New Times, New ProblemsBetween 1900 and 1920, the main problem of the auto-maker was the problem of producing cars. There was first the problem of producing a car good enough to create and to satisfy a demand for it. The arrival of the self-starter (in 1912) might be taken as marking the end of the more primitive automobile [...]  |
The Concentration of the IndustryBefore discussing the automobile industry in the war boom, it is desirable to draw a distinction between the number of makes of automobile – which was very large – and the number of makes which reached a position of economic importance – which was very small. The automobile industry was never a struggle between several [...] |
