Cadillac history dates back to the early 18th century. Although the coach, riding and walking are popular means of transportation in those days, when there were no cars in production, very interested to know the origins of the brand. Origin Cadillac began in 1701 when a group of French researchers led by Le Sieur Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac traveled to the northern part of the United States and opened Ville d'Etroit. The settlement, which eventually became known as Detroit, a thriving industrial city with an abundance of road and foundries.

Nevertheless, Sir Cadillac had no relation to the future of Cadillac automobile market. Its actual origin can be traced to the mid-19th century, when the boy was born by the name of Henry Martyn Leland. Leland grew up on a farm near the Barton, Vermont, where he received a good business education, which taught him to do the job properly, regardless of its importance.

The experience, which he received on the farm, combined with his penchant for the improvement of working methods, has led to its growth as an engineer. However, Cadillac did not appear even as a car brand. By 1890 Leland founded his own company in partnership with the Robert C. Faulconer and Norton, persuading the latter in need of opening the car showrooms in the city. The activity of the company was to create and grinding tools.

Soon after the company received the main credit for the quality of the products that it produces, and after Leland established himself as a talented engineer, was made the transition from steam to gasoline cars. Continuing the work of the great Daimler and Benz in Europe, a man named Ransom Eli Olds from Michigan joined the group of investors in a company called Olds Gasoline Engine Works. Their main goal was to create a gasoline engine for its installation on the vehicle.

The project was successful, but the resulting product was spoiled: the gears in the transmission were too loud. Olds asked for help from Leland and Faulconer. The two entered into direct competition with the Dodge brothers, who also supplied the engines for Olds. Although ultimately developed engine 10.25 hp Leland was better than the Dodge, Olds declined it due to high sales of his company cars registered at the time. In principle, there was no need for a new engine.

However, Leland engine soon began to be used. Shortly after the failure of Olds to use the new engine, Leland was spotted by two men who wanted to liquidate the company, previously producing cars. It was called the Detroit Automobile Company and was initially reorganized by Henry Ford, who left shortly after the company started collapsing again. Leland persuaded investors to stay in business, convincing them of the usefulness and importance of the automotive industry in the near future.

With already developed engine, Leland and Faulconer joined the company, which was called the Cadillac, after the explorer who founded the city more than two centuries ago. Cadillac emblem was adopted as a new company logo, and the newborn firm has received international recognition for their cars.

Leland Engines have already received recognition and was one of the most accurate units created at the time. In fact, not only the engines were reliable and made with detailed precision, but they also have universal, successfully meeting the needs of interchangeability. With these features Cadillac was able to get the Dewar Trophy - it was the first award, presented to the American car manufacturer.

Cadillac later became part of a larger organization, the company General Motors, controlled William Crapo Durant, who paid $ 4.5 million in cash for the company Leland, that it merged with GM. Since then, after the resignation of Leland in 1917, it was developed and implemented in the production of several models.

Brougham, Fleetwood, Deville and Eldorado are among the most well-known models, GM created a huge branch. His achievements were the speed records on American soil, and technical improvements, which have become the premiere for the automotive world. For example, the Cadillac introduced the ignition system and a rotating electric lighting Delco system as standard equipment in their cars, boasting the world's first independent front suspension in the entire range of vehicles in 1934.

Closed cooling system, electronic fuel injection systems and catalytic converters are also among the long list of things created by Cadillac in the US in the first place. Despite the low acceptance of the brand in Europe, the Cadillac is one of the great classic car abroad, still boasting a privileged status among American manufacturers. In the end, it is a brand, deeply taken root in the noble foundation.