History of the modern car - An animated short film Kia
1747 France creates the School of bridges and roads to build a national network of roads in 1832 Michelin family begins a rubber manufacturing company in France in 1836 France introduced a law mandating road maintenance to local governments in 1846 Etienne Lenoir Belgium invented the combustion engine to two 1852 cycles Henry and Clem Studebaker found Studebaker Wagon Corporation in South Bend Indiana to wagons for farmers and miners who became the world's largest in 1855 the company London General Omnibus is created to streamline bus services horsedrawn 1857 Alexander Wilson founded Vauxhall in London England to pumps and 1859 Sylvester Roper engines in Massachusetts built steam vehicles in 1859 Gaston Plante invented the storage battery in 1860 in the United States the car pulled by horses on rails has largely replaced the horse-drawn omnibus, but relatively few people can afford the journey most people live near their workplace and shop near their home in 1862 Adam Opel founded Opel in Germany for sewing machines in 1865 Britain has a limit 4 MPH speed locomotive 1867 Pierre Michaux velocipede bicycle demonstrates the Paris Exposition in 1864 Nikolaus Otto founded a company for stationary engines later renamed Deutz 1868 James Hill in Pennsylvania built a horseless carriage in 1870 Yataro Iwasaki founded a steam transportation company that would become 1872 Mitsubishi Amédée Bollée in France built steam vehicles in 1873 San Francisco has a cable car in 1874 thanks to the westward migration Studebaker became the largest vehicle manufacturer in the world in 1876 horse Nicholas Otto invented the internal combustion engine four-stroke 1877 Albert Pope founded a undertook Bicycle manufacturing th in Boston and quickly became the largest producer of bicycles in the United States in 1878 and Phillip Thomas Jeffery Rambler Gormully found in Chicago for 1880 bikes cycling craze sweeping Europe and the United States, with France having the best netw ork of paved roads in 1883 Gottlieb Daimler, a former Otto engineer, built a high-speed gasoline engine for vehicles in 1885 Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, another former Otto engineer, invented the bike in 1885 Sylvanus Bowser invents a distributor fuel coal oil or kerosene lamps and heaters in Indiana in 1885 Kemp Starley introduced the bicycle safety in England in 1886 William Durant founded the company later Flint Cart road Durant-Dort Carriage company in Flint Michigan selling cars in 1886 German engineer Karl Benz built a gasoline car 1886 Otto patents on its motor exp ire and it becomes public domain in 1887 Frank Sprague installs the first carriage, an electric tram, in Richmond, Virginia in 1888 John Dunlop invented the tire in Ireland in 1889 Leon Serpollet invented flash steamer can produce steam instantly 1890 Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, owners of one of the largest machine shops in Paris, built the first commercial car using an engine parts Daimler and the french words for many items related to the car-car garage, chaffeur, chassis 1890 led Serpollet a self-built steam tricycle from Paris to Lyon in two weeks in 1891 Armand Peugeot, the leading bicycle manufacturer in France, located in the region Montbeliard, built his first car in 1891 Panhard et Levassor introduce a car with the engine located under the hood front of the chassis instead of under the seats of a design that enables more powerful engines in 1891 Ransom Old s Michigan builds and sells a steam car in 1892 William Morrison in Chicago presents the first electric car in the United States in 1893 Edward Murphy Pontiac Buggy later founded Pontiac Spring and the accident is partly because of debts to the excessive consumption to buy Ford cars in 1929 has rubber plantations, coal mines, iron mines, plants glass, a railway and ships of 1929 Chevrolet introduced a six-cylinder engine dubbed cast iron wonder of 1930 General Motors Cadillac introduced the V-16, with a 16 cylin engine der 1930 world produces about 4 million cars, including 2 4 million in the United States, 237,000 in Britain, 230 000 in France and 500 in Japan in 1930 radios Galvin Manufacturing 1930 General motors bought two companies specializing in diesel engine, electric motor and Winton 1931 Ferdinand Porsche founded a company in Stuttgart, Germany to design 1931 Morris racing cars introduced a new version of the miner, announced as a speed of 100 mph to 100 mpg car fuel economy is a runaway success in 1931 Mercedes presents the independent front suspension in 1931 shopping Highland Park Village is built Dallas 1931 Mercedes-Benz presents the 170, the first production car with suspension with four independent wheels 1931 Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley in 1931 Toyo Kogyo present its first car, the Mazda-Go in 1931 There is 1 3 million kilometers of paved roads the United States in 1931 DAT becomes a subsidiary of Tobata and introduced a car called Datsun 1931 General Motors de facto takes