| |
|
| |
|
|
YEAR |
EVENT |
| |
|
|
1900 |
Walter Chrysler took first job
in the auto industry. He
was hired by Charles Nash,
president of Buick. |
| |
First automobile ad - Saturday
Evening Post |
| |
First steering wheel in place of
tiller |
| |
First drivers license issued -
to Harold J. Birnie in New York
City |
| |
|
|
1901 |
Oldsmobile includes a
speedometer on their cars. |
|
|
Frederick Simms invented the
first car fender. Similar to the
railway engine buffers of the
period. |
|
|
|
|
1902 |
The
Mercedes name was finally
trademarked in September |
|
|
|
|
1903 |
Mary
Anderson granted first patent on
what would become the Windshield
Wiper. |
|
|
|
|
1904 |
|
|
|
|
|
1905 |
First cars sold on installment
plan. |
|
|
First car reported stolen. (St.
Louis) |
|
|
|
|
1906 |
|
|
|
|
|
1907 |
Ford
is first US car with left-hand
steering |
|
|
General Motors formed with
acquisition of Buick, Cadillac,
Oakland (Pontiac) and
Oldsmobile. |
|
|
|
|
1908 |
|
|
|
|
|
1909 |
First rural mile of concrete -
Wayne County, Michigan |
|
|
|
| |
|
