Car Crazy: The Battle for Supremacy Between Ford and Olds and the Dawn of the Automobile Age
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B017TEKGC6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Just ok Suenet50 I was looking for more of a focus on Ford and Olds. There was a lot of automotive history I felt that there was too much time spent on cross country races and auto shows. It might be good for some one looking for that type of info but I found it boring. The material on Ford and the Seldon suit was really interesting but there was too much other. Interesting, well written and well researched Kevin B. Wheeler Interesting book. I learned a lot about the beginning of the auto industry which I did not know. Well written and well researched.. Everything you never thought you wanted to know about Olds and Ford. Scott If you are interested in this subject, you will probably find this an engaging read.
Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. "Billy" Durant of Buick Motor Company (who would soon create General Motors); and genius inventor Henry Ford. Among the pioneering competitors were: Ransom E. But this was Ford's third attempt at a successful auto company - and if this one failed, quite possibly his last. As the machine transformed American culture for better and worse, early corporate battles for survival and market share transformed the economic landscape. In Car Crazy, G. Olds, founder of Olds Motor Works, inventor of the assembly line (Henry Ford copied him), and creator of a new company called REO; Frederic L Smith, cutthroat businessman who became CEO of Olds Motor Works after Olds was ousted in a corporate power play; William C. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who thought the car a dangerous scourge of the wealthy that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. Ford was just revving up. Increasingly desp