over Greyhou nd, which committed to buy only the yellow bus 1932 Ford produces a third of the world's cars, but his hand -d'œuvre has been reduced from a peak of 170,000 in 1929 to 46,000 in 1932 Ford introduced the first car designed specifically for the market brita nnique, model Y popular 1932 Frank Lloyd Wright The Disappearing City imagines a city that relies only on cars in 1932 General Motors Appoints Nicholas Dreystadt to launch Cadillac and target explicitly wealthy African Americans in 1932 the manufacture of cars collapsed relating to 1 3 million in the US in 1932 Ford introduced its own V8 engine, cast as a single unit, the greatest engine for the mass market, and 14 car models that use this 1932 Packard Six luxury doubles, designed by Jesse Vincent 1932 Ford s police and security guards led by Harry Bennett fire on the Ford Hunger March of the unemployed in 1932 the Soviet Union and Ford formed a joint venture, Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod GAS 1932 national Conference Highway user NHUC headed Alfred Sloan, starting to put pressure on the US government to promote the roads in 1933 Veeder-Root introduces the S counter computer lye for gas pumps gasoline sold by money, not by gallons in 1933 Hitler to power in Germany and launches mass motorisation program and a road and bridge construction Citroën 1933 program introduced the diesel engine for its Rosalie 1933 model cars with Tobata and Nihon form the manufacture of motor vehicles Nissan later renamed to produce Datsun in Yokohama 1933 fair General Motors Chicago world has diesel improved motor Charles Kettering in 1933 the New Deal is sponsoring the construction of roads in 1933 Richard Hollingshead New Jersey opened the first drive-in movie 1933 Kiichiro Toyoda company opens a car division in 1933 with Tobuta and form Nippon manufacture of new motor vehicles renamed Nissan later to produce Datsun 1934 Porsche cars designed P-Wagen won several races 1934 Morris installs an assembly line at a new factory in 1934 Cowley C itroën present a car with an all-steel body and independent suspension, the Traction Avant, but the car is a flop 1934 Chrysler introduced overdrive in 1934 Edward Budd built the Zephyr, the first train of stainless steel and the first to use the diesel engine Kettering, and sets a new record for the trip from Denver to Chicago in 1934 REO introduced automatic 1934 Chrysler transmission introduced overdrive in 1934 Hans Ledwinka designs the Tatra 77, the first aerodynamic car produced in series 1934 Chrysler introduced Airflow eight cylinders, which pioneers and launching the vogue for streamlined aerodynamic design, designed in a wind tunnel, although sales disappointed in 1934 Bertone designed the Fiat Ardita 1934 Hollywood blockbuster It Happened one Night spurs a national mania for travel by bus in January 1934 Porsche presents a plan for a volkswagen to Hitler in 1935 auto workers in Michigan form the Union of United Workers UAW 1935 US auto creates the Administ ration WPA Works Progress passing ten times more in the streets than on Studebaker mass transit in 1935 has an all steel roof manufactured by Budd 1935 Oklahoma City is the first city in the world to install 1,935 parking meters There is a car for 5 people in the USA in 1935 General Motors helps New York to replace the electric trams with the 1936 General Motors bus introduced the suspension in mid-action on all Chevrolet 1936 General Motors models and Ford share nearly 90 of the Japanese market in 1936 two diesel cars are introduced in Germany, the Mercedes-Benz 260D and the Hanomag Rekord 1936 General Motors, standard Oil and Firestone form National City NCL lines to power the transit replacement of electric railways with the 1936 bus Charlie Chaplin satirizes Ford assembly line at the time moder 1936 BMW will present the 328 Roadster, the most successful sports car before WWII 1936 Chrysler 25 market 22 market passes Ford as the second carmaker after General Motors 43 1936 Strik es cripple GM until General Motors signs first union contract in the United States in 1936 and John Tjaarda Bob Greogirc designing the new 1936 Zephyr streamlined aerodynamic Fiat Lincoln opens a futuristic plant at Mirafiori, which debuted its assembly line to produce 500 Topolino, designed by Dante giocosa mechanical and Rudolfo body Schaffer 1937 Kiichiro Toyoda founded Toyota to manufacture trucks in 1937 Fiat has more than 80 Italian 1937 General Motors market makes 40 cars of the security guards of the United States in 1937 Harry Bennett beat members UAW trying to recruit Ford battle of the Overpass 1937 Volkswagen workers is founded in Germany by Nazi agency Deutsche Arbeitsfront to make cars that ordinary families can afford, KdF-Wagen designed by Porsche in 1937 General Motors presents safety Automatic Transmission AST in Cadillac cars and Oldsmobile 1937 Nash retired and his company merges with the manufacturer of the appliance George Mason Kelvinator to become Na sh-Kelvinator Corporation under the direction of Mason in February 1937 after