The Cadillac Truck?

Cadillac makes the Escalade, but is that a truck or an SUV?

This is a commonly known definition for "truck". Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.

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Here is some Wiki info on Cadillac. Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company when Henry Ford departed along with several of his key partners and the company was dissolved. With the intent of liquidating the firm's assets, Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland of Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Company to appraise the plant and equipment prior to selling them. Instead, Leland persuaded them to continue the automobile business using Leland's proven 1-cylinder engine. Henry Ford's departure required a new name, and on August 22, 1902, the company reformed as the Cadillac Automobile Company. Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing and the Cadillac Automobile Company merged in 1905.

The Cadillac automobile was named after the 17th-century French explorer Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701

reply to post by Hazelnut

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In general all SUV's are "trucks." The definition of a truck is typically based on the platform of the vehicle, ie the frame, axles, etc. Almost any shell can be bolted to a truck platform.

There are exceptions, especially in the "crossover" area of vehicles. The Nissan Murano, the Porsche Cayenne, etc. There are probably some trucks on car platforms and some car on truck platforms as well.

For the Escalade, it is certainly a truck and an SUV.

In addition, some trucks and SUV's are over 6000 lbs and are in the "Commercial" category and require higher licensing fees, and taxes, but have a lower restriction on fuel economy and emissions. A couple of examples are the H1/H2 Hummer, the Nissan Titan, F250/350 and up. Consumers may not realize they are buying a commercial vehicle until they go to renew their tags the first time. I am not sure if the Escalade is in this category or not, but I bet it is very close.

[edit on 26-5-2009 by getreadyalready]

El Camino, el, el, Camino. the front looks like a car, the back looks like a truck, the front is where you ride, the back is where you.......

......Put you beer.

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I kind of hope there is an extra fee for having to use a commercial license. There is little need for ANYONE to be driving around in anything over 6 thousand pounds.

First and foremost I would never spend that much money for any vehicle.

I require very little from a vehicle. Take me where I want to go and bring me back safely and be stingy with the gas.

I live six miles out on a dirt road in the country woods and none of these would last one week out here.

It might look pretty on the highway but they would be useless out here in the true country.

I think all US cars were basically trucks, just smaller.
No new design for years.
The Corvette was a highly praised design.
I suppose the first Thunderbird as well.

Independent wheel suspension and rack and pinion steering
was foreign.

US had leaf springs used on wagon trains or horse cabs.
GM has a spring suspension.

Ground effects that even Lyne had a hand in is seen under
some chassis now.


ED: I want to add a thought I had about making a new design.
Look at the problem DeLorian had.


[edit on 5/31/2009 by TeslaandLyne]

I think thats how Cadillac started.
Making trucks.
Although a History Channel show about the car industry indicated
that the new company was the first to have a motor starter instead
of a hand crank.

Yet trucks were around and hardly think they had hand crank starters.
So taking the truck start technology to the car was first by Cadillac.