Following the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first US president to use an armoured vehicle when the Secret Service seconded a Cadillac with bulletproof glass from the Treasury Department, which had seized the car from infamous gangster Al Capone when he was arrested in 1932 for income tax-evasion. It was used until the rest of the current presidential fleet was armour-plated in early 1942.

The fantastic little Motocompo was designed to fit into the boot of the 1981 Honda City and only remained in production until 1983. Honda recently revived the concept as the Motocompacto folding electric scooter and we REALLY hope they bring it here...

Cadillac was founded in 1902 when the Henry Ford Motor Company was reorganised by Henry M. Leland following the withdrawl of founder and investor Henry Ford, who would go off to do something else. The company would then get bought out by a newly-formed General Motors in 1909.

Xiaomi, best known in New Zealand by its Mi brand, has announced aits first electric car - the 500kW SU7 sedan that in no way looks like a Porsche Taycan with McLaren headlights...

The GM Premium Brands group was launched by Holden in Australia and New Zealand in 2008 and included Cadillac, Hummer and Saab.

Cadillac never made it after Holden got cold feet and backed out of the launch, selling all the cars already on their way here to a Holden dealer in Hamilton, while GM promptly announced it was considering selling or closing Saab in December 2008, leaving Hummer which it tried to sell in 2009, but even the Chinese didn't want it...

Keanu Reeves not only presents Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story, he is also an executive producer of the series that tells the remarkable story of the F1 team that rose from the ashes of the Honda factory team and went on to win both the Drivers' and Constructors' World Championships in its first (and only) season in 2009.

Dwight Yoakam's song Guitars, Cadillacs was released in 1986 on his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. and has been featured in not one, but two Terminator movies!

The baby Lexus LBX will use the same underpinnings as the Toyota Yaris Cross which, rather excitingly, opens up the opportunity of a seriously hot version that would use the brilliant three-cylinder turbo engine from the equally brilliant GR Yaris!

Cadillac was named in honour of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, a French military officer and explorer who established Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, a military outpost that would later develop into the city of Detroit.

The mighty Canyonero has featured in a number of Simpsons episodes, usually accompanied by its distinctive jingle sung by Hank Williams Jr.