the labor strikes, General Motors and Chrysler recognized the UAW Ford 1937 Sloan became chairman of the board and president of Knudsen GM 1937 Foundation for automotive safety ASF established by the automobile manufacturers Association began to pressure the US government to promote the highways this 1938 Volkswagen Type 1, designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1938 s Cadillac 60 Special is a standard size car carrying six passengers in 1938 Nash presents the system has ir conditioning designed by Eric Wahlberg 1938 Rudolf Caracciola at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz established the world speed record on a highway at 432 km per hour in 1938 to 7 GM adds the optional radio on the 1938 Buick models General Motors has the Buick Y-Job, the first concept car, designed by Harley Earl, with power windows, power top, power door locks and power in 1938 Joseph Frazer management is committed to Chrysler to run Willys 1938 Ford presents mercury, a small car entry luxury to rival General Motors Buick 1939 Nash added a thermostat to Packaged air system to the time of the eyes, the first heating HVAC, ventilation and air conditioning for the mass market in 1939 Greyhound stations and nearly 4,750 10 000 employees in 1939 California approved a plan to build a highway network in the Los Angeles area in 1939 metropolican vernmen Japanese t stop Ford's and GM's operations in Japan in 1939 radio and refrigerator manufacturer Crosley enters the automotive sector with the cheapest car in the United States, the first compact car made in the US in 1939 Ford introduced convertible luxury Lincoln Continental, designed by Bob Gregorie October 1939 Oldsmobile General Motors presents the first fully automatic transmission, designed by Earl Thompson, the Hydra-Matic player, billed as the biggest breakthrough since the starter in 1939 World war creates a huge demand for motor vehicles and aircraft orders engin es 1939 Nissan Japanese government to move from cars to trucks in 1940 Delahaye 135 convertible introduced that can reach a speed of 150 km h 1940 the first highway opened, highway Pasadena to Los Angeles 1940 Chrysler Plymouth introduces the new All Weather Air 1940 control system adopts Chrysler fires Sealed 1940 Walter Chrysler died in 1941 General Motors has a market share of 44 to the United States in January 1941 Knudsen travels to Washington to work for the president to war production and was replaced by Charlie Wilson as president of GM in June 1941 strike Ford power plant of the Ford river Rouge to recognize the UAW Chrysler introduced the 1941 Country City 1941 car travels in Japan military Production of motor vehicles to aircraft 1941 Willys started producing Jeep MB or for the army with an engine designed by Barney Roos February 1942 All car manufacturers production stop US civilian cars to help the military industry, for example General motors produces engines for bombers and amphibious vehicles tanks, Ford manufactures trucks, jeeps Willys-Overland produced in January 1943 Arie Haagen-Smith proves that fuel causes smog in 1944 Sorensen dislocated Sionne Ford in 1945 at the end of the war, automakers US civilian production resumed in 1945 Ralph Teetor invented cruise control 1945 Henry Ford dies and succeeds elm society by his little son Henry Ford It is established in 1945 Tata Motors in Mumbai to build locomotives for India in 1945 Henry Kaiser and Joseph Frazer found an automobile company later renamed Kaiser Motors in 1946 Charles Wilson Sloan replaced the head of General Motors in 1946 Merile Key Guertin founded the chain Best Western motels in California in 1946 General Motors and Ford up auto financing programs so that people can buy cars on credit in 1946 Renault presents the 4CV in 1946 Enzo Ferrari founded a company in Italy to build race cars 1946 Michelin presents 1946 steel-belted radial tires in Japan 40 Tari ff on foreign imports and low loan interest and government subsidies to domestic carmakers 1946 Greyhound buys more than 1,500 new buses GM Silversides 1946 Edwin Quinby, a retired Navy lieutenant commander, accused the auto industry of plotting to destroy the electric tram system to the US create a larger market for 1947 cars Chung Ju-yung founded Hyundai in South 1947 Ford Korea creates the automation department, the first company in the world to do it, and called Delmar Harder to manage 1947 Studebaker introduced the Starlight, designed by Robert Bourke, and the champion, designed by Raymond Loewy in 1948 General Motors Buick introduced a new type of automatic transmission, the 1948 British Dynaflow appoints Heinz Nordoff head of the Wolfsburg plant in West Germany where cars Hitler people were made and changes the name of Volkswagen in 1948 General Motors Cadillac Packard passes for upcoming main luxury brand Citroen in 1948 the United States introduced the 2CV, designed by Pierre-Jules Boulanger Tucker Preston in 1948 in Chicago introduced a futuristic car, 48, designed by Alex Tremulis, but built only 51 of them in 1948 Soichiro Honda