print email comment close The Auto Industry's Family Trees URL: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=176&CFID=10850343&CFTOKEN=23768504 Description: Brief background about the history of the American auto industry. "Of the several thousand auto manufacturers who have operated in the United States, only three remain. But many nameplates that were once well-known are in the family trees of those three surviving auto makers." Discusses contributions of Ransom E. Olds (Oldsmobiles), who was the first to produce cars in Detroit, David Dunbar Buick, Horace Dodge, William Durant, and others. From The Detroit News. Author: Wright , Richard A. Publisher: The Detroit News Extra Keywords general motors GM Henry Ford Louis Chevrolet LII Database Information: Record 19937 created by Maria Brandt on 12/05/2005 Last modification on 11/22/2008 Published: 08/30/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19937