American Independent Automakers

Author : Norm Mort
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845842391
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American 'Independent' Automakers written by Norm Mort and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The independent automakers who had survived the depression of the 1930s had flexibility and enough capital from the war to be the first to launch all-new models for a car starved nation. So lucrative was the American post-war car market that new automobile companies were also formed to cash in on the pent-up demand for new cars. This is their story told through text and the use of contemporary brochures, period literature, factory photos, road test info and over 90 new, unpublished color photos of restored examples to relate the importance of these historic vehicles.

Author : Charles K. Hyde
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814334461
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storied Independent Automakers written by Charles K. Hyde and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auto historians and readers interested in business history will enjoy Storied Independent Automakers.

Author : Charles K. Hyde
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814340865
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storied Independent Automakers written by Charles K. Hyde and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With roots extending back to the first decade of the twentieth century, Nash Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company managed to compete and even prosper as independent producers until they merged in 1954 to form the American Motors Company, which itself remained independent until it was bought in 1987 by the Chrysler Corporation. In Storied Independent Automakers, renowned automotive scholar Charles K. Hyde argues that these companies, while so far neglected by auto history scholars, made notable contributions to automotive engineering and styling and were an important part of the American automobile industry. Hyde investigates how the relatively small corporations struggled in a postwar marketplace increasingly dominated by the giant firms of Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, which benefited from economies of scale in styling, engineering, tooling, marketing, and sales. He examines the innovations that kept the independents' products distinctive from those of the Big Three and allowed them to survive and sometimes prosper against their larger competitors. Hyde also focuses on the visionary leaders who managed the companies, including Charles Nash, Roy D. Chapin, Howard Coffin, George Mason, George Romney, and Roy D. Chapin Jr., who have been largely unexamined by other scholars. Finally, Hyde analyzes the ultimate failure of the American Motors Company and the legacy it left for carmakers and consumers today. Storied Independent Automakers is based on extensive research in archival collections generated by the three companies. Residing in large part in the DaimlerChrysler Corporate Collection, these sources have been seldom tapped by other scholars before this volume. Auto historians and readers interested in business history will enjoy Storied Independent Automakers.

Author : Patrick R. Foster
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760344256
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Motors Corporation written by Patrick R. Foster and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Patrick Foster's American Motors Corporation: The Rise and Fall of America's Last Independent Automaker is the definitive history of the AMC corporation. Featured vehicles include the Rambler, Javelin, and more, as Foster walks the reader through not only the history of an American classic, but a history of the automotive industry itself as it evolved through emissions restrictions and the gas guzzlers of the 80s and 90s"-Provided by publisher.

Author : Charles K. Hyde
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814339522
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arsenal of Democracy written by Charles K. Hyde and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout World War II, Detroit's automobile manufacturers accounted for one-fifth of the dollar value of the nation's total war production, and this amazing output from "the arsenal of democracy" directly contributed to the allied victory. In fact, automobile makers achieved such production miracles that many of their methods were adopted by other defense industries, particularly the aircraft industry. In Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II, award-winning historian Charles K. Hyde details the industry's transition to a wartime production powerhouse and some of its notable achievements along the way. Hyde examines several innovative cooperative relationships that developed between the executive branch of the federal government, U.S. military services, automobile industry leaders, auto industry suppliers, and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) union, which set up the industry to achieve production miracles. He goes on to examine the struggles and achievements of individual automakers during the war years in producing items like aircraft engines, aircraft components, and complete aircraft; tanks and other armored vehicles; jeeps, trucks, and amphibians; guns, shells, and bullets of all types; and a wide range of other weapons and war goods ranging from search lights to submarine nets and gyroscopes. Hyde also considers the important role played by previously underused workers-namely African Americans and women-in the war effort and their experiences on the line. Arsenal of Democracy includes an analysis of wartime production nationally, on the automotive industry level, by individual automakers, and at the single plant level. For this thorough history, Hyde has consulted previously overlooked records collected by the Automobile Manufacturers Association that are now housed in the National Automotive History Collection of the Detroit Public Library. Automotive historians, World War II scholars, and American history buffs will welcome the compelling look at wartime industry in Arsenal of Democracy.

Author : Marc Cranswick
Publisher : Veloce
ISBN 13 : 1787117650
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend of American Motors written by Marc Cranswick and published by Veloce. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Motors was the little company that made a big impact. Maker of the Rambler family car, the Kenosha-based AMC offered an antidote to the excess of Detroit’s Big 3. But when America decided it wanted sporty, rather than econocars, AMC got groovy with the Javelin, AMX, Scrambler and Rebel Machine. American Motors was a proven performer in showrooms and on the track, with success in drag and road course racing. However, through it all came solid Rambler value, and a different approach from Detroit. An accent on consumer protection, along with brand label special editions. And when it came to blue sky thinking, AMC surpassed all with the Gremlin and Pacer small cars. Off road, Kenosha truly made Jeep ‘The One & Only,’ popularizing the brand and making it the sales success it is today. Beyond that, AMC created America’s first crossover, the Eagle. It all proved that America’s smallest ... was its biggest surprise!

Author : Patrick R. Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Motors, the Last Independent written by Patrick R. Foster and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover the heroes, the strategies, the design teams, the finances, the presidents and the competitors who made their mark on one of America's feistiest auto companies.

Author : Patrick R. Foster
Publisher : Enthusiast Books
ISBN 13 : 9781583883587
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Car Legends written by Patrick R. Foster and published by Enthusiast Books. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Car Legends is an entertaining look at nearly 50 shuttered independent automakers from the past 75 years. From Allstate to Zimmer, noted automotive historian Pat Foster covers an incredible array of makers and their cars... and what variety there was! There were tiny cars, electric cars, retro cars, luxury cars, commuter cars, sports cars. There were well-established companies with thousands of employees to sham companies with nothing but a good story. Automakers covered include Allstate, Argonaut, AMC, Autoette, Avanti, Bricklin, Checker Motors, Citicar, Commutacar, Colt, Cord Automobile Company, Crosley Motors, Dale, Davis Motorcar Company, Excalibur, Fascination, Frazer, Freeway, Glassic, Henry J, Hudson, International Harvestor, Kaiser, King Midget, Markette, Mobs, Muntz Jet, Nash Motors, Packard, Playboy, Powell, Quantum, Rambler, Shay, Shelby, Stuart, Studebaker, Trivan, Tucker, Willys, Woodhill Wildfire, and Zimmer.

Author : Patrick Foster
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439664587
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kenosha's Jeffery & Rambler Automobiles written by Patrick Foster and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thomas B. Jeffery Company existed as an automobile maker from 1902 to 1916 and in that short span created a corporate foundation that would lead to successor firms Nash Motors, Nash-Kelvinator, American Motors, and Jeep. Thomas Jeffery named his automobile the Rambler, after the popular bicycles he manufactured prior to his car venture. The Rambler was a car of outstanding quality and reliability. From its first showing in Chicago in 1902, the Rambler stood out as an unusual value for the money. That reputation carried over when Tom Jeffery's son and successor Charles decided to change the car's name to Jeffery in honor of his late father. In 1916, Charles Nash, then president of General Motors, resigned his position and purchased the Thomas B. Jeffery firm, renaming it the Nash Motors Company. Before long, an all-new Nash car was introduced, and the Jeffery brand faded away. Nash went on to become one of the largest of the American independent automakers.

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unsafe at Any Speed written by Ralph Nader and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: