| Oldsmobile
Oldsmobiles were first manufactured by the Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing, Michigan, a company founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. Ransom sold the company in 1899 after financial difficulties and went on to found the REO Motor Car Company. Olds was renamed Olds Motor Works and moved to a new plant in Detroit. The Curved Dash models made from 1901 to 1904 were the first mass-produced cars, made on the very first automotive assembly line. General Motors purchased the company in 1908. In its 107-year history, Olds produced 35.2 million cars, some 14 million of which were built at its Lansing, Michigan factory. When GM phased out Oldsmobile in 2004, it had been the oldest surviving American automobile marque, and one of the oldest in the world, after Daimler and Peugeot. Oldsmobile was the first automaker to start offering affordable models to the general public, which gave Henry Ford fits because this was the market he was after, but also showed him that he was right. The Oldsmobile website remains highly trafficked despite the fact that the brand is defunct.
http://www.oldsmobile.com
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