1954 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center

Total
Production
2,500
2,318
4,182
4,307
2,696
2,012
5,902
8,006
10,018
13,994
15,017
Type of Cars
Produced
1 cyl. "A"
1 cyl. "B"
/1 cyl. "F"
^4 cyl. "D"
1 cyl. "M"
[4 cyl. "H"
fl cyl. "M"
4 cyl. "G"
4 cyl. "H"
J1 cyl. "T"
14 cyl. "H"
4 cyl. "30"
4 cyl. "30"
4 cyl. "30"
4 cyl. "1912"
4 cyl. "1913"
Milestones
Detroit Automobile Co., established 1899, reorganized as
"Cadillac Automobile Co."
Cadillac Automobile Co. and Leland & Faulconer consolidate as
"Cadillac Motor Car Company" with Henry M. Leland, grand old
man of the industry, as General Manager.
First four-cylinder establishes Cadillac as the pioneer of multicylinder
motor cars.
Famous Johannson gauges, First imported into United States by
Cadillac, enable Cadillac to become the following year the—
First American Car to be awarded the Dewar Trophy by Royal
Automobile Club of London for being First to achieve interchangeability
through standardization of parts.
Cadillac purchased by General Motors Corporation. Fourcylinder
production increases six times over 1908 production.
First to offer Closed Bodies as standard equipment. Less than
10% of cars then produced had closed bodies.
Custom Coachcraft by Fleetwood Body Company begins.
First to equip cars with Electric Starting, Lighting, Ignition, for
which Cadillac again was awarded the Dewar Trophy. First
and only car in the world to win this award twice.
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