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	History Detroit 1701-2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Antoine Laumet was born on March 5, 1658 in St. Nicholas de la Grave in Gascony, France (some sources say Department of Tarn and Garonne in place of Gascony).
		He was the fourth child of Jean Laumet, lawyer and counselor of the King at the Parliament of Toulouse, and Jeanne de Pechagut, the daughter of middleclass landowners.
		Laumet received an education in military school, after which he joined the army where he was first a cadet in the regiment of Dampierre-Lorraine, and later (in 1677) a lieutenant in the regiment of Clairembault.
	www.historydetroit.com /people/antoine_cadillac.asp (1146 words)

	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658 – October 15, 1730), a French explorer, was a colourful figure in the history of New France.
		The self-styled Lamothe-Cadillac was the son of one Jean Laumet, an assistant magistrate in the local court.
		Cadillac's tenure at Detroit was marked with conflict with officials in Paris and Quebec, struggles for control of trading rights and property and even one conflict with a local Native tribe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillac (783 words)

	Cadillac automobile
		Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation since 1909, produced and mostly sold in the USA; outside of North America, they have been less successful.
		In the 1930s, Cadillac added cars with 12- and 16-cylinder engines to their range, many of which were fitted with custom coach-built bodies; these engines were remarkable at the time for their ability to deliver a combination of high power, silky smoothness and quietness.
		Cadillac's 2003 Cadillac CTS was the first ground-up incarnation of A&S and was an instant hit.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/c/ca/cadillac_automobile.html (833 words)

	Cadillac - Where Cadillacs Came From (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company when Henry Ford departed along with several of his key partners.
		Cadillac's engineers were first to design a manual transmission with syncos for increased drivability (1929) and were instrumental in the early development of the automatic transmission, beginning in 1932.
		Cadillac dealers even had a feature at least as early as 1970 where when you looked in the rearview mirror you could check the operation of your taillights and turn signals via a light-conductive tube mounted near the package tray, similar in construction to optical fiber.
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	Moldova.org - Auto - News - Cadillac
		Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the United States; outside of North America, they have been less successful.
		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.
		The greatest challenge to the imports was the Cadillac Allante, a convertible designed by Pininfarina of Italy, and built on what was touted as the world's longest production line—with the car's bodies fabricated in Italy and flown by Boeing 747 to the United States to meet their transmission and engine.
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	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac (1658-1730).
		Cadillac was born at St. Nicolas de la Grave, France.
		Likely through the offices of the Guyon family, Cadillac was to secure a seigneury (a grant of land) on the Douaguek River (Union River, State of Maine); and, he and Marie-Thérèse relocated back to Acadia.
		It was a common occurrence, during the days when it was not quick or easy to check stories, for young men of European birth on coming to America, in an effort to establish good connections to the authorities in the new world to boast of their special connections back in the old world.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Cadillac.htm (821 words)

	Louis Durand, Joseph Moreau and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
		De LaTouche noted that their merchandise was in excess of the Frontenac permit, and de LaTouche confiscated what he thought to be the total of the excess merchandise and had it sold at an auction.
		Cadillac complained (probably correctly) that he could not possibly receive a fair hearing before the Intendant because the Intendant had already advised his adversary (Moreau) and had previously imposed a large fine on Cadillac for using brandy in his trade with the Indians.
		Cadillac declared that since he was refused a change of venue, he would appeal to a higher court (in France) and Governor Frontenac announced that he was not able to refuse this appeal until he received notice from the King’s Council in France.
	www.uwgb.edu /wisfrench/family/history/ldurand2.htm (3511 words)

	cars - Cadillac (automobile)
		Cadillac suffered from the malaise that set in to the American auto industry in the late 1960s to the late 1970s.
		Cadillac's 2003 Cadillac CTS was the first ground-up incarnation of AandS and was an instant hit.
		The 2005 Cadillac STS is the latest in the AandS lineup and will complete the transition between the old school of design and the new.
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	cadillac_(automobile) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cadillac was formed by Henry Ford Company when Henry Ford departed along with several of his key partners.
		Cadillac even had a feature at least as early as 1970 where when you looked in the rearview mirror you could check the operation of your taillights & turn signals via a light-conductive tube mounted near the package tray, similar in construction to optical fiber.
		Cadillac's 2003 Cadillac CTS was the first ground-up incarnation of A&S and was an instant hit, partly due to product placements in the cyberpunk Matrix trilogy.
	www.hondparts.com /wiki/?title=Cadillac_(automobile) (4068 words)

