Crisler Corporation. Senior thesis, Детальна інформація

“Safety-Signal” speedometer. The company continued this success in 941, when it introduced the luxury-oriented Town & Country wagon. This was the company’s first minivan with nine-passenger seating and a rear hatch.

Besides that, it was the first minivan with genuine wood exterior panels.

This model was in big demand.

On August 18, 1940, the company was shaken by grief: Chrysler

Corporation’s founder, Walter P. Chrysler, passed away.

In 1955, Chrysler Corporation debuted its “master piece”—Chrysler C-

300. This car was the most powerful full-size car in the world, and soon won twenty out of forty races conducted in 1955.

Chrysler Corporation played a big role in production for military service during World War II. The company’s full capacity was directed toward production of tanks and 40mm trailer-mounted anti aircraft guns. In total, Chrysler participated in sixty-six military projects that were worth of more than 3.4 billion dollars between 1940 and 1945.

With the beginning of the era of space conquest, the Chrysler

Corporation actively participated in the construction of powerful engines used to launch astronauts into orbit. NASA chose Chrysler to construct the

Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B launch vehicles, which were assembled at its plant in Louisiana.

In May of 1998, an event took place that led to huge changes in the auto world. Two of the world’s most profitable car manufacturers, Daimler-

Benz and Chrysler Corporation, agreed to combine their businesses in an equal merger.

History of Daimler-Benz

On October 1, 1883, Karl Benz started his own company, which was called Benz & Cie, Rheinishe Gas Motor Enfabrik. Benz’s cars increased in popularity after he started to build multiple cylinder engines with 16 horsepower, which increased the speed. The sale of automobiles was increasing every year. In the single year of 1901, Benz & Cie sold 2,702 vehicles. By that time, Benz was selling his vehicles in France, England,

Russia, United States, and Singapore. Two years later at the age of 60,

Karl decided to retire from the car business and the company was taken over by his sons, Eugen and Richand. On April 4, 1929, at the age of 84, Karl

Benz passed away at his house at Ladenburg. At the present time, Karl Benz is considered to be a pioneer in car building in Germany and worldwide. In

Germany, Benz is a history figure and often there are signs at Mercedes dealerships, which say, “Father Benz."

During World War II both companies, Benz & Cie and Daimler-Mototern-

Gesellschaft, were ordered to change their production lines for military purposes. Both companies stopped making cars and began the production of

Benz & Cie aircraft engines. DMG was building the aircraft. 1916 was a dramatic increase the number of employees in Benz and DMG factories. The number of workers of the Benz factories increased from 7700 to 12,000 and

DMG’s workers increased from 3750 to 16,000. When the war was over, thins became very difficult for the German car builders. Many car-building companies had stopped production and had to close down their factories.

Both Benz and DMG were greatly affected by the war and by 1924, the presidents of both companies signed a merger agreement, “Agreement of

Mutual Interest,” which made them into one company.

During this time, the Mercedes model became very famous and recognizable around the world. Due to the increased popularity of the model Mercedes, the new company was named Mercedes-Benz. The name Daimler-

Benz was used also. For the next decade, the Mercedes-Benz dominated the

German automobile market. Mercedes sales were much higher than the other

German car companies, such as BMW and Opel.

In the early 1930’s history repeated itself with the rise of Adolph