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The '''automobile''', or '''car''', was invented in the 19th century by [[Karl Friedrich Benz]], a [[Germany|German]] engineer. But it was [[Henry Ford]], an [[American]], who made the automobile popular by mass-producing it on the world's first [[assembly line]] in [[Detroit]], which became the "Automobile Capital of the World" in the 1950s.

The '''automobile''', or '''car''', was invented in the 19th century by [[Karl Friedrich Benz]], a [[Germany|German]] engineer. But it was [[Henry Ford]], an [[American]], who made the automobile popular by mass-producing it on the world's first moving automotive [[assembly line]] in [[Detroit]], which became the "Automobile Capital of the World" in the 1950s.

Today Americans buy cars from both domestic and foreign based manufacturers, although it is often difficult to tell if a car is a domestically or foreign produced vehicle simply by the name of the manufacturer.  For example, in 2006 Toyota had 14 manufacturing plants in North America producing parts and cars such as the Camry and General Motors has operations in [[Mexico]] producing trucks such as the Silverado and Suburban for export to the United States.

Today Americans buy cars from both domestic and foreign based manufacturers, although it is often difficult to tell if a car is a domestically or foreign produced vehicle simply by the name of the manufacturer.  For example, in 2006 Toyota had 14 manufacturing plants in North America producing parts and cars such as the Camry and General Motors has operations in [[Mexico]] producing trucks such as the Silverado and Suburban for export to the United States.