EVOLUTION OF CARS

The large-scale, production-line manufacturing of affordable automobiles was debuted by Ransom Olds at his Oldsmobile factory in 1902 based on the assembly line techniques pioneered by Marc Isambard Brunel at the Portsmouth Block Mills, England in 1802. The assembly line style of mass production and interchangeable parts had been pioneered in the U.S. by Thomas Blanchard in 1821, at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.[22] This concept was greatly expanded by Henry Ford, beginning in 1914.

As a result, Ford's cars came off the line in fifteen minute intervals, much faster than previous methods, increasing productivity eightfold (requiring 12.5 man-hours before, 1 hour 33 minutes after), while using less manpower.[23] It was so successful, paint became a bottleneck. Only Japan black would dry fast enough, forcing the company to drop the variety of colors available before 1914, until fast-drying Duco lacquer was developed in 1926. This is the source of Ford's apocryphal remark, "any color as long as it's black".[23] In 1914, an assembly line worker could buy a Model T with four months' pay.[23]


Portrait of Henry Ford (ca. 1919)Ford's complex safety procedures—especially assigning each worker to a specific location instead of allowing them to roam about—dramatically reduced the rate of injury. The combination of high wages and high efficiency is called "Fordism," and was copied by most major industries. The efficiency gains from the assembly line also coincided with the economic rise of the United States. The assembly line forced workers to work at a certain pace with very repetitive motions which led to more output per worker while other countries were using less productive methods.

In the automotive industry, its success was dominating, and quickly spread worldwide seeing the founding of Ford France and Ford Britain in 1911, Ford Denmark 1923, Ford Germany 1925; in 1921, Citroen was the first native European manufacturer to adopt the production method. Soon, companies had to have assembly lines, or risk going broke; by 1930, 250 companies which did not, had disappeared.[23]

Development of automotive technology was rapid, due in part to the hundreds of small manufacturers competing to gain the world's attention. Key developments included electric ignition and the electric self-starter (both by Charles Kettering, for the Cadillac Motor Company in 1910--1911), independent suspension, and four-wheel brakes.

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[TheShawnbarrow]

I believe it is a 1947 ferrari 125 S

[FeiduFeidu]

evolution of american cars

[NJBZX]

you forgot about electric cars. they made electric cars already. :P

[Vincent Desrosiers DeRome]

I want to know more about each musics in the video

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[TheGuys44]

Plus at 3:11 the car is an Audi yet another German car

[TheGuys44]

What's the name of the song in the 1940s?

[XZOLDIA]

maaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttteeeeeee­ee wheres the skyline gtr at???

[TheGuys44]

No it wasn't I went to Cleveland for a Brown's Game on the 28th and I saw like 3 Volkswagen Beetles. :/

[FeiduFeidu]

But the 1970s were the end of Volkswagen´s Beetle. So....

[TheGuys44]

No in the 1970s there's a Volkswagen,A German Car.

[TheGuys44]

2:17 Christine