{"id":221,"date":"2016-12-29T06:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2022-10-19T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:45:01","slug":"when-where-and-who-started-major-car-manufacturers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/when-where-and-who-started-major-car-manufacturers\/","title":{"rendered":"When, Where and Who Started Major Car Manufacturers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We wouldn&#8217;t have cars if we didn&#8217;t have companies that manufacture them. Let&#8217;s take a quick look at when, where, and who founded some of the largest car manufacturers in the world:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ford<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When:<\/em> June 16, 1903<br \/>\n<em>Where:<\/em> Dearborn, Michigan<br \/>\n<em>Who:<\/em> Henry Ford<br \/>\n<em>Interesting Fact:<\/em> Ford is the largest family-controlled company in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toyota<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When:<\/em> 1933<br \/>\n<em>Where:<\/em> Japan<br \/>\n<em>Who:<\/em> Kiichiro Toyoda was the son of the founder of the Toyoda Loom Works company and made the decision for the company to branch into automobiles.<br \/>\n<em>Interesting Fact:<\/em> The first Toyota built outside of Japan was in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volkswagon<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When: <\/em>January 4, 1937<br \/>\n<em>Where: <\/em>Wolfsburg, Germany<br \/>\n<em>Who:<\/em> The German Labour Front<br \/>\n<em>Interesting Fact: <\/em>Volkswagen means &#8216;People&#8217;s Automobile&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Motors<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When: <\/em>1908<br \/>\n<em>Where: <\/em>Flint, Michigan<br \/>\n<em>Who: <\/em>William C. Durant<br \/>\n<em>Interesting Fact:<\/em> Shortly after forming, General Motors purchased the Buick Motor Company and rapidly expanded by purchasing other companies including Cadillac, Catercar, Elmore, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hyundai<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When: <\/em>December 29, 1967<br \/>\n<em>Where: <\/em>Seoul, South Korea<br \/>\n<em>Who:<\/em> Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company<br \/>\n<em>Interesting Fact:<\/em> Hyundai first began selling cars in the United States in 1986.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honda<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When: <\/em>1948<br \/>\n<em>Where: <\/em>Japan<br \/>\n<em>Who: <\/em>Soichiro Honda<br \/>\n<em>Interesting Fact:<\/em> The world&#8217;s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wouldn&#8217;t have cars if we didn&#8217;t have companies that manufacture them. Let&#8217;s take a quick look at when, where, and who founded some of the largest car manufacturers in the world: Ford When: June 16, 1903 Where: Dearborn, Michigan Who: Henry Ford Interesting Fact: Ford is the largest family-controlled company in the world. Toyota &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/when-where-and-who-started-major-car-manufacturers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When, Where and Who Started Major Car Manufacturers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspectaride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}