Cadillac 1995 DeVille Owners Literature page 4

Henry
M.
Leland, known as the
master of precision, initiated his pre-
cision manufacturing techniques
at
the
founding of Cadillac
in
1902.
His exacting
standards prompted the
motto
by
which Cadillac
.'
has
been guided over the
years
-
"Craftsmanship
A
Creed -Accuracy
A
Law:'
The introduction
of
first
in
1908
for achieving
perfect interchangeability
of parts and again in
1912
for introducing the elec-
tric self starter, electric
/'
l i g h t i n g a n d i g n i t i o n
system.
Cadillac
is
the only
American manufacturer
the first four cylinder en-
1
to
win this honor and the
gine in
1905
led the industry and only manufacturer in the world
to win
enabled Cadillacs
to
travel
at
speeds
up to
50
mph.
For attention to quality and in-
novation, the Royal Automobile
it
twice. As commonplace
as
stan-
dardized parts are today, in
1908
parts
were still individually hand fitted
both in production and service.