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Elmore Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of veteran and brass era automobiles and bicycles (1893–97), [1] headquartered at 504 Amanda Street, [2] Clyde, Ohio, from 1893 until 1912. The company took its name from a small parcel of land in Clyde with the name Elmore associated with it where a stave mill was established originally, then ...
A A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold, Red John, model Abbott-Detroit (1909–1918) Moved to Cleveland and renamed to 'Abbott' in 1917. Abeln-Zehr (1911–1912) Renamed to 'Zehr' after departure of S. Abeln in 1912. AC Propulsion (1997–2003) tzero model Apex Motor Car Company (1920–1922) Ace model Acme Motor Car Company (1903–1911) Adams Company (1905–1912) 'Adams-Farwell ...
This is a chronological index for the start year for motor vehicle brands (up to 1969). For manufacturers that went on to produce many models, it represents the start date of the whole brand; for the others, it usually represents the date of appearance of the main (perhaps only) model that was produced.
Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent and separate company in 1937. Although the founding family's name was written in the Kanji "豊田" (rendered as "Toyoda"), the company name was changed to a similar word in katakana - トヨタ (rendered as "Toyota") because the latter has 8 strokes which is regarded as a lucky number in East Asian culture. [2]
They are franchised by Toyota Motor Sales, USA to sell vehicles to car dealerships in the five states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. [3] Corporate headquarters is located within the Houston Energy Corridor on a 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m 2 ) campus with a five and ten-story building beside an eight-story parking ...
Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan purchased shares to control 10% of the Australian company. [16] As a fast-growing company, Toyota took a controlling interest in AMI in 1968, just as a contract with British Leyland was signed. [16] [17] Toyota also purchased a 40% share in Thiess Toyota, the importer of Toyota light commercial vehicles from ...
Before NUMMI, the site was the former Fremont Assembly that General Motors operated between 1962 and 1982. [1] [2] [3] Employees at the Fremont plant [4] were "considered the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States," according to a later recounting by a leader of the workers' own union, the United Auto Workers (UAW).
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible. Albaugh LLC is based in Ankeny, as is Albaugh's collection of 150 classic cars, especially Chevrolet convertibles. [4] [5] [6] Albaugh started the collection with the purchase in 1998 of a 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible from a golfing friend and told his wife he would stop when he completed the Tri-Five Chevrolets, the 1955, 1956 and 1957 models. [7]