Chrysler
During the rise of Detroit manufactural industry by the mid-20th century, one in every six working Americans was employed indirectly or directly by the automobile industry, and Detroit was its the central point of something, typically a difficult or unpleasant situation. The “Big Three” auto firms—General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler—were all based in municipal Detroit. The Detroit auto industry was expended massive amounts of steel, glass, copper, and (later) plastic, fueling the rise of a host of Detroit manufactural or auto-related industries in and around the city of Detroit.
Detroit was, in the words of one historian it was a motor city and industrial city in the nation, a “total industrial landscape,” a place where hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers found work on the assembly lines, in stamping and tool-and-die plants, in foundries, and in a myriad of small factories that made all sorts of parts, from spark plugs to hood ornaments. The influence of the auto industry comprehensive far into Detroit’s conurbations and into the small towns of the upper Midwest, where manufacturers made everything from auto glass industry to engine mounts manufacturing industry. The dependence of towns like Ohio, Toledo, and Flint, Michigan, on the auto manufacturing industry led to a common adage: “When Detroit gets a cold, the whole Midwest gets pneumonia.”
The Detroit auto industry was retorted by first introducing products from European subsidiaries during 1957. In the fall of 1959, they introduced domestically produced compact cars in the U.S. market, such as the Chevrolet, the Ford Falcon, and the Plymouth Valiant. These vehicles were significantly smaller than what Detroit auto industry’s had offered before.
Klier, Thomas H. "From Tail Fins To Hybrids: How Detroit Lost Its Dominance Of The U.S. Auto Market." Economic Perspectives 33.2 (2009): 2-17. Academic Search Complete. Web. 18 Nov. 2016.
Klier, Thomas H. "From Tail Fins To Hybrids: How Detroit Lost Its Dominance Of The U.S. Auto Market." Economic Perspectives 33.2 (2009): 2-17. Academic Search Complete. Web. 18 Nov. 2016.
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Klier, Thomas H. "From Tail Fins To Hybrids: How Detroit Lost Its Dominance Of The U.S. Auto Market." Economic Perspectives 33.2 (2009): 2-17. Academic Search Complete. Web. 18 Nov. 2016.