In the United States

• Industry volume totals 199,319 cars and 10,681 trucks
• US farmers own 85,000 automobiles
• The US Court of Appeals reverses the US District Court decision on the Selden Patent, holding it 'valid but not infringed' by Ford and others; payment of royalties stop
• US Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil in an antitrust action. Three major oil companies will result: Exxon, Mobil, and Socal
• Nearly every automaker at the 11th National Automobile Show in New York exhibits a four-door model
• A truck show, held in conjunction with the National Automobile Show, draws 286 exhibitors
• The Buick 'Bug,' a racing car, driven by Bob Burman, set a speed record of 20 miles in 13 minutes and 11.92 seconds
• Studebaker Corporation is formed; electric vehicles are dropped so the firm can focus on gas-engine automobiles
• Walter S Knudsen joins Ford - later to head Chevrolet
• Thomas Neal is named 3rd president of General Motors
• Trenton Michigan (near Detroit) paints the 1st center line on highway
• Ford's Model T scores major victories in hill-climbing events
• Model Ts win 12 US major races, including one over the world-record-holding Blitzen Benz
• International Motor Company (Mack) is formed; Diamond Motor Car Company abandons passenger cars to concentrate on trucks
• General Motors Truck Company is organized, combining the Rapid and Reliance companies
• Most US car companies offer demountable rims as standard equipment, enormously easing tire changes
• New York Stock Exchange lists auto stocks for the first time
• Studebaker begins to offer customers credit
• Chicago imposes a short-lived 30-minute parking limit in the Loop
• 30 car dealers are in business on Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
• Ray Harroun wins the 1st Indianapolis 800 (500 miles) in a 6-cylinder Marmon Wasp taking 6 hours, 42 minutes, 8 seconds. The car employs the the 1st rearview mirror used in the US
• New York is the 1st state to limit highway billboards
• Gasoline sales surpass kerosene sales in the US

US Auto Manufacturers

• Ford's Model T gets a new body and prices are cut to as low as $650; sales double and market share hits 35%
• Ford Touring cars adopted sheet metal over wood framing in 1911; instead of wood construction. Metal running boards displayed the famous 'Ford' script"
• First Ford assembly plant outside the North America is established in Britain
• Chevrolet Motor Company is organized in November 1911; production gets quickly underway with a handful of cars
• Little, a low-priced companion to Chevrolet, is announced on October 30, but doesn't go into production until 1912
• Studebaker acquires full control of the Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company
• Stutz goes on sale after an 11th place finish at the Indianapolis 500 race, which averages 68.25 mph; the production car virtually duplicates the racer
• Mercer's Model 35 Raceabout will become one of the most-craved sporty motorcars
• Hudson's fluid-cushioned clutch rotates in a blend of oil and keresone; 'wet' clutches will be a company trademark into the Fifties
• In 1911, Ramblers came in a choice of 3 wheelbases
• Pierce-Arrow added a five-ton truck to its line of passenger cars
• A REO was driven from New York to San Francisco in 10 days, 15 hours, 13 minutes—a new record

And From Around the World

• Britain enacts its 1st horsepower tax
• Rolls-Royce adopts its famous 'Spirit of Ectasy' hood ornament
• Aimee-Jules Dalou's memorial sculpture of Emile Levassor at the wheel of a car is unveiled in Paris
• France switches to driving on the left and abolishes the speed limit. Road deaths soar
• 1st running of the Monte Carlo Rally - Turcat Mery wins
• Italian army adopts the 1st armored cars (and airplanes) in combat, Italo-Turkish war in Libya