In the years since World War II, several new firms have produced modest numbers ofvehicles but failed to get into or sustain mass production. Crosley assembled about 26,000 at their plants in Muncie; Playboy, 96 cars in Buffalo; and Tucker, 51 in Ypsi. Kaiser-Frazier assembled more than 60,000 in Ypsi and Toledo if you include the Henry J and Allstate. DeLorean's total production at Dunmurry sommay have reached 9,000.
However, none of these firms sustained substantial production for long and all of them disappeared from the ranks of vehicle manufacturers. Tesla deserves accolades for getting into mass production, but will they join this list of orphaned car companies?