Cadillac Self Starter 1912

Cadillac is a harbinger of the future with its electric self-starter. But it was also the last model of the new Cadillac V-8 Type 541 was introduced in 1914. The Trent was a quality car, but still a solid car in the midrange. With the introduction of the V-8 Cadillac moved in the area of ​​the lower luxury car, for the first time. The Northway mounted, multi-cylinder was another revelation, being the first successful V-8 to do in any quantity. The new member of the Twin-Six Packard V-12 for 1915, marking a new era of multi-cylinder luxury. Cadillac still has a luxury car for nearly a century. Cadillac, acquired by General Motors in 1908, launched the Model 30 in 1908, the year that the standard of the company's world famous "slogan adopted. All previous models were dropped, and" Trent "was only Cadillac to offer from August 1908 to September 1914. the Thirties major contribution to the history of the automobile was born following a tragic incident that took place during the winter of 1910. a woman motorist crashed his Cadillac on a bridge to Belle Isle, MI. a good friend of Cadillac Henry Leland angled head of the car, but he rebounded and stole the handle seriously injured a friend of Leland, who later deceased complications of injury. Leland was devastated, and announced that an alternative to the crank had to be found. electrical electrical engineer Charles F. Kettering developed a self-starter, and the 1912 Cadillac model 30 was the first car to be equipped with electric lighting and light - the famous system of "Delco."