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The end of World War I saw the rise in the economic power of the United States due to its active trade, growing industry, and support of the Allied nations in the war. Its supplying of agricultural and manufactured goods to the Allied nations greatly boosted its economy, while the economies of Germany, France, and Great Britain suffered from major decreases in export trade activity and from ...
The Automobile industry, 1920–1980 (1989) online; Minchin, Timothy J. America's Other Automakers: A History of the Foreign-Owned Automotive Sector in the United States (University of Georgia Press, 2021) Rae, John B. The American automobile industry (1984), short scholarly survey online; Rae, John B. The road and the car in American life ...
By 1960, one-sixth of working Americans were employed directly or indirectly by the industry, but automation and imports eroded the need for such a large workforce within a couple of decades. The 1950s were the pinnacle of American automotive manufacturing and helped shape the United States into an economic superpower. [3]
S. Samson Tractor; Saxon Motor Car Company; Scripps-Booth; Secqueville-Hoyau; Severin Motor Car Company; Shawmobile; Sheridan (automobile) Simplic; Sizaire Frères
A Tesla Model Y electric car, the world's best-selling car in the first and second quarters of 2023. The modern era is normally defined as the 40 years preceding the current year. [ 70 ] The modern era has been one of increasing standardization , platform sharing , and computer-aided design —to reduce costs and development time—and of ...
Edsel Corsair (1958–1960) Ford Country Sedan (1958-1959) Ford Galaxie (1958-1959) Ford Thunderbird (1958-1960) Lincoln Continental Mark III/IV (1958-1960) Pontiac Bonneville (1958) Pontiac Chieftain (1958) Pontiac Star Chief (1958) Rambler Ambassador (1958-1965) Rambler American (1958–1960) Rambler Rebel (1958-1959) Studebaker Scotsman ...
A 1932 Pontiac. Established in 1926 as a companion of Oakland, it was the first marque released as part of the companion make program. Sloan, who had replaced du Pont as GM president in 1923, [18] decided to create various "companion makes" to fill the variety of gaps that had developed in the original pricing hierarchy. [19]
The first Daimler car was a converted carriage, but with innovations that are still adopted today (cushioned engine mountings, fan cooling, finned-radiator water cooling). [3] France. Steam: Peugeot (later internal-combustion, and the first to be entered in an organised race, albeit for bicycles, Paris–Brest–Paris) Germany.