Petersen Automotive Museum

The automotive trade started in the 1860s with hundreds of manufacturers that pioneered the horseless carriage. For many decades, the United States led the world in whole vehicle manufacturing. In 1929, earlier than the Great Depression, the world had 32,028,500 cars in use, and the U.S. car industry produced over 90% of them. After 1945, the united states produced about seventy five percent of world’s auto manufacturing. In 1980, the united states was overtaken by Japan after which became world leader once more in 1994. In 2006, Japan narrowly passed the us in production and held this …