When something is referred to as “the Cadillac of” its particular category, it usually means it’s the best of the best. That’s because, for decades, Cadillac was the rare American brand willing to go toe-to-toe (wheel-to-wheel?) with the more dominant German brands in competition f...
So the division's chief engineer, Charles F. Arnold, decided to develop a new V-8, one that was lighter, stiffer, more durable, easier to manufacture, and easier to work on. It turned out to be one of the quietest re-engineering jobs on record. Few Cadillac partisans were aware that...
These are cargo vans commonly used for work vehicles. I can’t tell you how many of these I drove doing delivery jobs between radio gigs. Not much to look at but pure function. In 2020 158 of these were stolen in New Jersey. Toyota Corolla Photo by Jessica Furtney on Unsplash Toyota C...
Cadillac said it will introduce the Lyriq, the first in Cadillac's electric vehicle portfolio, at a virtual event in August.
among the thousands of dollars in restoration work is a recent respray, transmission rebuild, all engine gaskets replaced, and new tires thrown on. It’s not a perfect car and still has some outstanding needs that will need to be addressed, but the big-ticket jobs seem to have been ...
the policies of Fleetwood would be followed. Fisher stated at the time that his company had one object in view and that was to preserve one of the finest traditions of handcraftsmanship to be found in the United States. The release went on to say that jobs calling for individuality to suit...
whether it was triple tail fins to cyclopean centralized headlamps. As outré as some of the final 1959 designs became, they were less grotesque than many of the concepts that didn’t make it. The individual stylists knew that if their ideas weren’t sufficiently outrageous, their jobs were ...
General Motors Co. announced today that its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant will begin the transition to become the company’s third vehicle manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, a
Each story is a tribute to the grit, passion and bravado that transformed Detroit into the Motor City and the Cadillac into America's premier luxury car. They are also a heartbreaking testament to the decline of the auto industry and the loss of jobs that turned Motown inside out, creating...