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===First automobiles=== Cadillac's first automobiles, the [[Cadillac Runabout and Tonneau|Runabout and Tonneau]], were completed in October 1902. They were two-seat [[horseless carriage]]s powered by a {{convert|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[single-cylinder engine]]. They were practically identical to the 1903 [[Ford Model A (1903-1904)|Ford Model A]]. Many sources say the first car rolled out of the factory on October 17; in the book ''Henry Leland—Master of Precision'', the date is October 20; another reliable source shows car number three to have been built on October 16. Cadillac displayed the new vehicles at the [[New York Auto Show]] in January 1903, where the vehicles impressed the crowds enough to gather over 2,000 firm orders. Cadillac's biggest selling point was precision manufacturing, and therefore, reliability; a Cadillac was simply a better-made vehicle than its competitors. :;Runabout <gallery> File:Cadillac Model A 1902 (6829591487).jpg|1902 File:Cadillac 1904 6.5 HP Rear-entrance tonneau on London to Brighton VCR 2010.jpg|6½ HP 1904 File:Cadillac K (1907) at Autoworld Brussels (8394291773).jpg|1907 File:Cadillac Model K Runabout (6037133022).jpg|1907 File:1908 Cadillac Model S runabout (6105143017).jpg|1908 with dickey seat open File:1908 Cadillac Model S Tulip Roadster, Medow Brook Concours 2005.jpg|1908 Cadillac Model S </gallery> :;Rear-entrance tonneau <gallery> File:Cadi-1903.jpg|1903 File:Cadillac 1903 Rear Entrance Tonneau Auto on London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2009.jpg|6½ HP 1903 File:Cadillac 8.25 HP Tonneau 1904 07-11-2010 14-17-57.JPG|8¼ HP 1904 File:Cadillac 1904 Tonneau on London to Brighton VCR 2010.jpg|8¼ HP surrey-top 1904 File:Cadillac 10HP Tonneau 1904 03-11-2013 08-32-24.jpg|10 HP 1904 </gallery> :;Special bodies <gallery> Cadillac Special Delivery 19040220.jpg|Delivery 1903 File:Cadillac 1904 8.25 HP tonneau on London to Brighton VCR 2010.jpg|8½ HP touring car 1904 File:Cadillac 1904 8.25 HP Detachable-Top Limousine on London to Brighton VCR 2010 15-39-05.jpg|8¼ HP detachable-top limousine 1904 File:Cadillac 9HP Limousine 07-11-2010 15-52-37.JPG|9 HP [[limousine]] Cadillac 1907 Model M Coupe.jpg|Model M coupé 1907 </gallery>
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