Car Talk

Car Talk

Automaking has become an increasingly significant component of the Southeast's manufacturing sector, but it didn't spring up overnight. Here, we test your knowledge of some of the companies that play a role in automaking and how the industry developed regionally.

1. Foreign automakers that open U.S. plants are often referred to as "transplants." What was the first transplant to open an assembly plant in the Southeast?
Honda
Nissan
Toyota
2. Which domestic automakers opened assembly plants in the Atlanta metro area in 1947?
Ford and Chrysler
General Motors and AMC
Ford and General Motors
3. How many countries are represented among the Southeast's assembly plants?
Three
Four
Five
4. True or false? One of the first carmakers to begin production in Atlanta was the Hanson Motor Company in 1918.
True
False
5. What nickname refers to the swath of the country, extending from the upper Midwest to the Southeast, that is home to the majority of U.S. auto assembly plants?
Auto Alley
Vehicle Valley
Assembly Alley
6. Which two European cars are produced by plants in the Southeast?
Volvo and BMW
Audi and Mercedes-Benz
Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz
7. As of June 2017, how many U.S. workers were employed in motor vehicle and parts manufacturing?
539,300
739,000
939,300
8. Production began at Honda's Lincoln, Alabama, plant in November 2001. When did the plant produce its two millionth vehicle?
June 2007
September 2010
November 2014
9. What was the first foreign car company to build cars in the United States?
Honda
Toyota
Rolls-Royce
10. True or false? When Volvo's auto assembly plant in South Carolina begins production in 2018, it will be the Swedish company's first U.S. production facility.
True
False