the very next day when I punched in With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends I left that day with a lunch box full of gears I've never considered myself a thief But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece Especially if I strung it out over several years
 * Johnny Cash, "One Piece at a Time", One Piece at a Time (1976), written by Wayne Kemp


 * I got it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is around
 * Johnny Cash, "One Piece at a Time", One Piece at a Time (1976), written by Wayne Kemp

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 * Well, I ain't Burt Reynolds and I ain't Tom Selleck I got bills up the pike and my car's an old relic I get Chevrolet pay, but I've got a big smile 'Cause my little baby loves me Cadillac style
 * Sammy Kershaw, first verse of "Cadillac Style," Don't Go Near The Water (1991), lyrics written by Mark Petersen


 * Well, I don't have a condo in Panama City You could say I'm a member of the Poor Boy Committee But I kinda feel rich when I've been with her a while 'Cause my little baby loves me Cadillac style
 * Sammy Kershaw, second verse of "Cadillac Style," Don't Go Near The Water (1991), lyrics written by Mark Petersen


 * Well, I ain't Goldfinger and I ain't Joe Fashion And you can't buy much with the checks I'm cashin' So, people if you wonder why I'm a-ridin' with a smile It's 'cause my little baby loves me Cadillac style
 * Sammy Kershaw, third verse of "Cadillac Style," Don't Go Near The Water (1991), lyrics written by Mark Petersen

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 * Mr. Sloan, are made to run, not just to sell.
 * Henry M. Leland, explaining to Alfred P. Sloan, the supplier of Hyatt bearings, that his bearings not (yet) met the requirements. As quoted in David Farber. Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors, p. 14

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 * Well, there she sits buddy just a-gleamin' in the sun There to greet a working man when his day is done I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac ranch
 * Bruce Springsteen, "Cadillac Ranch", The River (1980), written by The Boss himself


 * Eldorado fins, baby, whitewalls in skirts Rides just like my little bit of heaven here on earth Well, buddy, when I die throw my body in the back Drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac
 * Bruce Springsteen, "Cadillac Ranch", The River (1980), written by The Boss himself


 * Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark shiny and black Open up your engines, let 'em roar Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur
 * Bruce Springsteen, "Cadillac Ranch", The River (1980), written by The Boss himself


 * James Dean in that Mercury '49 Junior Johnson runnin' through the woods of Caroline Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am All gonna meet down at the Cadillac ranch
 * Bruce Springsteen, "Cadillac Ranch", The River (1980), written by The Boss himself