7 Facts You Didn't Know About CADILLAC

Number 1

Cadillacs fist automobiles were introduced in October 1902 Caddilac first cars the runabout the tonneau were completed in October 1902 and were first displayed at the New York Auto show in January of 1903. The attendees were so impress with the precision manufacturing of the cars that Cadillac received mm firm orders which really helped the brand get off the ground

Number 2

Caddillac was the first to develop technology to operate external lights from the car’s interior the first headlights were introduced in 1915 but these early models drivers to get out of the car and manually flip the lights on by hand Cadillac was the first to tackle the problem by developing a revolutionary that allowed drivers to operate their exterior lights from the interior of the car with the first interior mounted control system.

Number 3

Caddilac was named after the French soldier that founded Detroit and Twala made the lamothe Cadillac was a French explorer who made his way to North America in the late 1600 he added that a month Cadillac to his name and created a fake coat of arms to seem like he had a Royal French Lineage in the the early 1700s Cadillac was put in charge of a couple of hundred French soldiers and Native Americans who helped him establish the fort that would eventually become the city of Detroit 200 years latter his name was given to Cadillac automobile company and the coat of arms he once created ca still be see on the embalm of Cadillacs around the world

Number 4

The Cadillac DeVille was the first commercial vehicle with night vision automotive night vision  achieved through a system that utilizes a tomographic camera to increase the driver perception and range of sight in darkness or inclement weather the first worldwide series production automotive night vision was introduced in the 2000 Cadillac DeVille information is displayed on the windshield as black and white  image with warmer object in white and cooler objects in black Cadillac stopped including this feature in 2004 but they introduced an improved night vision model in the 2006 Cadillac ct-6.

Number 5

Cadillaces Eldorado Brougham was once the most expensive the most expensive car on the market .Cadillac introduced their Eldorado Brougham in 1957 and two became the most expensive car in the American market with a price tag of $13,000 which is one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars at today’s valuation it cost even more the Bentley S one saloon which was still a pricy $12,000 the care cam with a brushed stainless steel roof chrome plated aluminum bumpers and a v8 along with special interiro features like air conditioning separate front and rear speakers a 2 speaker transistor radio automatically latching electric door locks automatic headlamp dimming power side ad vend windows and an electric clock and there’s still more it also came with plastic cigarette case holder a tissue dispenser a 1 ounce  bottle of French Perfume and a minibar complete with 6 magnetized bottom drinking tumblers.

Number 6

Al Capone’s Cadillac was one of the first armored vehicles Al Capone owned a 1928 town sedan Cadillac that was modified inch thick bulletproof glass steel plates and the door panels and a flip-down bullet proof bulletproof back light making it one of the first armored sedans ever produced the car later was displayed in several different museums and was eventually sold at auction to a private buyer for three hundred and forty one thousand dollars.

Number 7

World’s longest car was adapted from two Cadillac cars in 1999 movie car designer Jay orberg set a world record when he created a 100-foot stretch limo that was adapted from two cedilla car the crazyl long cars has 26 wheel and two engines a Jacuzzi a king-sized waterbed a helipad a putting green and a swimming pool with a diving board the car went on tour with some of his other car creations-about 30 countries but now sites in storage he’s also responsible for the DeLorean you in the back to Future movies 5 James Bond vehicles including the Lotus Esprit submarine from 1977s The Spy Who loved me pink Panther’s panther ‘mobile and dozens of other customized vehicles used in films