The history of the Cadillac goes back to the start of the 18th century when horse riding, coaches, and walking were the predominant modes of transportation and cars were still unheard of. The origin of Cadillac can be traced back to 1701 when Le Sieur Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac when a group of explorers travelled to the northern parts of the United States and set up the Ville d’Etroit. Ville d’Etroit eventually became the current Detroit, a city flourishing with car plants and lots of foundries.

However, Sir Cadillac would have no connections with the current Cadillac brand whose actual beginning can be traced back to the mid 19th century during the birth of a boy who later named Henry Martyn Leland. When he was growing up on a farm near Vermont, the boy received solid working education which taught him to do any job properly, irrespective of the importance.

The training he received on the farm, as well as his desire to improve on working methods, Leland grew to become an engineer. However, by this time, Cadillac would still not be known as a future brand of automobile. By 1890, Leland founded a partnership with Norton and Robert C Faulconer, after convincing the two of the need for a machine shop in the city. The company which they consequently formed focused on manufacturing of gear grinding and special tools.

The company was soon to be recognized for the quality of the products they made, and Leland also established himself as a talented engineer. The focus of the company then shifted from steam powered vehicles to gasoline engines. Following the immense success witnessed by Daimler and Benz in Europe, a man by the name Ransom Eli Olds decided to team up with a group of investors with the main purpose of building a gasoline engine which could fit on the chassis of a vehicle.

Though the project was successful, the final product had flaws – the transmission gears were very loud. Olds then decided to turn to Leland for help and the two immediately got into a competition with the Dodge brothers, who incidentally, were also the ones supplying engines to for Olds. Leland ultimately managed to develop a 10.25hP engine which was much better than what Dodge provided, Olds didn’t take it due to the impressive car sales his company was registering, and there was no need for a new engine.

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