This page is dedicated to the history and evolution of the Cadillac automobile.

Founded in 1902 by Henry Leland, Cadillac quickly gained a reputation for quality and excellence. He named the car after Antoine De la Mothe Cadillac, the founder of Detroit.

Mr. Leland had a great sense of history, and as a humble individual, he never thought of naming a car after himself. A few years later after GM acquired Cadillac, he went on to establish another famous automobile marque; the Lincoln.

Most cars back then were hand built, so parts were not very interchangeable. Cadillac was one of the first cars built from standardized components.

Click on the emblems to the left to navigate different areas of this page, or scroll down to the Cadillac Web ring and visit the pages of other fellow Cadillac buffs.

Here is a picture of the man who started it all for us in America. Mr. Charles Duryea seated in his horseless carriage c.1898...

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Created: August 1, 1994

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