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The C.H. Black Manufacturing Company built the Black phaetons, dos-à-dos and business waggons in 2½ to 8 HP models [2] in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1896–1900. [3] There is some evidence that they built a vehicle as early as 1891. [ 4 ]
However, cars with front-wheel drive were made several years earlier in road cars produced by Alvis and Cord as well as in racing cars by Miller (and may have appeared as early as 1897). In the same vein, the independent suspension was initially developed by Amédée Bollée in 1873, but not put in production until the low-volume Mercedes-Benz ...
As the only known black-owned automakers, ... The first cars were sold for $685, with additional reports of the car selling for $850 (or $17,741 to $22,014 adjusted ...
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.
(No civilian vehicles were made this year) 1944. Willys-Overland CJ-1 (1944) ... Chrysler Turbine Car (1963-1964) Ford 300 (1963) Ford Ranch Wagon (1963-1964)
Chevrolet invented several family cars at once by debuting the Suburban in 1936; but it's rolled into the modern day as an extended, truck-based SUV. Dodge Custom 880 Dodge Custom 880
In 1920, he changed the name of his company to Greenfield Bus Body Company. He built bodies for trucks and buses set upon a chassis made by other manufacturers. [9] The Great Depression had a devastating effect on his company, as widespread financial problems caused his customers to cut back on bus orders. [citation needed] Patterson died in ...
“They were outside the calendar, they weren’t officially sanctioned and he probably could have gotten in trouble for doing that, but they were small and those were made-to-order collections.”