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I bet you it was a Kraut-mobile of some kind, round about the time Herr Otto came up with the Otto cycle. :huh:

I believe the answer is Chrysler.

I also believe Chrysler will be the answer to the question "which one of the big 3 went under first." It's really sad :bang:

You got the first letter right--"C".



Ready.......wait for it ...................Cadillac.:rolleyes:


Chrysler is working a deal with Fiat.

That was actually going to be my first guess, but I actually think it is wrong. Maybach was "mass producing" these in the late 1800s. Perhaps it depends on what you're calling a "car company". When did Caddy come out with this engine? Must have been early 1900s I'mma guess'n.

Going by memory, I think about 1916 or 15 there abouts. Can't swear on this though.:rolleyes:

I'm pretty sure our German pals were cranking them out long before that for their "horseless carriages" and whatnot. I think the 1916 Caddy has another major claim to fame though. It was the first car to be laid out like what we think of as a car, that is clutch, brake, accelerator, with a gear shift in the center, etc. An Englishman used this as the base for making a cheaper version which in turn was licensed to the Germans and Japanese, et. al. (forgot the names). These, not the Model T were the first mass produced cars in the form of a car we would recognize still today. That Caddy might also have been the first car with an electric starter and a key, but I'm not positive.

Show off! Yea, the Caddy had the first electric start. :bigthumbsup:


Like I said; you keep up well.:drink:

I was just cheating and looking at Wikipedia, LOL.

I wasn't. Suk it. :judge::rolling: