Cadillac: A Century of Excellence [Hardcover]

Robert Leicester Wagner (Author), Rob Leicester Wagner (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: MetroBooks (NY) (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586631683
• ISBN-13: 978-1586631680
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 11.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,092,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst Cadillac Book EVER, May 15, 2002

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"socalsoda" (Cucamonga California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cadillac: A Century of Excellence (Hardcover)

I love Cadillacs, but this book does not do them justice. The people who put this book together can't even identify them. Several photos are mis-named, for example, most of the time the captions for 1958 Cadillacs read that they are 1957 cadillacs (Come on guys) and other captions are very generic becuase I assume they couldnt identify the years. Oh, and get this one... They have a section with star's cars, and they talk about how Elvis gave out caddys left and right, but the photo shown is of Elvis leaning against a Chrysler Imperial, even the Imperial name is spelled out and the editors didnt catch this? Don't tell me they dont know a Caddy from a Mopar. Also several of the photos show beauty shots of hood ornaments and a bunch are shiney, but pitted. Couldnt they have found a rechromed sample? This book is put together very poorly. It is a real waste.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The devil is in the detail, March 27, 2005

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E. Vervoort (Amstelveen, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cadillac: A Century of Excellence (Hardcover)

This book is one of the few to celebrate the first 100 years of Cadillac. Text is ok, pictures are lavish and big-sized. There are a number of flaws in the pictures like misspelling the modelyear (or not even mentioning it) and Elvis leaning against an Imperial. On the other hand the format on the book is good, the pictures are great (although a lot of them have been published before) and for a real Cadillac enthousiast like me it was still worthwhile ordering it. But a little more care for the detail would have been appreciated.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautilful photography, March 28, 2006

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D. L. Zehringer (Fort Recovery, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cadillac: A Century of Excellence (Hardcover)

This is a great coffee table book because the cover and photographs inside are clear and beautiful. I was almost afraid to mishandle the book in fear of damaging the images. I do agree that the book ended somewhat abruptly since little was said of the 70's, 80's and 90's decades but 100 years is a lot of ground to cover.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was well thought out with excellent history details. But like all good books, I hated to see it end.