Cadillac models

Cadillac was founded in 1902 by Henry Leland, an engineer obsessed with precision, and for the first half of the twentieth century it was simply 'the Standard of the World,' the American luxury car against which others were measured. Its name became slang for the best of anything.

Leland's precision mattered: Cadillac pioneered interchangeable parts and the electric starter, engineering firsts that shaped the whole industry. Through the postwar decades the big, chrome-laden Cadillacs were the ultimate symbol of having made it in America.

The brand lost its way as buyers drifted to European luxury, and much of its recent history has been an attempt to win them back with sharper, more driver-focused cars and now an electric push led by the Lyriq. For buyers, Cadillac is a bet on American luxury with real heritage behind it, distinct in style from the Germans, trading some of their polish for presence and value. It is a storied name working to matter again.