founded a Manufaturing 1948 Chrysler motor company introduces the key 1948 Goodrich introduced tubeless tires in 1948 Frank Hershey designs General Motors Cadillac with the tailfin type rudder 1949 first Volkswagen sold in the United States 1949 Cadillac introduced a car powered by the new engine Kettering capable of 160 horsepower from a hoursepower race in Detroit in 1949 making the US car finally pass the former peak in 1929 with 6 3 million cars made this 1949 Jaguar sports car XK 120 1949 Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget later Saab began making cars in 1949 Airflyte Nash has a form of bodywork aérodynami as designed in a wind tunnel by Nils Wahlberg 1949 there was an average of one car per family to Los Angeles in a Feb. 5 families in New York in 1949 Chrysler Imperial Crown Introduc disc brakes are in the United States in 1949 NCL and General Motors convicted of creating a monopoly in 1950 NCL and its subsidiaries motorized rail system dozens of major US cities in 1950 Nash introduced the Rambler compact car, which launches a new generation of small cars in 1950 Ford pass Chrysler in the United States and became after General Motors number two again in 1950 Aurelia Lancia is the first major car with a V6 engine in 1950 Nino Farina won the first Formula one championship on an Alfa Romeo 1950 Japanese automakers produce 2,000 1,950 cars in the United States has 40 million cars and fuel consumption increased by 42 in 1945, and General Motors, is the leading manufacturer in the US, followed by Ford and Chrysler in 1950 Studebaker presents the design of the nose bullet in 1950 General Motors launched the Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop, a convertible with non-detachable solid roof 1950 Ford adopts the automatic transmission in 1950 the world produced 10 5 million cars, including the United States product 8 million 75, Brittany 784000 and Japan 32 000 1950 the US has a global market share car 76 February 1951 General Motors presents the concept LeSabre, designed by Harley Earl, with heated seats and even a sensor to raise up when it started to rain 1951 Chrysler introduced the first steering system on a production car 1951 Ford opens the Cleveland engine plant, the most automated plant in the world, the first to extensively use the 1952 transfer machines 73 of the world's cars are produced in the US in 1952 Colin Chapman and Lotus Colin Dare found automaker in England in 1952 and Morris Aust in melt into the British Motor BMC 1952 Pininfarina Corporation begins chassis building for Ferrari 1952 General Tire buys Crosley and compact car was discontinued in 1953 General Motors Chevrolet has the sports car 1953 Corvette General Motors Cadillac presents the convertible Eldorado 1953 General Motors introduced BelAir 1953 Henry Kaiser acquires Willys-Overland later Kaiser Jeep 19 53 Studebaker present the cut Loewy 1953 Volkswagen provides complete automation of welding the body and the assembly in the factory Wolfsburg 1953 Taiichi Ohno invented lean manufacturing at Toyota 1954 Airflyte Nash Japan adopts the first heating and cooling system single family 1954 Volkswagen is the fourth largest automaker in the world after Detroit's big three 1954 Mercedes 300SL introduced fuel injection in addition, with disc brakes , independent suspension and tire radia ows, ahead of the competition in the United States in 1954 Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan began making cars in 1954 with the Subaru 1500 Packard merged with Studebaker in 1954 Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson blend into American Motors Corporation AMC, the only manufacturer US to focus on small cars Ramblers, and hire George Romney as CEO in December 1954 the Japanese government launched a campaign to buy Japanese foreign brands in 1955 with 14 car sales in the US in March 1955 the Ministry of International trade and I ndustry MITI promulgated a policy requiring foreign manufacturers to buy Japanese parts 1955 the Detroit Big Three has 94 of the US market GM 50, Ford 27, Chrysler 17 and foreigners have only 2 1955 Citroën presents the DS, designed by Flaminio Bertoni 1955 Toyota launches 1955 Crown Frank Hershey designing the Ford Thunderbird, intended to compete with the Corvette 1955 Alfa Romeo presents the cut two Giulietta Spider spaces designed by Pininfarina 1955 Fiat presents the 600, designed by Dante Giacosa, the first compact car in 1955 Japan produced 69,000 cars in 1955 the world produced 13 7 million cars, including the United States product 9 2000000 67, Great Britain 1 3 million and Japan 69000 1956 the first Japanese car is sold in the US, but imports represent less than 1 total 7 2 million cars sold in the United States 1956, Soviet Union introduced the Volga to replace the 1956 Germany becomes GAS second largest producer of cars in the United States after the great Britain before 1956 Sloan in April replaced by Albert Bradley Chief accountant as president of General Motors in 1956 States STATES Act passed the Interstate Highway to build more