How Cadillac Became Synonymous With Luxury - Past Gas #258

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Automotive, Leisure, Comedy, History

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🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This week, we dive deep into the 120 plus year history of America's most luxurious heritage car brand: Cadillac. What did Ford and Oldsmobile have to do with the start of Cadillac? Why did they start drawing inspiration from planes? And how did they become synonymous with luxury? Find out this week on Past Gas: Cadillac Pt. 1. Thanks to our sponsors: Start your free online visit today at https://Hims.com/GAS. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/PASTGAS and get on your way to being your best self. Need to hire? You need Indeed. Got to https://Indeed.com/PASTGAS. Right now get 10% off at https://tecovas.com/PASTGAS when you sign up for email and texts. More about Show: Follow Nolan on IG and Twitter @nolanjsykes. Follow Joe on IG and Twitter @joegweber. Follow Donut @donutmedia, and subscribe to our Youtube and Facebook channels! Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: http://bit.ly/PastGas. If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/PastGas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on Past Gas, we're diving into the history of Cadillac Part 1.
0:04.0	We're talking about the origins like at the turn of the century,
0:07.1	all the way up to the 80s, from horseless carriages to 22 foot land boats that guzzle gas like none other and we got
0:16.9	Christina Felski here today yep we got Russell jimmy dot japeg. I know what's going on.
0:23.2	None of us do, let's get into it.
0:28.2	These days when we think about luxury cars,
0:30.7	our minds jump to the European auto giants, Mercedes, BMW,
0:35.0	Audi. However, for the first 75 years of car history was an American company
0:40.0	that represented the peak of automotive sophistication.
0:43.4	That brand was Cadillac.
0:45.2	In fact, Cadillac didn't just mean a great car.
0:48.0	A Cadillac could be anything as long as it was really, really good.
0:52.0	World War II era Mustang fighter planes were admired as the
0:54.9	Cadillacs of air combat. Hillquist sold the Cadillac of all trim saws. And Huffy's children bicycles were advertised as Cadillac of the Sandpile Set.
1:05.6	Back then Cadillac was literally a synonym for fog.
1:08.6	Company's well-earned slogan was the standard of the world.
1:11.8	But why did Cadillac become the definitive American car company?
1:15.2	How did their cars go from glamorous and avant-garde to conservative and unremarkable?
1:19.6	And how did they bounce back?
1:21.5	Today on the Cadillac of past gas episodes we're tackling
1:24.3	the history of Cadillac automobiles. Part one.
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