Q 01/05

Cadillac is the luxury division of which automaker?

A) Studebaker

B) Chrysler

C) General Motors

D) Ford Motor Company

Answer · why

C) General Motors

It sits above Chevrolet, Buick and GMC in the group's hierarchy, though many models share platforms with them.

Q 02/05

Cadillac is named after a French explorer who founded which city in 1701?

A) Detroit

B) Montreal

C) St. Louis

D) New Orleans

Answer · why

A) Detroit

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac later served as governor of French Louisiana, and no authentic portrait of him survives.

Q 03/05

The Cadillac crest is based on what?

A) The Michigan state seal

B) The founder-explorer's coat of arms

C) The Leland family crest

D) A French royal standard

Answer · why

B) The founder-explorer's coat of arms

The explorer's aristocratic credentials were largely self-invented, which makes the badge a slightly cheeky piece of heraldry.

Q 04/05

In what year was the Cadillac Automobile Company established?

A) 1899

B) 1897

C) 1908

D) 1902

Answer · why

D) 1902

That makes it the fourth-oldest surviving American car brand, behind Autocar, Oldsmobile and Buick.

Q 05/05

Cadillac was formed from the remnants of which firm after its namesake walked out on his investors?

A) The Olds Motor Works

B) The Packard Motor Car Company

C) The Henry Ford Company

D) The Dodge Brothers Company

Answer · why

C) The Henry Ford Company

The investors had called in an engineer to value the plant for liquidation; he persuaded them to keep building cars around his own proven engine inste...