* American Austin Car Company, short lived American automobile maker

The American M8 Light Armored Car was a 6x6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during the Second World War intended initially as a fast wheeled tank destroyer.

* 1915 – Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System ( d. 2007 )

Interestingly, American market vehicles such as the Lincoln Town Car and Cadillac DeVille, which are otherwise fairly uncommon in Japan, are often converted to hearses in both styles.

This involved compromise with GM, as Holden's managing director, Laurence Hartnett, favoured development of a local design, while GM preferred to see an American design as the basis for " Australia's Own Car ".

Only two companies responded to the request, The American Bantam Car Company and Willys-Overland.

The bankrupt American Bantam Car Company had no engineering staff left on the payroll and solicited Karl Probst, a talented freelance designer from Detroit.

* 1864 – Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company ( d. 1950 )

* 1976 – David Kennedy, American guitarist ( Angels & Airwaves, Box Car Racer, Hazen Street, and Over My Dead Body )

* 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

A Century of Automotive Style: 100 Years of American Car Design.

The event serves as the final event of Speedweeks and is sometimes referred to as " The Great American Race " or the " Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing.

In late 2010 General Motors began production of the plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt ( and related Opel / Vauxhall Ampera ), which later was announced as the 2012 North American Car of the Year, European Car of the Year and World Green Car of the Year.

Former Minardi drivers who have gone on to win Grands Prix include Alessandro Nannini, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Mark Webber while Alex Zanardi went on to win two Champ Car titles, and both Justin Wilson and Christian Fittipaldi have won races in premier North American open-wheel competition.

The Hyundai Genesis, named the 2009 North American Car of the Year.

The Hyundai Elantra was crowned North American Car of the Year at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.

In 2009, the Hyundai Genesis luxury sedan was named 2009 North American Car of the Year, the first for Hyundai.

In January 2012, the Hyundai Elantra was named the North American Car of the Year at the North American International Auto Show, selling more than 200, 000 cars since the model's redesigned debut.

* Crane Motor Car Company, an American car manufacturer, later named Crane-Simplex

Between 1967 and 1971, Pratt & Whitney turbine engines were used in American Championship Car Racing and Formula One.

* American Touring Car Championship link ( 2009-still )

Lewis's remarks about his marriage were suggestive enough to induce American reporters to invade the offices of Harcourt, Brace & Company for information, to pursue Mrs. Lewis to Cromwell Hall, and, after she had returned to New York, to ferret her out at the Stanhope on upper Fifth Avenue where she had taken an apartment.

Of the major expansions in 1960, three were financed under the R. I. Industrial Building Authority's 100% guaranteed mortgage plan: Collyer Wire, Leesona Corporation, and American Tube & Controls.

Several efforts were made in this direction, and though not all of them survive to this day, the Brown & Sharpe wire gage system was eventually adopted as the American standard and is still in common use today.

The cooperation of our exclusive American licensee, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation, has been important in this work.

In an earlier case, Kingan & Co. v. United States, an American corporation was formed for the purpose of acquiring the stock of a British corporation in exchange for its own stock and then liquidating the British corporation.

ASCII itself was first used commercially during 1963 as a seven-bit teleprinter code for American Telephone & Telegraph's TWX ( TeletypeWriter eXchange ) network.

* Austin & Ally is an American sitcom that first aired on the Disney Channel in Winter 2011.

The 21st chapter was omitted from the editions published in the United States prior to 1986 .< ref > Burgess, Anthony ( 1986 ) A Clockwork Orange Resucked in < u > A Clockwork Orange </ u >, W. W. Norton & Company, New York .</ ref > In the introduction to the updated American text ( these newer editions include the missing 21st chapter ), Burgess explains that when he first brought the book to an American publisher, he was told that U. S. audiences would never go for the final chapter, in which Alex sees the error of his ways, decides he has lost all energy for and thrill from violence and resolves to turn his life around ( a slow-ripening but classic moment of metanoia — the moment at which one's protagonist realises that everything he thought he knew was wrong ).

* 1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer ( Santo & Johnny )

* 1939 – Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Gladys Knight & the Pips ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist ( Captain & Tennille )

* 1924 – Rudy Pompilli, American musician ( Bill Haley & His Comets ) ( d. 1976 )

* 1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and CPR )

* 1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

" Taylor, American singer and actor ( Kool & the Gang )

* 1943 – Dick Halligan, American musician and composer ( Blood, Sweat & Tears )

* 1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Mamas & the Papas ) ( d. 2001 )

* 1970 – Redman, American rapper, producer, and actor ( Def Squad and Method Man & Redman )

* Another Bad Creation, an American R & B and rap musical group

* 1940 – Genya Ravan, American singer ( Goldie & the Gingerbreads and Ten Wheel Drive )

* Oral History interview transcript with Aage Bohr 23 & 30 January 1963, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives

* Procter & Gamble is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

* 1821 – Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company ( d. 1905 )

* AUDIO ( group ), an American R & B band of 5 brothers formerly known as TNT Boyz and as B5