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cruise control
Ralph Teeter, believed that accidents were caused by uneven speeds, thus the creation of cruise control was born. over 70% of vehicles today come equipped with cruise control -
Small cars
Smaller vehicles were introduced during this time to meet standers for families to have one economical car -
automatic transmission
a considerable increase in automatic transmissions were made during the 50's -
hindered production
in 1952, 60% of the companies time went into defense instead of consumer goods -
Air conditioning
AC was optional in 1953 in 3 different vehicles -
materials
Materials of the body were changed-up in these years to fiberglass and magnesium -
power everything
fully loaded options were becoming much more popular -
importing and exporting
for the first time ever, in 1957 the US imported more cars than they exported. Volkswagen was our biggest import. -
emission reduction
efforts to eliminate emission started around this time, the creation of PCV modules and catalytic converters were made
