DId Ford Own Cadilac when it first came out?
2006-12-04 15:03:32 · 9 answers · asked by No Crap No More 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Other - Car Makes
No
Coach
2006-12-04 15:10:32 · answer #1 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company when Henry Ford departed along with several of his key partners and the company was dissolved. With the intent of liquidating the firm's assets, Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the plant and equipment prior to selling them. Instead, Leland persuaded them to continue in the automobile business 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.
The Cadillac automobile was named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan in 1701.
2006-12-05 01:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cadillac was formed by two former Ford employees after Henry Ford left the company. Since Ford left they needed a new name and chose Cadillac. August 1902
2006-12-04 23:12:27 · answer #3 · answered by eilishaa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ford's the Lincoln Continental
2006-12-04 23:13:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No caddy is GM s baby
2006-12-04 23:07:25 · answer #5 · answered by Rudedude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so.
2006-12-04 23:04:53 · answer #6 · answered by I know, I know!!!! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea
2006-12-04 23:05:15 · answer #7 · answered by steven c 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no
2006-12-04 23:05:09 · answer #8 · answered by azflyboy6477 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-12-04 23:05:05 · answer #9 · answered by the dragon king 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