A number of years earlier than Cadillac invented the electrical starter and waxed poetic about “The Penalty of Management” — even earlier than being a part of Basic Motors — the automotive firm was constructing single-cylinder carriages like this 1907 Mannequin M. Whereas at the moment we pay extra for open-air motoring, again within the early years of the car, closed autos have been the brand new factor. After 1908, Cadillac moved to four-cylinders and, then, V8s, thereby turning into the “Normal of the World.”

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