That gives the Oldsmobile a 7-year lead over Ford as the first mass-produced car in America. Why the Model T became the icon of mass auto production and the Curved-Dash didn't is up for debate.

He was a founding member of the Pan Town Car Club, and a member of the Franklin Car Club, Curved Dash Oldsmobile Club, Minnesota Horseless Carriage, Antique Auto Club, and the Brush Auto Club.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Olds Horseless Carriage ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 75 No. 21 (November 1896), p. 380 doi:10.1038 ...

In 1893, Frank Duryea built a light horseless carriage called a “buggyaut” — a one-cylinder, ... Oldsmobile came out with the first mass-produced car in 1901 — the Curved Dash Oldsmobile.

He then turned his attentions to a new kind of carriage—the horseless kind. When Durant got his hands on Buick in 1904, the automaker was ready to close up shop for good.

PATERSON — The former owner of a Paterson company that hauls antique and exotic automobiles has agreed to pay $455,000 to settle a state labor department case alleging its trailer drivers were ...

State officials had claimed Horseless Carriage Carriers and its former owner, Frank Malatesta, misclassified its trailer drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.

The winter of 1897-98, Lovejoy worked tirelessly on his invention. He told the Laramie Boomerang he expected to have his “horseless carriage ready for operation by May 1.” He was just waiting on ...

1900 saw several different horseless carriage companies start to gain traction all over ... Oldsmobile's 1939 Hydra-matic transmission was the first series-built automatic transmission with ...