1907 Willys-Overland Motors is established by auto dealer John North Willys who takes over control of  Overland Automobile of Indianapolis and moves it in 1909 to the old Pope-Toledo plant at Toledo, Ohio.

1937 Studebaker is the first American car to offer windshield washers.

1937 Cord and Duesenberg production ended when E. L. Cord shifted his focus to other interests.

1947 Guide Lamp introduced plastic tail light lenses.

1947 Studebaker launched America’s first all new automobiles of the postwar era.  The five-passenger coupe featured a wrap-around rear window.

1947 Crosley added an all-steel bodied station wagon, which predated Plymouth's offering by a year.  Another model in the line was the Sport Utility, which was a variation of the two-door sedan.  Not the four-wheel drive vehicle we know today.

1957 Studebaker introduced the no-frills Scotsman series.  These bottom-line cars were designed to sell at the lowest price of any standard American car line.