Driving in the United States Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Driving in the United States
WhileKarl Benzmay have invented the first automobile inGermany, car ownership only became an affordable option for the general public in 1908, when Henry Ford implemented the assembly line and was able to begin mass producing his signature Model T. While Ford was neither the first nor the only one to mass-produce cars, he was the most influential one and the Model T sold in the millions in a market still dominated by producers with yearly sales figures in the hundreds or thousands of cars. Thus, America's love affair with the automobile — itself a concept introduced to the public consciousness through marketing — was born. American consumer car culture truly took off in the 1950s, in a global market dominated by American car manufacturers such as Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Public t
Driving in the United States Travel Guide Sections
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