201016 pages
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The first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine was invented and designed in Germany during the 1880s. In 1903, Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company and started an era of U.S. leadership in auto...
20146 pages
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Few inventions in modern times have had as much impact on human life and on the global environment as the automobile. Automobiles and trucks have had a strong influence on the history, economy, and social life of much of...
20055 pages
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One of the distinguishing characteristics of human beings is that they have always been mobile. From its origins on the African continent, the human species has traversed the earth and populated every continent but...
201215 pages
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Industry Codes: NAICS 336111, 336112; SIC 3711, 3713 Definition The graph above shows value of shipments data for the U.S. automobile and light truck industries. The U.S. Census Bureau defines these two industries as...
20068 pages
Industry overview, T...
"From 1885 to 1895, men struggled to make the car go," writes Laurence Pomeroy in the 1956 book From Veteran to Vintage. "From 1896 to 1905 they contrived to make it go properly. Between 1906 and 1915 they succeeded in...
20073 pages
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The introduction of the gasoline-powered automobile at the end of the nineteenth century provided a mobile platform for sexual adventure and a focal point for the development of a new kind of sex culture. Although...
20092 pages
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Since their invention in the late nineteenth century, automobiles have come to play a pivotal role in the everyday lives of people and have gone on to shape nations and their economies. In 2000 one in nine of the world's...
Editors:Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent TompkinsFrom:American Decades
(Vol. 4: 1930-1939. )
2001
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In the 1930s cars were the nation's symbol of leisure, convenience, and security. Middle-class and farming families were understandably reluctant to give up driving even in the worst years of the Depression. As the...
20144 pages
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In August 2012, the New Jersey SUPREM COURT upheld a state law requiring young drivers to place decals on their cars. Mothers of two younger drivers challenged the law on several grounds, but the state court ruled that...
20133 pages
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Muscle cars were a special breed of automobile that were born in the 1950s, grew throughout the 1960s, and—for the most part—died in the early 1970s. They remain a cultural symbol of style, mild rebellion, and a personal...
Editors:Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent TompkinsFrom:American Decades
(Vol. 7: 1960-1969. )
2001
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After World War II Americans had more disposable income than ever before, and automobiles were high on their wish lists. This excitement about new cars continued into the 1960s. The showing of the new automobile models...
Editors:Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent TompkinsFrom:American Decades
(Vol. 2: 1910-1919. )
2001
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During the 1910s automobiles rapidly replaced horses. Motorcars appealed to the adventurous and the professional—doctors and businessmen were among the first Americans to buy and drive cars. Over this momentous decade...
Editors:Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent TompkinsFrom:American Decades
(Vol. 1: 1900-1909. )
2001
Topic overview
It was not clear at the turn of the century whether steam, electricity, or gasoline would prove the most efficient power source for automobiles. Americans had been experimenting with mechanized road vehicles since the...
20135 pages
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Rock group One of the most definitive, fresh-sounding bands to appear during the late 1970s New Wave movement, the Cars landed 13 songs on the Top 40 and became a fixture on video playlists during the early MTV era of...
Editors:Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent TompkinsFrom:American Decades
(Vol. 3: 1920-1929. )
2001
Topic overview
The period of the "Olympian Cars, "a phrase coined by Richard Burns Carson, began around 1925 and extended into the early 1930s. These magnificent automobiles were brilliantly engineered and meticulously styled, and many...
20084 pages
Company overview
1, Château Saint JeanDorlisheimMolsheim, 67120FranceTelephone: (33 3) 88 04 56 00Web site: Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Group Volkswagen France S.A.Incorporated: 1998 as Bugatti S.A.S.Employees: 25Sales: $120 million...
20122 pages
Topic overview, Law ...
Civil lawsuits against automobile companies by persons alleging injuries caused by design defects have become a part of the contemporary legal landscape. A contentious and important issue has been whether plaintiffs can...
20132 pages
Topic overview
Who Killed the Electric Car? asked the title of a 2007 pseudo-documentary. A more appropriate question today might be “Who will be given credit for the rebirth of the electric car?” As the cost of fossil fuels becomes...
20043 pages
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Newspaper advertisement By: Studebaker Date: November 3, 1959 Source: "What Does the Lark Have That the Others Do Not?" Cincinnati Enquirer. Nov. 3, 1959, 3-C. About the Organization: Studebaker, founded in 1852,...
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The first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine was invented and designed in Germany during the 1880s. In 1903, Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company and started an era of U.S. leadership in auto...
NAICS: 33-6111 Automobile Manufacturing, 33-6112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing SIC: 3711 Motor Vehicles and Passenger Cars Bodies NAICS-Based Product Codes: 33-6111 through 33-61110100 and 33-6112...