Automotive industry
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The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organisations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, selling, repairing, and modification of motor vehicles. It
An automotive assembly line at Opel Manufacturing Poland in 2015
The Thomas B. Jeffery Company automobile factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, around 1916
Fiat 1800 and 2100 sedans being assembled at a Fiat factory in 1961
A 2010 Hyundai Tucson used for a crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
In the United States, the automotive industry began in the 1890s and, as a result of the size of the domestic market and the use of mass production, rapidly evolved into the largest in the world. The
A Ford Model T, built in 1927. Originally released in 1908, it was the first affordable automobile and dominated sales for years.
The "final" U.S. Highway plan as approved November 11, 1926
Aircraft parts being produced at Ford's Willow Run plant
1966 Pontiac GTO