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Car manufacturers of the United States

  • ChryslerWalter Chrysler arrived at the ailing Maxwell-Chalmers company in the early 1920s. He had been hired to overhaul the troubled operations after a similar…
  • General MotorsWilliam C. Durant stood in Flint, Michigan, on the 16th of September 1908 and signed papers to create a holding company for Buick.
  • JeepIn July 1940, the United States Army issued a desperate request for a four-wheel drive reconnaissance car. Thirteen companies received the inquiry, but only…
  • Ford Motor CompanyHenry Ford stood in a converted factory on the 16th of June 1903, and signed papers to establish the Ford Motor Company.