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1930 |
First US 16-cylinder car -
Cadillac |
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First cars wired for radio |
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Semi-automatic with dash control
- REO |
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First free-wheeling - Studebaker |
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1931 |
General Motors's Frigidaire
replaces ammonia with Freon 12
refrigerant gas, making
refrigerators safe for
households around the
industrialized world. |
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1932 |
Fred
S Duesenberg killed in car crash
(in his own Duesenberg.) |
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Oakland Division becomes Pontiac
Division of GM |
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1933 |
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1934 |
Chrysler and DeSoto Airflow body
introduced |
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1935 |
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1936 |
Nash
joins with Kelvinator
Refrigerator |
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REO
changes from car production to
trucks |
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First production diesel cars -
Mercedes |
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1937 |
gearshifts move from floor to
steering columns |
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