than 20 years a national highway system, transforming many cities motels, restaurants, shops memories in ghost towns, the successful lobbying by NHUC and ASF and vowing mass transit in the United States in 1956 General Motors presents the Roadmaster 1956 Chrysler introduced the Torqueflite with an automatic transmission technologically advanced Maserati 1957 introduced high sports car 3500GT performance, designed by Giulio Alfieri 1957 NSU introduced Prinz 1957 introduced Fiat Nuova 500, designed by Dante Giacosa 1957 DuPont is forced by the US government to divest from General Motors in 1957 Plymouth Chrysler introduced the Fury, targeting a younger audience in 1957 Fiat presents the ultra-compact 500 1957 Juan Manuel Fangio won the Formula one championship fifth record high in 1958 American Motors Corporation AMC Rambler presents the compact car, one of the lowest price cars built in consumer dissatisfaction in September 1958 to US United States grows, the United States imports more cars it exports for the first time in 50 years, and the New York Times wrote that American cars have become exaggerated, too expensive monstrosities sold rough for thieves to sell mentally retarded 1958 are more than 4,000 drive-ins to USA 1958 Chrysler Imperial was the first car to offer a cruise control 1958 Lotus introduced the sports car Elite 1958 Daimler-Benz acquires Audi now renamed Auto Union 1958 General Motors presents the concept inspired car had Firebird III, designed by Harley Earl, with the titanium skin, a gas turbine engine, a double bubble cockpit, cruise control, anti-lock brakes, air conditioning, remote door opener, an automatic guidance system, and a controller joystick for steering 1958 Chevrolet Impala this, model 1958 Buick dear passengers and Oldsmobile introduce huge cars and vulgar Datsun in 1958 duced the 1000 in the US market, but the car is a flop in 1959 Alec Issigonis designed the Mini to the British Motor Corporation BMC 1959 General Motors Cadillac introduced the eccentric 62 series and the Cyclone as rocket, designed by Harley Earl 1959 Foreign manufacturers mainly Volkswagen sells 700,000 the 1960 Chrysler car adopts the automatic transmission 1960, the German Government Volkswagen in a public company, owned mainly by thousands of its workers, at a time when Volkswagen 42 of all German 1960 Chrysler car manufacturing accounts introduced alternator 1960 Ford launches its own compact, the Falcon and comet 1960 Ford, Vauxhall and Chrysler Gm have over 50 of the UK market in 1960 transit in many cities of the United States was destroyed, partly because of road construction sponsored by NCL, ASF and the funded organizations NHUC all ed by the auto industry, a theory being that, as the rural market is saturated, the expressway becomes essential to the expansion of my car rket over 70 of the US population lives in metropolitan areas in 1960 Automakers US mainly on account Detroit for 93 cars sold in the United States and 48 of those sold worldwide in 1960 General Motors Chevrolet introduced the Corvair, the first car to rear engine in the United States and the first Chevrolet with independent suspension for each wheel, a compact car competing with European small cars, especially the Volkswagen very similar, but it is dangerous in 1960 Volvo introduced the sports car P1800 1960 Rambler sells 500,000 units, the only car made the United States to compete with foreign compact 1960 Peugeot presents the 404, designed by Pininfarina 1960 Saab introdui t 96 1960 the world produced 16 4 million cars, including the US produces 7 9,000,000 48 Germany 2 million Great Bretagne 1 8 million, France January 4 million, and Japan 1961 482000 General Motors introduces the Pontiac Tempest, designed by John DeLorean changing the Buick Special 1961 Jaguar introduced the sports car E Type 1961 Arie Haagen-Smit January shows that pollution is mainly caused by gasoline in 1961 presents a prototype BMW 1500 sedan that is cheap and fast 1961 Leyland buys Triumph standard in Britain in 1962 General Motors Chevrolet introduced the Chevy II, a car without frills, with Nova being its top model 1962 Chrysler introduced its own compact, the Valiant 1962 Ferrari introduced the 250 GTO, with an engine designed by Giotto Bizzarrini 1963 Porsche introduces the 911 sports car 1963 Torino population grows to 1 753 000 1 million a decade earlier with immigration proven dence in southern Italy, mainly due to the Fiat 1963 Larry Shinoda designed General Motors Corvette Stingray 1963 Bill Mitchell designs General Motors Buick Riviera 1963 Ferruccio Lamborghini founded an automobile manufacturer to sports cars in 1963 General Motors Pontiac has electronic ignition 1963 Honda entered the car market with the S500 1964 General Motors Pontiac has ee sports car GTO, the first small car muscle car, big engine of the United States, mostly designed by John DeLorean, targeting illegal drag racing on Woodward Avenue in Detroit in 1964 NSU presents the Wankelspider, the first sports car to a Wankel engine 1964 Volkswagen acquires Audi 1964 Ford introduced the Mustang, a sports coupe based on Falcon components with a long hood and short rear two seats to replace the Thunderbird, designed by Lee Iacocca for the youth market by storm 1964 Toyota presents the Tiara Toyota Corona PT20 for the US market, with sales doubling every year until 1971 1965 James Bond movies to know the Aston Martin coupe seats two in 1965 the United States enacted the decline in passenger volume motor vehicle air pollution and control Act 1965 train 298 million a peak of 790 million in 1946. 