Timeless skills more akin to furniture making than automotive production remain at the heart of this elite British manufacturer.

As a result, the production of durable consumer goods increased by 7.2%, despite a decrease in automotive production.

In 1942, automotive production in the United States shut down to aid the war effort.

But the Finnish suppliers, with no experience about automotive production, had severe quality problems.

By the end of 2010, automotive production had returned to pre-crisis levels.

The city's industry are best known by its automotive production and firearms manufacturing.

On December 10, 2011 Pininfarina announced it would end all automotive production.

At the time, Cleveland was the center of automotive production in the US.

Introduced in September 1938, a total of 17,647 units were built during the recession year which saw all automotive production the 1937 model year.

Alabama has since become a center of automotive production in the South.