The first Oldsmobile used control sticks for
The first Oldsmobile used control sticks for steering in 1897. The Olds Motor Vehicle Co. was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897 and purchased by General Motors in 1908. The auto was popularized in the lyrics and title of the 1905 hit song, In My Merry Oldsmobile
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