1965 British motor acquired Jaguar in 1965 the United States enacted the law on pollution and air traffic control, making it mandatory the stricter US emission standards in 1965 produced 45 Worl car ds, Japan only 7 1 9 million cars, but Japan has passed France to become the world's fourth producer in 1965 consumer advocate Ralph Nader published Unsafe at full speed, attacking the unsafety of the cars in the US in 1965 Leyland buys Rover introduced 1966 Volvo 144, a significant improvement of the 1966 security Alfa Romeo presents the Duetto Spider 1966 or the Soviet Union approves aa joint venture with Fiat, Lada Zhiguli, a new city of the most famous communist political name of Italy, Togliatti 1966 US requires safety standards cars 1967 Toyota Corolla has 1967 the Ministry of International trade and industry promulgates MITI export guidelines, the statement Hakone, Japan for six automakers Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, Tokyo Kogyo 1967 Toyota présente le 2000GT, le premier voiture japonaise qui peut rivaliser avec les voitures de sport européennes 1967 Fiat est le plus grand constructeur automobile européen, suivi par Volkswagen 1967 Lamborghini présente le Miur a, conçu par Gianpaolo Dallara, qui établit une nouvelle norme pour le look des voitures de sport haute performance 1967 Chevrolet General Motors présente la Camaro de rivaliser avec la Ford Mustang 1967 le Japon passe en Allemagne et devient deuxième après les Etats-Unis dans la production mondiale de voitures 1968 La Volkswagen type 1 est surnommé Beetle aux Etats-Unis 1968 Hyundai entre dans le marché automobile avec la Cortina, une joint-venture avec Ford 1968 British Motor acquiert Leyland 1968 Giorgetto Giugiaro fonde un studio de design en Italie 1968 Ferrari présente la 365 GTB 4, alias Daytona et comme le moins cher Dino 1968 Audi Volkswagen présente le 100 1968 Chrysler s Plymouth présente la voiture du muscle Road Runner 1968 Datsun Nissan présente le 510 1968 le Japon produit 4 1 million de voitures 1969 Datsun Nissan présente les arrière-roues motrices haute à deux portes voiture de sport -Performance 240Z Fairlady, la première voiture japonaise à la conquête des médias américains de 1969 Volkswagen acquiert NSU 1969 Fiat achète Lancia et Ferrari 1969 Mitsub Ishi introduit la Galant 1970 plus de 60 travailleurs de l'automobile à Detroit sont noirs 1970 Les États- Unis élargit la Clean Air Act et établit l'Agence de protection de l'environnement EPA pour l'appliquer, avec Detroit affirmant que ces faibles émissions par les voitures sont impossibles et le Japon simplement la construction de ces les voitures 1970 Lada Jigouli présente sa première voiture, la Vaz-2101, une version de l'aliénation des travailleurs Fiat 124 1970 dans les usines de voiture provoque des grèves et l'absentéisme à la fois à Detroit et en Europe de l'Ouest 25 absentéisme à l'usine Fiat Mirafiori 1970 les Etats-Unis passe le Clean air Act qui limite la pollution causée par les voitures et appelle à l'élimination progressive de l'essence au plomb et à l'adoption de convertisseurs catalytiques 1970 General Motors réouvre l'usine de Lordstown, vantant la chaîne de montage le plus rapide dans le monde, qui emploie 26 robots Unimate pour construire la Vega, et barattes 104 voitures par heure 1970 Une grève de 67 jours chez General Motors se termine par GM acc order des avantages coûteux à ses travailleurs AMC 1970 Kai acquiert ser Jeep 1970 Le marché mondial 29 millions de voitures change de façon spectaculaire avec les Etats-Unis produisant 8 3 millions de voitures 28, le Japon 5 3 millions 18, Allemagne 3 8 millions 15, France 2 75 millions de 9 3, la Grande-Bretagne 2 millions 1970 The American Motors Corporation AMC lance la voiture compacte Hornet 1970 les constructeurs automobiles japonais produisent 5 millions de voitures 1970 Toyota présente la Celica 1971 General Motors introduit la voiture compacte Vega 1972 Il y a 112 millions de voitures aux Etats-Unis, près de la moitié de toutes les voitures dans le monde 1972 John Jerome publie la mort de l'automobile 1972 la Volkswagen Beetle passe modèle T de Ford pour devenir la voiture la plus vendue de tous les temps de 1972 véhicules à moteur augmentent de 64 millions en 1949 à 281.000.000 en 1972 119 millions aux Etats-Unis seul 1972 Beetle de Volkswagen devient le plus prod uit voiture de tous les temps 1968 Plus de 56 000 personnes meurent dans des accidents de voiture aux Etats-Unis décembre 1973 la crise du pétrole de l'OPEP envoie le prix de