	Classic Cadillac Cars › The definitive site for classic car and muscle car fans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cadillac was purchased in 1909 by General Motors, and became their luxury and prestigious division.
		Cadillac's were the first to have electric starters in 1911, as opposed to crank starters before this.
		Raritan River Region of the Cadillac LaSalle Club - The RARITAN RIVER REGION was chartered in the summer of 2002 to serve Cadillac and LaSalle enthusiasts in Central and Northern New Jersey.
	www.timelessrides.com /classic-cadillac-cars.html (1348 words)

	Cadillac Resources & Information - cadillac parts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However, trying to extend cadillac parts its brand further downward to appeal to younger buyers, Cadillac launched in 1981 (for the 1982 model year) the compact Cimarron, a warmed-over Chevrolet Cavalier as a rival to the BMW 3-series.
		The greatest challenge to the imports was the Cadillac Allante, a convertible designed by Pininfarina of Italy, and built on what was touted as the world's longest production line-with the car's bodies cadillac fabricated in Italy and flown by Boeing 747 to the United States to meet their transmission and engine.
		Cadillac's 2003 Cadillac CTS was the first ground-up incarnation of AandS and was an instant hit, partly due to product placements in the cyberpunk cadillac michigan Matrix trilogy.
	www.bizhisto.com /Biz-Retail-Companies-C/Cadillac.html (3425 words)

	METIS CULTURE 1700-1704
		Pierre Sidrac Dugue dit Laf, sieur de Boisbriant (Boisbriand) (1675-1740), was at Fort Biloxi, Louisiana, across the bay from the present-day city of Biloxi (Harrison), Mississippi, with his cousins, the Le Moyne brothers, as part of the French plan to secure the mouth of the Mississippi River for France.
		(I)-Antoine Laumet de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac (1658-1730), under command of (I)-Alphonse Tonty (1659-1727)- the brother of (I)-Henri de Tonty (1649-1704), the Italian, established Post Pontchartrain d'etroit, drawing many of the personnel from the Jesuit mission of Father (I)-Etienne Carheil (1633-1726), the Jesuit of Michilimackinac.
		They encountered Charles Juchereau, sieur de St. Denis/Denys de Beaumarchis (1655-1703), son Nicolas Junchereau de St. Denis de Beauport and Marie Therese Giffard, with a concession in the Ohio Valley to establish a fort at the mouth of the Ohio River (Ouabache (Cairo, Illinois)).
	www.agt.net /public/dgarneau/metis4.htm (6336 words)

	Cadillac Pictures from Car Picture Gallery
		Cadillac was formed from the Henry Ford Company upon Henry Ford's departure along with several partners.
		In Feb to Mar 1908, three Model K Cadillacs (1907 production) were released from the stock of Frederick Bennett (UK agent for Cadillac) at the Heddon Street showroom in London to compete in the annual Royal Automobile Club's Standardization Test.
		As a result of these tests, the Cadillac Automobile Company was awarded the Dewar Trophy for 1908 (actual award date was Feb 1909).
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		In 1911 Cadillac was the first gasoline internal combustion engine auto to incorporate electric self-starting (as opposed to earlier crank start), utilizing the electric starter developed by Charles Kettering and used first on the production models of 1912.
		About this time, automobile stylist, Harley Earl, whom Cadillac had recruited in 1926 and who was to head the new Art & Color section starting in January 1928, designed for 1927 a new, smaller "companion" car to the Cadillac which he called the LaSalle, after another French explorer, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
		Nevertheless, Cadillacs retained their tailfins through 1964, and suggestions of them remained in the peaked rear fenders of many models through 1970.
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		Their first car was completed in October 1902, the 10 horsepower (7 kW) Cadillac, based on Henry Ford's design was practically identical to the 1903 Ford Model A.
		At a fateful board meeting, Cadillac president Nicholas Dreystadt gave the GM Board of Directors a 10 minute speech in which he advocated advertising to fl consumers so as to increase sales.
		There were high points, such as the launch of the Eldorado two-door personal luxury car in 1967, with its simple, elegant design—a far cry from the tail-fin and chrome excesses of the 1950s.
	www.clickabove.com /cadillac.htm (2300 words)

