There was a time when Cadillacs did not compete with cars like Mercedes and BMW. They had rivals like Lincoln and Packard. But even among their peer group, they stood alone. If you bought the best watch or refrigerator or lawn mower money could buy, someone would call it “the Cadillac of lawn mowers.” That’s because Cadillacs were the best, both in perception and reality. They were the most luxurious. They were the most technologically advanced. They were the most stylish. And in many cases, they were the biggest.