l'essence et montée en flèche de conduit à un rationnement, ce qui favorise les voitures compactes sur les voitures pleine grandeur et Dooms voitures de muscle 1973 Honda présente sa voiture Civic Voitures 1973 à la moyenne USA 13 5 mpg 5 7 km au litre 1973 Plus de 15 millions de scarabées ont été vendus aux Etats-Unis 1973 John DeLorean feuilles General Motors pour construire sa propre voiture de sport DMC-12 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado introduit le sac d'air 1974 les Etats-Unis promulgue une limite de vitesse nationale de 89 km h janvier 1974 les Etats-Unis introduit une limite de vitesse nationale de 88 5 km h mars 1974 essence des coûts USA 0 54 par gallon 3 785 litres 1974 en raison de travailleurs sans fin des grèves, la productivité des travailleurs en Grande-Bretagne est la moitié de la producti vité allemande et un quart de la productivité des États-Unis 1974 Presque toutes les voitures grandeur nature aux Etats-Unis viennent avec une transmission automatique, la climatisation, la direction assistée et power brakes 1974 Volkswagen introduces the subcompact Golf Rabbit , designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro Italdesign 1974 Lamborghini introduces the high-performance sports car Countach 1975 The Volkswagen Polo 1975 General Motors insta lls catalytic converters on all its cars 1975 Honda introduces the CVCC or Controlled Vortex Combustion Chamber engine for the Civic 1975 Datsun and Toyota pass Volkswagen in exports to the USA 1976 Exports constitute more than 50 of Japan s car production 1976 Peugeout acquires Citroen 1976 Volkswagen starts manufacturing cars in the USA 1976 Lotus introduces the sports car Esprit, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro Italdesign at the beginning of his folded paper phase 1976 70 of cars sold in the USA have V-8 engines, 21 have 6-cylinder engines, and 8 5 have 4 cylinder engines 1978 Chrysler, virtually bankrupt, hires its new president Lee Iacocca from Ford 1978 Honda introduces the Accord in the USA and passes Volkswagen to become the third foreign manufacturer in the USA after Toyota and Nissan 1978 More than 50 of the imports sold in the USA are made in Japan about 1 5 million cars 1979 The Iranian revolution causes another oil crisis in the West 1979 Toyota 26 9 produces motor vehicles per worker, Nissan 22 4, Ford 12 8, Volkswagen 10 6, GM 10 4, Renault 8 3, Leyland 3 5 1979 The largest car manufacturer in Europe is Peugeot-Citrone with 19 of the European production Sep 1979 The US government saves Chrysler from bankruptcy Sep 1979 Honda opens the first Japanese-owned car factory in the USA Ohio 1980 Volkswagen s Audi introduces the Quattro, a turbocharged coupe with all-wheel drive 1980 Average gasoline price in the USA passes one dollar per gallon 3 785 liter for the first time ever 1980 There is only one car per 18,000 peop le in China while 87 of households in the USA owns a car and 97 of car sales are for replacement 1980 Japan passes the USA and becomes first in worldwide car production 1980 The USA, Germany, Japan, France and Italy produce more cars than Britain 1980 For the first time Japan produces more cars than the USA Japan 11 million cars 28 5 out of 38 6 million, the USA 8 million 21 , Germany 3 9 million 10 , France 3 4 million 9 7 , Britain 1 3 milli on 3 4 , and Japanese models now account for 30 of sales in the USA 1980 Ford introduces the Taurus 1986 Jack Telnack designs the new aerodynamic Ford Taurus 1981 Citroen introduces the 2CV 1981 The Ford Escort Mercury Lynx is the best-selling car in the world 1981 Under pressure from the USA, Japan sets a voluntary quota on car exports to the USA 1981 The USA deregulates the bus industry, causing a price war among bus companies 1981 General Motors introduces on-board diagnostics to monitor the emissions control 1982 Honda is the first Japanese c ompany to manufacture cars in the USA 1982 General Motors launches Project Saturn to lower the costs of car manufacturing 1982 The USA has a world market share of 19 3 , down from 76 2 in 1950 1983 Chrysler introduces the Dodge and Plymouth minivans 1983 More than 44,000 people die in car accidents in the USA, and even more as a percentage of population in Western Europe and Japan 1983 Nissan introduces the sports car Z31 or 300ZX 1983 Chrysler opens the first just in sequence in-line-sequenced car factory in Ontario 1983 Nissan begins making car at a factory in Tennesse 1983 Ford introduces the aerodynamic Thunderbird Mercury Cougar 1984 Ferrari introduces the 12-cylinder sports car Testarossa, designed by Pininfarina 1984 The Chrysler LeBaron is completely computer-designed 1984 Ford has the highest share of the European car market, 13 1984 General Motors acquires Electronic Data Systems 1984 American later AM General introduces the Jeep Cherokee 1984 General Motors owns 44 of the ca r market in the USA 1985 Steven Lobbezoo builds the first commercially available satellite navigation system for cars 1985 The USA mandates that all cars but have on-board diagnostics 1985 