🚀 go-pugleaf

>>It's quite sobering to see how many there once were
>>compared to how many survive today.  Imagine what it would
>>take to start up a new one nowadays.
>
>Ca. 1926 there were over 350 auto manufacturing companies in
>the USA alone.  Now there are 3.  (If you count Saturn as 4,
>you aren't paying attention.)

There are, however, some start-ups in the automotive industry; the ones
I know about, however, are all building supercars.  (If you count Acura,
Lexus, or Infiniti as startups, you aren't paying attention. :-))  How
many will survive, I dunno.  There may be an analogy to be drawn
here; cf. Robert Colwell's previous employer....