Are Autocar Trucks Still Made?
One of the Company's Early Cars Was the Pittsburgher. by 1907, the Company Had Decided to Concentrate on Commercial Vehicles, and the Autocar Brand Is Still in...
One of the company's early cars was the Pittsburgher. By 1907, the company had decided to concentrate on commercial vehicles, and the Autocar brand is still in use for commercial trucks. Autocar is the oldest surviving motor vehicle brand in the Western Hemisphere.
When did Autocar stop making trucks?
1986 brought more changes as Volvo White acquired the heavy-truck business from General Motors and became Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation. The last Autocar built with the legendary Autocar Driver Cab, first launched back in 1950, rolled off the line in December, 1987.
Who bought white trucks?
The financially troubled White Motor Corporation has agreed to sell its most important manufacturing operation - the heavy-truck business that made it famous - to AB Volvo, the Swedish car, bus and truck manufacturer, the two companies announced today.