Comments on: BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Innovation Created By An American Car Company? https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company the car junkie daily magazine. Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ted https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208350 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:24:40 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208350 In reply to Kenneth Meek.

I’m with you Kenneth, that’s a thread that would have made for great comments……Brian, can you post up whatever thread that was?

]]> By: bill https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208326 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 05:15:50 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208326 The production line by Ford, changed the world.

]]> By: Gerald https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208317 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:20:47 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208317 1957-1959 Ford skyliner, retractable hardtop. It worked successfully.

]]> By: Weasel1 https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208316 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:36:17 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208316 Chevrolet, the 1st fully automatic transmission offered in the Cadillac. 4 speed fluid drive using a coupler, not a torque converter

]]> By: Jay Bree https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208314 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:25:29 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208314 In reply to brfivefournine.

Yep, and as I recall, he had to fight for his financial reward.

]]> By: tw https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208313 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:24:35 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208313 I know it’s not thrilling but , catalytic converters , they are still used worldwide .

]]> By: Skeptical https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208308 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:41:04 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208308 Early Cadillac history has some good ones. Electric Starter is probably the best known one. Apparently they are credited with the way the drivers controls are laid out in modern cars as well as the sychromesh transmission.

Link with some of the interesting things they did. Like to see a Bangshift article on each manufacture’s (Or persons) contributions to the auto industry.

https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/a150925/history-of-cadillac-automotive-innovations/

]]> By: Just Gary https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208306 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:16:34 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208306 British lightweight chassis & aluminum body mated with a *reliable* high-HP engine.
Carroll Shelby’s 1962 AC Cobra

]]> By: brfivefournine https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208304 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:53:08 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208304 Intermittent windshield wipers, invented by Robert Kearns in 1967.

]]> By: Kenneth Meek https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/bangshift-question-of-the-day-what-is-the-best-innovation-created-by-an-american-car-company/#comment-208303 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:35:57 +0000 http://bangshift.com/?p=39990#comment-208303 Who’s bitching with pitchforks & torches yesterday?

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