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Hyde, Charles K. Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II (2013) excerpt; Ingrassia, Paul, and Joseph B. White. Comeback: the fall and rise of the American automobile industry (1994) online; Jeal, M. "Mass confusion: The beginnings of the volume-production of motorcars." Automotive History Review 54 (2012): 34–47.
The industry grew at a pace never before seen, and the broader industry soon employed one-sixth of the entire American workforce. [ 6 ] In 1954, the smaller American Motors Corporation (AMC) was formed when Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation in a deal worth almost USD $200 million ($1.735 billion in 2013 dollars), the largest ...
The following is a list of passenger automobiles assembled in the United States.Note that this refers to final assembly only, and that in many cases the majority of added value work is performed in other regions through manufacture of component parts from raw materials.
Rezvani Automotive Designs (2014–present) Rush Auto Works (2017–present) Saleen Automotive (1983–present) Scarab-Motorsports LLC (2006–present) Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (2010–present) Shelby American (1992–present) Simpson Design (1978–present) SSC North America (1999–present) Superformance (1996–present)
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.
Automobile experimentation and design in the US started a few years after Carl Benz patented and produced his original gasoline-powered motor car in 1886, and a handful of companies were producing them in the US by the turn of the century. The table below shows the annual unit volumes for the top US producers in each year from 1899 to 2000.
This is a list of automobiles produced for the general public in the North American market. They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year. If a model did not have continuous production, it is listed again on the model year production resumed.
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.