By 1916, American manufacturers were turning out 1 million passenger cars a year and the horse had almost gone. In 1920, production reached 2 million. In 1929, on the eve of the Depression, it was up to 4.4 million. Recovering to 3.7 million in 1941, the last year of peace, output rose to an all-time peak of 9.7 million in 1973. Since 1893, when the first gasoline-powered car took to the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts, some 4000 marques have appeared on American roads. This history of the car combines technical detail with anecdote and social comment on the American way of life.
- ISBN10 1853752363
- ISBN13 9781853752360
- Publish Date 1 November 1996 (first published 30 July 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
- Imprint Prion Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English