The motor car - a concise history. "a reminder for some,an introduction for others"
History of Car Production
1.2Production
United States: During the period 1896 to 1930 over 1,800 car manufacturers were believed to have existed in America.
Possibly as many as 75% of these were formed prior to the mid 1920s. By the early 1940s a high percentage had gone out of business.
Worldwide: The number of car manufacturers that have existed worldwide is estimated at between 3,000 to 4,000. More than 50% of these were in the United States.
By the start of the twenty-first century the countries that have had the most car manufacturers are: United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Canada and Australia.
In 1900 France produced more cars that any other country.
Of the 4,192 cars manufactured in the United States in 1900, 1,681 (40.1%) were steam, 1,575 (37.6%) electric and 936 (22.3%) gasoline
In 1904 the United States started to manufacture more cars than France.
At the end of World War 2 the Japanese were banned from making private cars until 1947 when they were permitted to produce 300.
The three largest car manufacturers in 1998 were Japan (8 million), United States (5.5 million) and Germany (5.3 million).