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Since it’s first appearance, Hendry’s book — originally titled Cadillac: Standard of the World — has become an essential source for all Cadillac enthusiasts — with it’s exhaustive historical text and information this book is now recognised as the definitive history of the marque.

Hendry — one of New Zealand’s most renowned auto historians — has now come up with a fully revised and updated edition which brings his Cadillac story up to the present day. Published by Automobile Quarterly, this beautifully packaged two-volume set (which comes in a handsome slipcase) is the sixth edition of Maurice Hendry’s history of Cadillac — and now includes contributions from Jeffrey I Godshall, Tracy Powell and Dave Holls.

Like Cadillac’s founder, Henry Leland, Hendry has an obsession with precision and quality — and it shows in his painstakingly researched text. Peppered with interviews with Cadillac’s main players — right from the early days to the present — Cadillac at 100 avoids being labelled as a just another dry and dusty history book by allowing the people behind the marque to tell their own personal stories. Along with masses of production history — and even a telling discussion on Cadillac heraldry — Hendry’s book is still the bible for all Cadillac enthusiasts.

Cadillac at 100: Legacy of Leadership 1902-2006 by Maurice Hendry
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Review by James Black