The Birth of General Motors & William C. Durant

The Birth of General Motors & William C. Durant

An American Story of Ambition “The story of General Motors is one of rising, falling — and rising again.” – Matthew DeBord for the Business Insider General Motors (GM) is one of the world’s largest car producers today. It is easy to forget that before it reached...
Tires

Tires

When Changing a Flat is Better than Changing the Whole Wheel “Until the twenties the flat tire remained the heaviest cross motorists had to bear.” – Stephen W. Sears With the mastery of fire, the invention of the wheel is one of the most revolutionary...
Horseless Carriage

Horseless Carriage

Cars Before 1916 “The horse is the poorest motor ever made. He consumes ten pounds of fuel for every hour he works, and yet his thermal efficiency is only two per cent.” – Thomas Edison as reported in A Pictorial History of the Automobile by Philip...