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Detroit's 20 Greatest Successes

Detroit's 20 Greatest Successes

Detroit's 20 Greatest Successes

Nearly all the news coming out of Detroit these days is bad, and the constant failures of the American car industry make it easy to forget the good times. On Wikipedia's list of the world's best-selling vehicle nameplates, many brands born in Motown make an impressive showing against their international competitors. In this gallery, we salute the 20 best-selling American cars, ranked in order of all-time sales. Seen here: Ford's Detroit factory in the 1960s.

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1965
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