	LaSalle
		The two were linked by similarly-themed names, both being named for explorers—Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, respectively.
		The LaSalle proved to be valuable in helping Cadillac and its dealers weather the depression years of the 1930s, when costly, top-of-the-line models sold poorly.
		The Buick Riviera and Cadillac Seville were both rumored to be slated to carry the LaSalle name while they were in the development stage.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/l/la/lasalle.html (192 words)

	explorer cadillac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Antoine Laumet (aka Antoine De Lamothe-Cadillac) and the Cadillac "Family Crest"
		__ "Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658 – October 15, 1730), a French explorer, was a colourful figure in the history of New France." You will find an encyclopedic article with links to related materials.
		He has gone down in history with the impressive noble pedigree he invented for himself, consisting of the title of esquire, a coat of arms, the noble alias of de Lamothe Cadillac, and a father who was counsellor in the prestigious parlement of Toulouse.
	www.archaeolink.com /explorer_cadillac.htm (295 words)

	Cadillac - Wikicars
		Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors Corporation, produced and mostly sold in the United States and Canada; outside of North America, they have been less successful.
		As the Cimarron was rushed to production about three years ahead of schedule, only a four-cylinder engine was available (though a V6 arrived in 1985) and at first, minimal styling differences were made to distiguish it from the considerably cheaper Chevrolet version, and buyers dismissed it as a "warmed-over Cavalier".
		After GM phased out the D platform in 1996, Cadillac was left with a completely front-wheel drive lineup until the importation of the European-based Catera in 1997.
	wikicars.org /en/Cadillac (3867 words)

	Cadillac XLR Parts - OEM Cadillac XLR Parts - Wholesale Cadillac XLR Part
		Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the USA; outside of North America, they have been less successful.
		A slight evolution of A&S was shown at Detroit's 2003 Auto Show with the Cadillac Sixteen concept, which had a rounded body with crisp A&S features.
		Also in 2005, GM announced the first Cadillac designed exclusively for the European market, a model called the BLS, to be built by Saab in Sweden.
	allgmparts.net /xlr.html (1440 words)

	Governors of Louisiana
		Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac 1713-1716
		Antonio de Ulloa 1766-1768 (Appointed by Spain, not recognized by the colony)
		Sebastian de la Puerta y O'Farril, Marquis de Casa Calvo 1799-1801
	genealogytrails.com /lou/governors.html (81 words)

	The History of Cadillac
		By 1940, Cadillac sales had risen 1000% compared to 1934, thus saving Cadillac from extinction.
		It launched a smaller car around the size of the Mercedes-Benz 300, the Seville, based on a Chevrolet Nova platform, which became a success for the marque.
		Calais - 130in wheelbase V8 DeVille/Coupe de Ville - 130in wheelbase V8 Seville - 114.3in wheelbase V8 Fleetwood - 126.3 133 151.5 andbnsp; and 157.5in wheelbase V8 Alphabetical Model Summary
	www.cars-directory.net /history/cadillac (3548 words)

	How These Companies Got Their Names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cadillac - Cadillac was named after the 18th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan.
		Cadillac is a small town in the South of France.
		Canon - Originally (1933) Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory the new name (1935) derived from the name of the company's first camera, the Kwannon, in turn named after the Japanese name of the Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy.
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