the evolution of bicycles

http://empidog-empidog.blogspot.com/

More of the who owns what infographics

for the source of these, so you can get to full size examples: http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/tag/auto?currentPage=2

A different "History Of The American Automobile chart than I posted before, and the source website is defunct. If you want a copy, buy one at the Automobile Driving Museum

for a written out lesson about the history of the American automobile:http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/systems/agentsheets/New-Vista/automobile/

For another variety: http://www.historyshots.com/automobiles/index.cfm?s=cirk

but the best looking one by far is one Jim told me about and I posted years ago:

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-line-family-tree-flow-chart-of.html

Quite cool and unusual photos from 21studs.tumblr

The above gave me so many laughs, I've never heard of anyone putting divorce signs on a car to make fun of the "Just married" signs that are common. I wonder what would be proper to drag behind the car... the newlyweds drag tin cans, what would divorced people drag? Lawyers maybe?
I just read an article on this Franklin, I think it was in Hemmings Classic
Well, from the start of Ford to the late 40's anyway

see more at http://21studs.tumblr.com

Who owns what... the nameplate on the cars don't have much meaning anymore

2010 above vs 2005 below

from http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Oliver-Blog2/Who-owns-who-in-the-car-industry/ via: http://www.norcalminis.com/

BMW currently owns BMW, Mini, and Rolls Royce.

Bentley is currently owned by Volkswagen.

Daimler AG owns Mercedes-Benz, Maybach and Smart.

The Fiat Group now owns: Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Lancia and Maserati. They also own Chrysler and Dodge plus a 20% share in Jeep.

Ford Motor Company now owns Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and a 13.4% share of Mazda.

General Motors Corporation owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC. They also have a controlling interest in Daewoo whose cars are currently only available in Viet Nam and South Korea. GM also owns Opel and Vauxhall in Europe, and Holden in Australia. Pontiac is said to be discontinued for now.

Honda owns Honda, and their upmarket brand Acura.

Hyundai owns Hyundai and the fellow Korean marque, Kia.

Hummer is still owned by GM and they are considering offers to sell the brand.

Koenigsegg is a Swedish super car manufacturer.

Lotus is currently owned by Malaysian car company Proton.

Mazda owns 86.6% of itself with Ford owning the other 13.4%.

Mitsubishi is responsible for 100% of their own company, a rarity these days!

Pagani is an Italian car company who makes the Zonda supercar.

Peugot the French car maker also owns Citroen.

Porsche owns their own brand as well as a majority stake in Volkswagen.

French company Renault owns Nissan who also makes their upscale brand Infiniti.

Saab is now owned by the Dutch car company Spyker.

Saturn is owned by GM, but production has stopped and assets are being liquidated.

Suzuki took over Daewoo jointly with GM but now only uses their manufacturing facilities. They have now gone to engineering completely new cars rather than rebadging Daewoo's with cars like the new Suzuki Kizashi.

Tata Motors is an Indian car company who currently owns Jaguar and Land Rover.

Tesla is an American electric car company based in the Silicon Valley area of California.

Toyota Motor Company owns Lexus, Toyota, Scion, Daihatsu and Hino Motors, plus a share of Isuzu, and a majority stake in Subaru.

Volkswagen currently owns Audi, Volkswagen, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT and Skoda.
from http://www.examiner.com/sports-car-in-national/who-owns-who-the-automotive-industry

Morgan three-wheeler lubrication chart

The above is extra large so you can print it poster size if you like. I'm not posting the full size scan, it's too huge, 2' by 3' approximately

Thanks to Newt and Tris for letting me share this with you!

I found the website with all the US gas price stats, graphs, and charts I've wanted

Some oil-rich countries that subsidize fuel as a way to share the wealth and keep citizens happy. Drivers pay less than 50 cents a gallon when they fill up in Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Gas is cheaper than milk in Venezuela, which spends an est. $11 billion subsidizing gasoline.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-worldgas10-2008jul10,0,2489191.story

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html
This chart is one I've wanted, because I've been curious how and when the price of gas has risen. This is from Jan 2006 to present. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-worldgas10-2008jul10,0,2489191.story

About Half of U.S. Oil Imports Come from the Western HemisphereSome may be surprised to learn that almost 50% of U.S. crude oil and petroleum products imports came from the Western Hemisphere (North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean including U.S. territories) during 2006. We imported only 16% of our crude oil and petroleum products from the Persian Gulf countries of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. During 2006, our five biggest suppliers of crude oil and petroleum products were:
Canada (17.2%)
Mexico (12.4%)
Saudi Arabia (10.7%)
Venezuela (10.4%)
Nigeria (8.1%)