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1908

  • Fisher Body Company organized

  • General Motors Company organized (Sept. 16)

  • Cadillac won Dewar trophy in London for demonstrating interchangeability of parts, a basic element in mass production

  • GM introduces the first electric headlamps

  • Oakland introduces the Oakland Model K, a 4-cylinder automobile. Widely acclaimed as a hill climber, it causes production to rise from 278 in 1908 to 1035 in 1909

 

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