Technology

If it was a first, it might very well have come from Cadillac

In 1910, Cadillac offered the first standard enclosed body.
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By:
Don Sherman
September 14, 2008 05:00 AM
Cadillac got there first

• Self-starter

• Enclosed body

• Mass-produced V-8

• Automatic climate control

• Telematics assistance (OnStar)

• Magnetically adjustable shocks

If you had to pick a B.C.-A.D. technological moment for the auto industry, Cadillac's introduction of the self-starter in 1912 wouldn't be a bad choice.

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