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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 (1971) online; Rao, Hayagreeva.
Rapid was acquired in 1909 by General Motors, which merged it with the Reliance Motor Car Company in 1911 to form the General Motors Truck Company (GMTC). In 1912 the two brands were replaced with the GMC brand. Stellantis: Chrysler: Founded in 1925 from the remnants of the Maxwell Motor Company. Acquired by Daimler-Benz in 1998, forming ...
In 1979, American Motors announced a record $83.9 million profit on sales of $3.1 billion (US$13,014,030,261 in 2023 dollars [19]) for the fiscal year ending in September—this despite an economic downturn, soaring energy prices, rising American unemployment, automobile plants shutting down, and an American market trend towards imported cars.
Insurance Company of North America: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (found.) Insurance [4] Now Chubb Limited: 1792 New York Stock Exchange: New York City: Stock Exchange 1792 Old Farmer's Almanac: Dublin, New Hampshire: Almanac [74] [75] 1792 State Street: Boston, Massachusetts: Banking [4] 1794 Baltimore Equitable: Baltimore, Maryland: Insurance ...
While General Motors' (GM) stock issue has broken records to become the biggest IPO in American history, it has also drawn attention to how much the auto industry has changed in the last few ...
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 ...
The first of these cars was the model J, a very large automobile with a Cunningham-built 4-cylinder engine of 40 HP. Wheelbase was 124 in. There were four bodies: a 7-passenger touring car at $3,500, a runabout at $3,250, and a limousine and a landaulet at $4,500 each.
The National Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana, between 1900 and 1924. One of its presidents, Arthur C. Newby, was also one of the investors who created the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [1] The company first concentrated on electric vehicles but soon began producing gasoline-engined cars ...