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This 3 page paper discusses the design changes and influences on the American automobile during the period of 1930-1939. Examples given. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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make and speed to fit the eclectic tastes of its owners. However, the history of the car tells its own story. The 1930s saw great sweeping changes affecting car design
and efficiency as the country struggled to recover from the depression and the post war situation. The Depression Era cut car production in half, most reports state, but there
were other advances that were made which compensated for the lack of production in 1930. For example, the tires were improved and were made to last several years rather than
the several months, or even weeks, as had been the case before. Cars were made more fuel efficient, though nothing so streamlined as the modern car experiences today. By
1931 and 1932 General Motors realized that the luxury Cadillac wasnt faring so well against the slow economy. Though there were more roads and US highways which had been built,
people were still not able or willing to purchase the higher end cars(Economist 1999). The company that made the Packard had pared down their top models to a more affordable
family sedan and economy model and so, General Motors followed suit. However, they did not discontinue the Cadillac as had been proposed, rather, they opened up the market to include
African Americans who had been restricted from purchasing these cars. When GM opened their doors to the minorities, they were able to keep the Cadillac. By 1936 all of the
car manufacturers were hurting. General Motors went bankrupt, with Chrysler and Ford threatening to do the same. However, GM went back to the drawing board and in 1939 introduced the
first automatic transmission(Banham, 2002, see also Cooke 2001). Generally speaking, the 1930s saw GM as being the leader in automobile innovations. For example, early in
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