Detroit Big Three automakers

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The Detroit Big Three automakers are the three major American car manufacturers—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis North America (formerly Chrysler)—historically centered in Detroit and long dominant in the U.S. automotive industry.


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instanceOf group of automobile manufacturers
alsoKnownAs Big Three automakers
Detroit Three
associatedWith Detroit
Rust Belt
Southeast Michigan
United Auto Workers
basedIn Detroit metropolitan area
competesWith European automakers
Japanese automakers
country United States
culturalAssociation American car culture
Muscle cars
U.S. highway system expansion
engagedIn electric vehicle development
internal combustion engine vehicle production
faced foreign competition after 1970s oil crises
hasFormerMember Chrysler
hasMember Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Stellantis North America
historicallyDominantIn United States auto market
historicallyInfluenced U.S. labor policy
U.S. transportation policy
urban development in Detroit
historicallySpecializedIn full-size pickup trucks
large vehicles
impactOn Michigan economy
U.S. manufacturing employment
industry automotive industry
knownFor large-scale unionized manufacturing
mass production of automobiles
laborRelations collective bargaining agreements with UAW
marketShare significant share of U.S. light vehicle sales
notableEvent U.S. auto industry crisis of 2008–2010
productType commercial vehicles
passenger cars
pickup trucks
sport utility vehicles
received U.S. government financial assistance during 2008–2010 crisis
regulatoryContext U.S. emissions regulations
U.S. fuel economy standards
supplyChain North American auto parts suppliers
timePeriodOfDominance 20th century
post–World War II era

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Detroit Big Three automakers ("Big Three automakers")
Detroit Three ("Big Three automakers")
alsoKnownAs
Chrysler ("Big Three automakers")
General Motors
memberOf
Detroit ("Chrysler (historically in Detroit metropolitan area)")
isHeadquartersOf
My Years with General Motors ("United States automotive industry")
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