General Motors acquires Hughes Aircraft 1985 General Motors introduces a Toyota-designed Nova built at Fremont California Mar 1985 US president Ronald Reagan relieves Japan of its voluntary restrictions on car exports and Japanese exports begin growing expone ntially 1985 Malaysia s Proton manufactures its first car 1986 Fiat buys Alfa Romeo 1986 Toyota opens a factory in Kentucky 1986 General Motors owns 34 of the car market in the USA 1986 BMW introduces the M3 1986 Honda introduces the luxury line Acura 1986 Porsche introduces the 959, then the fastest production car in the world at over 300 km h 1986 Hyundai begins exporting cars to the USA 1987 Ferrari introduces the F40, slightly faster than the Porsche 959 1987 Volkswagen closes its US factory 1987 Chrysler acquires AMC, the last independent c ar manufacturer in the USA besides the Big Three , as well as Lamborghini, and introduces the Jeep Wrangler YJ 1988 The world produces 48 3 million cars, of which Japan 12 7 million 26 and the USA 11 2 million 23 1989 Ford acquires Jaguar 1989 Toyota debuts the luxury line Lexus LS 1989 Mazda introduces the roadster MX-5 aka Miata 1989 The Honda Accord is the best-selling car in the USA 1990 To fight Japanese competition, General Motors begins p roduction at a completely new plant for a new car with a new dealer network establishing a separate company, Saturn 1990 Hyundai introduces the Avante or Elantra 1990 Honda installs a navigation system on the Acura Legend 1990 Japanese carmakers have a 28 share of the US market 1990 Greyhound files for bankruptcy 1990 Mazda introduces a GPS-navigation syste on the Eunos Cosmo 1991 General Motors and Ford post record losses while Japanese imports boom 1992 Subaru introduces the Impreza 1992 Jaguar introduces the XJ220, then the fastest car in th e world 1992 American now AM General introduces the off-road vehicle Hummer H1 1992 Chrysler s Dodge introduces the sports car Viper GTS 1993 Ford introduces the SUV Explorer 1994 Chrysler introduces the subcompact Neon 1995 36 million cars are manufactured in the world, of which 7 6 million in Japan and 6 3 million in the USA, although 8 6 million cars are sold in the USA alone 1996 Malaysia s Proton purchases British sports car manufacturer Lot us 1997 Toyota begins selling a hybrid electric car, the Prius 1997 Porsche introduces the Boxster 1997 General Motors introduces the all-electric EV1 1998 Tata introduces India s first passenger car 1998 Daimler-Benz acquires Chrysler 1998 BMW acquires Rolls-Royce 1998 Volkswagen s Audi acquires Lamborghini 1999 Ford acquires Volvo 1999 Lamborghini introduces the Diablo GT, a sports car whose body is almost entirely made of carbon fiber 2001 Dean Kamen invents the Segway Human Transporter, a self-balancing electric vehicle 2003 Martin Eberhar d and Marc Tarpenning found Tesla to build electrical cars in Silicon Valley 2004 Sergio Marchionne becomes CEO of Fiat 2004 Michael Schumaker driving a Ferrari wins his seventh Formula One championship, the world s record 2005 Four of the ten largest companies in the world are oil companies BP, Shell, Exxon, Total and four are car makers General Motors, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler and Ford and only two are consumer products Walmart and General Electr ic 2005 Sebastian Thrun develops the robotic vehicle Stanley at Stanford University 2006 Both Chrysler and General Motors post huge losses and lay off thousands of workers and are eventually rescued by the government 2007 Toyota passes General Motors as the world s largest car manufacturer and Japanese car manufacturers pass USA car manufacturers even in the USA market 2007 Daimler-Benz sells Chrysler 2007 General Motors Opel begins testing a hydrogen car, HydroGen3, in Germany 2008 Korean auto-maker Hyundai becomes the fourth-largest automak er in the world behind Toyota, General Motors and Volkswagen 2008 Indian car manufacturer Tata buys Jaguar 2008 Tesla debuts the Roadster 2009 Mainland China s car market becomes the world s largest for the first time more new cars are sold in mainland China than in the USA 2009 Fiat buys Chrysler 2009 General Motors goes bankrupt and is rescued by the government 2010 South Korea s Hyundai-Kia passes Ford to become the fourth automaker in the world after Toyota, General Motors and Volkswagen 2010 Sebastian Thrun joins Google and founds Google X to develop a self-driving car 2010 General Motors Chevrolet introduces the hybrid electric car Volt 2010 General Motors sells more cars in China than in the USA 2010 Volkswagen s Audi acquires Giugiaro s Italdesign 2014 Hyundai and Toyota introduce the first mass-market hydrogen cars 2014 Panasonic and Tesla sign an agreement to build a battery gigafactory 2015 Tesla releases software for self-driving features on its cars 2016 Chevrolet introduc es the Bolt electric car equipped with an infotainment system by Korea s consumer electronics giant LG 2016 General Motors acquires Cruise Automation, a developer of self-driving technology.
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