American brands, Automotive industry, Automotive industry in the United States

Termed as the Big Three, Ford, GM and Chrysler are the world renowned US auto makers that were once the sole dominating powers over the US Auto Industry. These Automotive giants ruled not only the automotive industry of the US but also the world over for decades. Specially the first two, GM and Ford were commonly understood as Big names in automotive production. Their names had for long been considered as status symbols. They even had a great deal of say in the political sector of USA. Their political power was due to a fact that had been narrated by the CBC News article in the following words:дЫПThe L.A. Times recently calculated that since 1990, the auto industry as a whole has donated $100 million US to Republicans and $34 million to Democrats.дЫќ From the year 1951 to the year 2007