{"id":25821,"date":"2020-08-08T17:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=25821"},"modified":"2020-08-08T17:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T21:30:11","slug":"38-inch-tailfins-and-16-cylinder-engines-milestones-in-cadillac-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/38-inch-tailfins-and-16-cylinder-engines-milestones-in-cadillac-history","title":{"rendered":"38-inch tailfins and 16-cylinder engines: milestones in Cadillac history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unveiling Thursday of Cadillac\u2019s 2022\u00a0Lyriq SUV marks the brand\u2019s dramatic turn to battery power. The new direction is in keeping with a company that, since its founding in 1902, has been synonymous with luxury innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCraftsmanship is a vocation, precision is a law\u201d was the motto of Henry Martyn Leland, the gifted machinist who ran the company from 1904 to 1922. Leland pioneered standardized spare parts so that, for example, a faulty piston could be changed without having to swap out for an entire new engine.<\/p>\n

A culture of innovation followed creating automotive breakthroughs like the first electric self-starter, first enclosed car, and first V-8 engine. Even as Cadillac\u2019s luster dulled at the end of the 20th century as\u00a0German automakers upped their games, the brand has continued to innovate. Among its most recent accomplishments is the head-up display in 2003.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the Lyriq\u2019s key forefathers in Cadillac\u2019s 118-year history.<\/p>\n

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