Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "History of the automobile" in English language version.
BYD was the first company in the world to launch a production plug-in hybrid; its F3DM in 2008 was two years ahead of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.
Chevy with its stylish Vega, introduced for 1971; Ford with the 1971 Pinto, and AMC with the Gremlin, introduced on April Fool's Day 1970 as the first U.S. subcompact.
Rambler's compacts were the industry's best sellers by the decade's end - and a spur to AMC's Big Three rivals, who soon launched small cars of their own.