Why is the Motor-City in Detroit

[daddeeo]

Any decent history of Detroit book would tell you all about the motor city aspect.

[rb336]

Well, that's close enough, it was the "little 5" Nash, Hudson, Packard, Studebaker and Willys. BTW--I wrote the text and supplied images for the banner you saw at the WPC Museum. Those were some good times.

Nash/Hudson merged to form AMC, Willy's/Kaiser merged, later to become part of AMC, Studebacker/Packard merged to hold on a while before finally giving up the ghost, so the only thing left of those is the Jeep

[56packman]

The Los Angles area, including Hollywood was a small city until after WWII. During the development of the US auto industry [[1896-1925ish) LA was a small town.

[56packman]

Nash/Hudson merged to form AMC, Willy's/Kaiser merged, later to become part of AMC, Studebacker/Packard merged to hold on a while before finally giving up the ghost, so the only thing left of those is the Jeep

Willys WAS Jeep, Kaiser-Fraizer bought them, and later became Kaiser-Jeep. AMC bought Jeep in 1970, Chrysler bought AMC in 1987.
Packard bought Studebaker, Studebaker spent Packard dry, Curtis-Wright came in and bought S-P, closed down Detorit, moved everything to South Bend [[Studebaker). THe original plan for American Motors was to combine Packard, Nash, Hudson and Studebaker into one conglomerate and take advantage of the parts and plant sharing that GM, Ford and Chrysler enjoyed. The early death of George Mason prevented that, and the new man at AMC, George Romney turned a cold shoulder to Studebaker-Packard. The only reason Packed bought Studebaker was to facilitate this mega-merger. Romney was probably right in the end. That term "little 5" existed before all of the mergers of the 1950s.

[p69rrh51]

Willys WAS Jeep, Kaiser-Fraizer bought them, and later became Kaiser-Jeep. AMC bought Jeep in 1970, Chrysler bought AMC in 1987.
Packard bought Studebaker, Studebaker spent Packard dry, Curtis-Wright came in and bought S-P, closed down Detorit, moved everything to South Bend [[Studebaker). THe original plan for American Motors was to combine Packard, Nash, Hudson and Studebaker into one conglomerate and take advantage of the parts and plant sharing that GM, Ford and Chrysler enjoyed. The early death of George Mason prevented that, and the new man at AMC, George Romney turned a cold shoulder to Studebaker-Packard. The only reason Packed bought Studebaker was to facilitate this mega-merger. Romney was probably right in the end. That term "little 5" existed before all of the mergers of the 1950s.

Its funny that Studebaker also figured in the demise of one of the other 3-P's Pierce-Arrow.