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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 ...
Concept cars and submodels are not listed unless they are themselves notable. ... (1915-1920) 1916. Cadillac 341-B Imperial ... (1952–1960) Ford Crestline (1952–1954)
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]
1910 Mercer Raceabout—regarded as one of the first sports cars, the Raceabout expressed the exuberance of the driving public, as did the similarly conceived American Underslung and Hispano-Suiza Alphonso. 1910–1920 Bugatti Type 13—a notable racing and touring model with advanced engineering and design. Similar models were Types 15, 17, 22 ...
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.
That same year, Nu-Way Industries showed an experimental electric car with a one-piece plastic body that was to begin production in early 1960. [60] In the mid-1960s a few battery-electric concept cars appeared, such as the Scottish Aviation Scamp (1965), [62] and an electric version of General Motors gasoline car, the Electrovair (1966). [63]
The Adonis hood ornament was briefly used in the late 1920s. [2] In the 1920s, Packard exported more cars than any other in its price class, and in 1930, sold almost twice as many abroad as any other marque priced over US$2,000 (equivalent to $38,000 in 2024) [19]. [20] In 1931, 10 Packards were owned by the Imperial House of Japan. [21]