In the late 1800s Germany and Frances created the blueprints for modern cars. “In the first half of twentieth centuries, Americans dominated the car the industry.” In the 1920, America had three big car companies as of Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler which was known as the big three. In 1913, Henry Ford had a mass production of his cars were being made on the assembly line. “The first gasoline power car was used in 1893 built by Charles and Frank Duryea.” When the roads were first build they wanted to test drive the car on the road. “The first dealership in America was W. Hare and Son Inc. in Noblesville, IN in 1847. W. Hare was the first to sale wagons and carriage on a parking lot. “In 1923, H.D. Kemmann was a blacksmith that started to decide to sell cars and was a small company. The company is still open with 5 employees that is now Kemmann Chevrolet. When the cars came out he most likely got contracts to sale cars so that his business will go larger. In 1896 “Henry Ford created his first car which was called the “Quadra cycle” with an engine he had running in 1893.” Henry sold the Quadra cycle for 200 dollars and invested the money into another model of cars. “In August of 1904, Ransom E. Olds was the first mass producer of gasoline powered automobiles in the United States.” Ransom Olds left his old job in order to build his own business. In the 1914 Ford Model T was sold for $490 dollars and was the cheapest car during …show more content…
The more car was sold and made it cheaper. The cheapest the Model T was sold around $250 during war time. “The Ford Edsel was the biggest flop in the car industry.” It was named after his son which he thought would have a great success like him. General Motors firebird has 4 installments of the car. That was released through 1953 – 1964 it was created to go 200 mph. In 1956 the General Firebird II was on display at the Motorama to show customer the new model of the car. The Firebird was made titanium metal that made the car strong. The firebird is no longer made. General Motors has branch out with different names for their vehicles: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, and Cadillac. Mazda has changed the names from Tribute and Protégé to Mazda 3 and CV5. Hondas are one of the long lasting cars that usually around $17,000 to $40,000 depends if you get standard or custom-made. When people are looking to buy a car, they looking at prices and quality of the car. They would also look up information about the car like getting consumer reports and reviews about the car they want to buy. So, when looking for a car please keep this in