#056: Oldsmobile – launched the car industry by outsourcing, creating spinoffs like Dodge
They named the band REO Speedwagon from the REO Speed Wagon, a 1915 truck that Ransom Eli Olds designed. Doughty had seen the name written across the blackboard when he walked into his History of Transportation class on the first day they had decided to look for a name. Dave Young: Welcome to The Empire Builders …