Cadillac: 100 Years of Innovation

Angelo Van Bogart

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• Publisher: Krause Publications
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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 Stars
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Book Description: Long before the BMW, Lexus, Infinity, etc., the Cadillac was considered the standard. After surpassing Packard, it was the preferred luxury car for more than 50 years, reigning supreme among American brands. Capturing the beauty and essence of this great car, this large-format, photographic book celebrates the centennial of Cadillac.

For anyone who has ever loved the Cadillac, this nostalgic picture book will bring back great memories, detailing the unmistakable style and sophistication captured in fins, chrome, interior and exterior design, advertising, and even the dealerships from which they were sold. Cadillac is the leader in innovation with the first standardization of engine parts, electronics, suspension, brakes, and more. Celebrate the success of the most luxurious automobile on the highway.

* A light history capturing important names and dates in Cadillac genealogy * Features 200 color photographs depicting the unmistakable style of America's luxury vehicle * Plus, Cadillac's culture songs, the Cadillac Ranch, Elvis, Cadillac in Hollywood, and more

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications
• ISBN: 0873496906
• Dimensions: 11.02 x 10.87 x 0.94 inches
• Weight: 2.56 pounds
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Customer Reviews

Cadillac 100 years

Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars

My son in law just purchased a 1960 Cadillac, I wanted a pictorial book for his birthday. I could'nt find one in any of the bookstores in Adelaide, South Australia. I was thrilled when this book arrived in the post, it was just what I wanted. Very informative with plenty of colour photos. Needless to say son in law loved his present!

Juicy Cadillac

Avg. Customer Rating: 4 Stars

Love the book! Like any picture book it needs more pictures. I think it skips some details on some of the cars. A summary in the back with options for each car would of made this a true classic. Hope he makes a new addition, more pictures please. It's a great first book to get your bearing on the world of Cadillac Americana.

Love That Cadillac!

Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars

I have loved Caddys since my first one.(A 1961 I bought in '72 when I was just a girl.)
I was never able to afford another one until almost 20 years later. Worth the wait.
Because of this love there of I read up on the then Cadillac history and honestly believed I knew all there was to know about this wonderful car.
I was wrong.
If you own this car, any year, any make, any model and you DON'T own this book. Shame on you! It is worth the price of admission just for the pictures.
Trust me!

Informative Beautifully photographed rendering of the history of Cadillac

Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars

Mr. Van Bogart has captured the classic beauty of Cadillac design and composed a brief history of the marque packaged in an immensely readable tome that does not require the strength of Hercules to lift.

Great photography, concise, cleverly organized

Avg. Customer Rating: 4 Stars

This is a great book for the casual Cadillac enthusiast who seeks a solid, well-rounded book about the marque; it's also good for the die-hard types like me who simply like to have as many beautiful color photos of Cadillacs as they can contain on their bookshelves.

The photography is stunning and other illustrations in the book are fascinating and often quite original, i.e. the sort that you don't commonly find in other books or Web sites on the subject.

One unique aspect of this book that I particularly appreciate is the way it is organized. Every other book on the subject follows the same proven approach: a chronologically organized history of the marque. Van Bogart's book, by contrast, is divided into different histories focusing on different aspects of the marque rather than a single history that encompasses all of them. For example, after reading a general history, the chronology repeats again, this time focusing on Cadillac's impact on pop culture, then again focusing on Cadillac's innovations, and so-on.

Although I've read many books on the history of Cadillac, and although this book is not as thorough as others, I really enjoyed recounting Cadillac history with a different focus each time.

I gave this book a 4-star rating for its beautiful photography, interesting illustrations, and particularly for its novel approach to recounting the history of Cadillac. The fifth star is reserved for anyone who can match Thomas Bonsall's out-of-print "Cadillac: The American Standard", which is also available in more abbreviated and updated form as "Cadillac: The Postwar Years". These books represent the benchmark for the subject in my opinion.