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The World's Work: A History of Our Time. Vol. XIII. pp. 8163– 8178 Includes photos of many c. 1906 special purpose automobiles. "New England in Motor History; 1890 to 1916". The Automobile Journal. 41: 9. 25 February 1916. Norman, Henry (April 1902). "The Coming of the Automobile". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. Vol.
The Ford Nucleon was a concept car announced by Ford in 1958. [63] The design lacked the capacity to house an internal combustion engine and was instead designed to be powered by a then nonexistent small nuclear power plant in the rear of the vehicle, similar to a submarine's. [64] The Mercury XM-800 was one of many concept cars created by Ford ...
Dodge WC series (1941-1942) (Military Transport Vehicle) Ford Super Deluxe (1941–1942) Hudson Commodore (1941–1942) International K Series Metro Van (1941-1942) Mercury Eight (1941-1942) Oldsmobile 98 (1941) Oldsmobile Series 60 (1941-1942) Oldsmobile Series 70 (1941-1942) Pontiac Streamliner (1941-1942) Willys MB Jeep (1941-1945) (Military ...
Volkswagen Beetle (1950 to 1979) For an imported car to make it in the U.S. market, it has to have unique appeal and be adaptable. By the end of its first decade in the United States in the 1950s ...
A financial history of the American automobile industry; a study of the ways in which the leading American producers of automobiles have met their capital requirements (1928; reprinted 1973) online; Smitka, Michael. "Foreign policy and the US automotive industry: by virtue of necessity?." Business and Economic History 28.2 (1999): 277–285 online
The Auto Pact was abolished in 2001 after a WTO ruling declared it illegal, though by that time the North American Free Trade Agreement had effectively superseded it. [14] Furthermore, the 1998 Chrysler-Daimler merger was a sign that showed that the North American automobile bloc was already less isolated than before and open to the global market.
The first Model Ts were built at the Piquette Avenue Plant and in the car's first full year of production, 1909, just over 10,000 Model Ts were built. As demand for the car grew, the company moved production to the much larger Highland Park Plant in 1910. In 1911, 69,762 [15] Model Ts were produced, with 170,211 in 1912. [15]
Became the first electric vehicle to be the world's bestselling car in 2023. [109] Full-size car: 1958 Chevrolet Impala. Chevrolet Impala: 1958–1985 1994–1996 2000–2020 Over 13,000,000 between its introduction and 1996. [55] The bestselling car in America in a single year, with 1,046,514 sold in 1965 including the Impala SS. [53] Hybrid ...