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Cadillac History :
Cadillac is a brand of luxury vehicles manufactured by General Motors. Caddilac's are produced and mainly sold in the United States and in Canada. The Caddilac brand has become to be synonymous with wealth and prestige due to the manufacturers emphasis on creating luxurious and high quality vehicles. Cadillac's current slogan is "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit," in reference to the inalienable rights mentioned in the United States Declaration of Independence but it has come to have an alternate meaning that is intrinsicly tied to the pursuit of wealth and material objects that exemplify that ethic. The Cadillac automobile was named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who was the founder of Detroit, Michigan, in 1701. The original company was formed from the remains of the Henry Ford Company when Henry Ford departed along with several of his top business partners. The company was dissolved with the intent of selling off the firm's assets, but Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the opeation prior to sale and Leland persuaded them to continue manufacturing using Leland's proven 1 cylinder engine. Henry Ford's departure required a new name, and on August 22, 1902, the company reformed as the Cadillac Automobile Company.
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