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Suddenly Senior. THE LAST OLDSMOBILE  (April 29, 2004) as the final Oldsmobile rolled off the Lansing assembly line. The oldest automotive brand name in US history died at age 106. ... Automatic shifting was one of many Oldsmobile innovations starting with ... When General Motors bought Ransom Olds out in 1908, the Oldsmobile line became GM's vanguard, its...
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The end of the road for Oldsmobile - Apr 29, 2004 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 2004, the last Oldsmobile comes off the assembly line at the Lansing Car Assembly plant in Michigan, signaling the end of the 106-year-old automotive ... a gas-powered, open-carriage vehicle named for its curved front footboard. ... Oldsmobile became a top brand for GM and pioneered such features as...
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The Origins of America's Oldest Auto Pioneer -- The Motley Fool  Aug 21, 2013 ... Learning from the market's past to understand its present. ... cars for a year, until Olds produced the first Curved Dash prototypes. ... By the end of 1901, 425 of the $650, 4.5-horsepower Curved Dashes had rolled off this early assembly line. ... At 106 years of age, Oldsmobile was the oldest American auto...
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Holden - Wikipedia  GM Holden Ltd, generally known as Holden, is an Australian automobile manufacturer that ... Holden is responsible for GM vehicle operations in Australia, and on their ... In the last few years, Holden incurred losses due to the strong Australian ... The last of this line of business was the assembly of Hillman Minx sedans in...
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Museum of American Speed - Timeline | Facebook  599 Oak Creek Drive. Lincoln, NE 68528 ... In subsequent years, sales reached into the thousands. ... He soon went on to found the REO (based on his initials) Motor Car ... When the last Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line in April 2004, more than 35 ..... On this day in 1977, General Motors (GM) introduced its first diesel...
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Iconic Corvette Began 60 Years Ago - GM Media Site - General Motors  2013-06-28 ... First Corvettes rolled off the assembly line on June 30, 1953; Since then, more than 1.5 ... Here are some key facts highlighting 60 years of Corvette history: ... The longest-running vehicle of any type is the Chevrolet Suburban. ... The first 1981 Corvette was built in St. Louis, and the last 1981 Corvette was built...
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So Much Luxury For So Little Money - 1965-1980 Rolls-Royce Silver ...  1965-1980 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow - Buyer's Guide from the October, 2010 issue ... Today, 45 years of depreciation have left the Shadow pretty much where it started out. You've probably noticed that when Silver Shadows turn up at auction, ... Silver Cloud, the new car was revolutionary, and doubly so for a company so...
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Peugeot`s U.s. Exit May Be Omen For Other Small Importers ...  The French automaker, which has been selling cars in the U.S. since 1958, said Tuesday it no longer will build cars for this market effective immediately. ... August 07, 1991|By Jim Mateja, Auto writer. ... Derderian said Peugeot has about 1,000 1991 Model 405 sedans and wagons and Model 505 wagons still in inventory...
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Looking back at Oprah's free-car giveaway 10 years later - Autoblog  Sep 12, 2014 ... Pontiac made hundreds of thousands of G6s in the 2000s, and a lot are still on ... Vielweber won her G6 10 years ago at a taping of The Oprah ... fashion by giving all 276 members of the studio audience a free car. ... First she gave away 11 cars, which would have been a landmark TV promotion by itself.
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Assembly line - Wikipedia  An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are ... In an assembly line, car assembly is split between several stations, all working .... Henry Ford is generally regarded as the father of mass production. ... In 1908, the price of a Model T was around $825, and by 1912 it had...
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World's Best-Selling Vehicle Turns 50 - The Auto Channel  Jan 7, 1998 ... 16 Marks Golden Anniversary of Ford F-Series Pickup DETROIT, ... In fact, in each of the past 16 years (1981-1997), F-Series has outsold every vehicle -- car or truck ... by Ford since the company was founded has been an F-Series truck ... Each 1998 F-Series model features a colorful 50th anniversary logo...
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This planetary GM offshoot said that 2010 would be its last orbit ...  Jun 29, 2016 ... In 2002 this GM line launched a new small car series, the Ion, to replace its ... This GM car is named for a rocket, not a planet # Quiz # Question.
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Ford is jettisoning its 17-year-old 'quality is job one' - The New York ...  May 4, 1998 ... And so the Ford Motor Company has decided it is time to jettison its tagline of the last 17 years, ''Quality is job one.'' In a $40-million-a-year...
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Truck of the Year Winners: 1979-Present - Motor Trend  Dec 1, 2014 ... Take a look back at previous Motor Trend Truck of the Year winners in this special feature. ... make the 2016 Chevy Colorado a pickup worthy of the Motor Trend Truck of .... is awesome to consider: In 2002 (2003 statistics aren't yet finalized), ... two- and four-wheel drive; and a choice of V-6 or V-8 engines.
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Innovation: 100 Years of the Moving Assembly Line | Ford Motor ...  Ford is building on a century of innovation in manufacturing to shape the future of ... line invented by Ford Motor Company under the leadership of Henry Ford, the ... By reducing the money, time and manpower needed to build cars as he refined the assembly line over the years, Ford was able to drop the price of the Model T...
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Geo Cars and Parts | eBay  Find new and used Geo cars and 2016, 2015 Geo cars at eBay. Research Geo popular models, prices, photos and read reviews. ... The brand was intended to take on the growing compact-model import market of the late '80s and early '90s. ... At the heart of the Geo line-up were three vehicles: the Metro, Tracker, and Prizm...
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20 Millionth ford - Homestead  When Henry Ford's 20 millionth car, a 1931 Model A, toured the U.S. it raised a ... headquarters as part of the company's 100 year celebration, slated for 2003 ... Ford were present when the car rolled off the Dearborn Assembly Plant line ... The 20 millionth Ford .... a Model A which came off the assemble line 13th April 1931...
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Why is GM Crushing Their EV - Electrifying Times  In December 2000 GM finally began to return EV1s to their original lessees. ... I have seen the pride on the faces of Saturn Salespersons as they describe the EV1 ... They have organized into a group called the Production Electric Vehicle .... They are also leasing a limited number of them to the public through 5 dealerships...
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Today in 1915, Ford Built Its 1 Millionth Car : Auto News : Auto World ...  Dec 10, 2014 04:10 PM EST | Jordan Ecarma ... an important milestone: building its 1 millionth car at the River Rouge plant in Detroit. Advertisement. The American automaker's 1 millionth vehicle rolled off the assembly line on Dec. 10, 1915...
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Automatic Transmission History and Evolution - A Look Back  From General Motor's Hydra-Matic automatic transmission back in the late ... Cadillac and Oldsmobile used the AST is some models from 1937 through 1939 and ... Vehicle buyers at the time were also unreceptive to the AST, which made the...
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1988, A New Line of Small Cars Called Geo - Generations of GM  Date. 1989 ... GM launched its Geo line of subcompact cars in the U.S. and Canada with three models: Geo Metro, ... The Metro replaced the Chevrolet Sprint.