Expert: Skip Bollinger - 4/4/2007

Question
who are the pioneers of ford and holden

Answer
Amy,
  Where in this World are you?? It seems you might be in Australia..?? Anyway, here we go..
  Ford Motor Company was started by Henry Ford here in America. He was not the inventor of the automobile. That was a gentleman in Germany and his name was Otto. We Americanized it to Auto. Ford was credited for Mass Producing the vehicle. He was quite a guy. He took parts from the shipping crates that parts came in and utilized them for floor pieces in the original Model T's. The wood was used for shipping crates AND parts for the car. Talk about thinking!!
  Holden is a subsidiary of the American company, General Motors.. Buick, Cadillac, Chevy, Oldsmobile & Pontiac. I'm not that familiar with Holden except to tell you it is an offshoot of American GM. I think they use mostly Chevy parts but it could extend to the other marquis I have listed.
  As far as who started GM, I'm not sure. I think there were inventors called Chevrolet and Oldsmobile. You would have to check the Internet for that. Go to "www.dogpile.com" and check it out. That seems to be the best search engine I have found.
  I hope this helps a bit. Please remember I'm a Parts Specialist, NOT a historian but this is the best I can come up with without going to the library or the Internet. Good luck and have fun..
Skip