automobiles

For a long time, the American auto industry was dominated by very large sedans, wagons, and coupes with pushrod V8s, rear wheel drive, and a body on frame construction, so pretty much a truck without a bed or ground clearance. There were points where the designs got rather comical, such as the...

On November 12, 1950, Pierre-Jules Boulanger died in a car crash when he was driving a Citroën Traction Avant, before having known the success of the Citroën DS project he had managed at Citroën. And as a result, in 1958, Citroën was taken over by a corrupt clown known as Pierre Bercot...

(Inspired by this: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/automotive-ahc-wi-saving-the-domestic-british-motor-industry.502002/ ) As the title suggests, the subject on saving/fixing the French Motor Industry has been explored many times over the years, one constant amongst many however...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Marie_Pons#The_Pons_Plan As the title suggests, what do you think...

Today Edsel is one of the most successful American Automobile Brands and is synonymous with the Ford Motor Company itself. Most Americans drivers have owned at least one during their lifetime. It’s hard to imagine a world where the roads, streets, and highways did not feature this particular...

Without the world wars or equivalent wars in the 20th century, how goes the development of automobiles? What kind of effects did the wars have on automobile development IOTL and how would its absence affect cars, trucks, etc. ITTL?

I am not an American or Canadian here, but here is a thread I would post it for anybody. So, there are some ideas why, as something of a prologue: Both Toyota, Peugeot, and Citroen are deeply notable in the Euro-centric World Rally Championship (WRC) for its performances, with both Toyota and...

With any PoD after 1815, prevent the rise of automobiles as the primary mode of transportation. They can still exist, but should be vastly overshadowed by busses, trains, and other forms of mass transportation.

WI: Holden Motors was never purchased by GM? Holden is an Australian automobile importer and former manufacturer of vehicles. It was independent until 1931 when it was purchased by General Motors and became a subsidiary of that company. Often marketed as Australia's home grown car company...

Challenge: Make the automobile, which is expensive and seen as the vehicle of the rich and elite, be able to be used by everyone, and have the Horse-drawn carriage, which is seen as an reliable, and environmentally-friendly mode of transportation over the expensive, fossil-fuel using automobile...

What would it take for the UK and its empire to drive on the right side of the road like in most of the rest of Europe. BTW: This is also the same scenario for Japan.

All right then! Here's an interesting idea for ya! How would you go about keeping the automobile industry from rising, basically having it remain an expensive curiosity before probably fading into obscurity? While there were alot of people definitely tinkering with the idea and so on, that...

Context: When cars were first put on the road, most roads were a mix of trollies, carages, and people. Drivers tended to accidentally run over people a lot, since there was no difference between walking spaces and driving spaces. In response, some cities were considering limiting the vehicle to...

Or rather, car nuts of AH.com, help me build an auto industry in a surviving tsarist Russia. Because you can't build an auto industry in a vacuum, let me layout some background for the world I'm imagining. Basically the world is vaguely similar to @johnboy's entertaining Consequences of an...