“The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1800s, though Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry in the first half of the twentieth century.” [3] Henry Ford had innovated mass-production techniques, which later became the standard [3]. Manufacturers funneled their resources to their military during WW2, which led to the automobile production in Europe and Japan growing afterwards. [3] The number of active automobile manufacturers dropped from 253 in 1908, and all the way to 44 in 1929, with around 80% of the industry’s output accounted by Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. [3]