Looking Back: Caterpillar's First Motor Grader Caterpillar first became involved in the motor grader industry in 1926, when the Russell Grader Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota released a grader featuring a 2-ton Caterpillar crawler tractor. This grader – called No.4 Auto Patrol – which was rated at 27 horsepower, and had hand-operated blade controls – sold successfully. As a result of No.4 Auto Patrol's sales success, the Russell Grader Manufacturing Company developed another…
they latch onto this idea and appeal to potential consumers by creating an ad that depicts the growth of a young man and his Mazda by his side the entire way (Driving Matters). Ad creators attempt to re-establish themselves as a family-oriented company by using a humanistic approach to appeal to the viewer’s senses of humanity, opposed to their most known image of “zoom zoom.” Their effort to expand their image to broader meanings outside of their previous single worded slogan turned into the…
The people of the 1920s partied, gambled, and built amazing cars. The United States won World War I and was in an economic boom. Most people were wasting money, but some people invested into young industries. One of these was the car industry. Companies such as Ford, Dodge, Rolls Royce, and Duesenberg built new technology for cars and more. Even though cars were being built in the 1890s and early 1900s, it was not until the late teens and early 1920s that cars became widely available and had…
Why supercar rentals are so expensive Supercars are those cars that give off excellent performance and have a strong brand name. That is why if you are looking to rent one then you should understand that it will be expensive. If you are wondering why it is expensive even though you are just renting it the here are reasons why supercars can be expensive for you to rent to help you understand and to help you realize that it isn't an ordinary car you are driving. Security of the car: one of the…
the city's population at 134,056, which makes Warren the largest city in Macomb County, and the third largest city in Michigan; it is Metro Detroit's largest suburb (fact finder). The city is home to a wide variety of businesses, including General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal, home of the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), St. Johns Macomb and Henry Ford Macomb…
The 1920’s was a decade of prosperity, a period of innovations in America. World War I, which involved Britain, France, Italy, and the United Stated of America fighting Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, ended on November 11, 1918, when a truce was signed at Versailles in France. After the war, the United States was forced to deal with problems such as racial tension, struggling farms, and labor unrest. The country also struggled with the spread of communism. After Russia’s revolution in…
Li To: State Department of Environmental Quality 1. Background Description Flint is a city located inside Michigan State. In the past few decades, it was fueled by automobile industry. However, due to the depression in auto industry, companies such as General Motors had close their door of plants, which led to a high rate of unemployment and crime rate as well. Later on, in 2011, the state took budgetary control over the whole city because it was in a financial emergency. Therefore, everything…
Justice Cook Rough Draft Senior Project 10/15 Auto Mechanic Auto mechanics take certain skills. Skills that you use on a daily bases and skills that they will teach you. Auto mechanics is a job and career that will never die out because cars will always be around. Many places will start you out with simple jobs as in cleaning cars or airing up tires unless you have the skills that they feel necessary to start off straight into main work. It is a job that can get you noticed. There are small car…
The all new Chevrolet Caprice has its front struts stiffened as with the rear suspension. The focus was mainly on strengthening transient response. With the new Chevrolet Caprice, the Police get a more potent weapon in their pursuit. The first tryst with the Caprices’ steering wheel makes one feel the response overkill for patrolling broad, flat highways. The Chevrolet Caprice was the most popular car in the US in the sixties and early seventies. Chevrolet offered a full line of Caprice…
Before automobiles became something more than a novel toy for the wealthy, America's roads were primarily narrow dirt thoroughfares. In 1900, most experts estimate that there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the country, and most of those were adjacent to large cities. In 1904, Americans owned approximately 50,000 automobiles; by 1910, that number had grown to more than 450,000. Automobile owners clamored for paved roads, and state officials complied. However, more cars meant more accidents…