On December 12, 2004, General Motors announced that its Oldsmobile division—one of the oldest and most historically significant car brands in the United States—would be permanently phased out. The ...

The 1970s were rough years for the American auto industry, but there were more bright spots than the relative few that still get talked about might indicate.

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American Motors Corporation was an absolute mess by the mid-1980s, and its financial problems in the U.S. market were compounded by infighting at its European corporate parent, Renault, where ...

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