The Chicago Tribune also ran a list of top innovations as brought to us by General Motors.
1903-- Valve-in-engines (Buick)
1909-- six-cylinder passenger car (Chevrolet)
1910-- First closed-body cars in US (Buick)
1912-- First Electric starter, lighting, ignition in US (Cadillac)
1912-- All-steel bodies (Oakland)
1914-- V-8 engines (Cadillac)
1915-- Top and windshield standard
1918-- Ethyl gasoline
1923-- Annual model change
1923-- Four-wheel brakes (Buick)
1930-- 16-cylinder engine (Cadillac)
1937-- Column -mounted gearshift (Pontiac)
1953-- Chevrolet Corvette
1954-- "Pillarless" hardtop sedans (no steel between front and back seat windows)
1955-- Bucket seats (Chevy)
1974-- Catalytic converter
1994-- US debut of day-time running lamps
1996-- OnStar emergency communications system
Pretty Impressive!! --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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