The Celica goes on sale in Japan on Dec. 3, 1970, weeks after its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, making Toyota the first automaker to introduce a pony car in the country.

Toyota Motor, Honda Motor, Hyundai, Subaru and Kia posted higher U.S. sales in November, a sign that the industry is winding up the year with renewed momentum after an October lull. Few brands recorded declines in a month marked by higher spiffs, holiday promotions and an extra sales day and weekend.

The redesigned 2008 Chrysler Sebring convertible debuts Nov. 29, 2006, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The 2008 model marked the first time it was available with a soft or hard top.

The 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet, a quirky open-top variant of the midsize crossover, is introduced Nov. 17, 2010, at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

Hirshberg, a passionate innovator and unconventional manager, left a key post at GM's Buick division and later oversaw the Japanese automaker's new design center in Southern California, where he created the Altima and Xterra and revived the famed Z car.

Chrysler discloses Nov. 16, 1989, that it is ending a troubled joint venture with famed Italian sports car maker Maserati to engineer and build a two-seat sport coupe for the American automaker.

Honda and Hyundai posted U.S. sales increases in October while Nissan and Toyota fell as the industry – aided by richer incentives -- kicked off the fourth quarter with a shot at hitting 17 million total deliveries for a fifth straight year. Overall, U.S. light-vehicle volume fell an estimated 1.8 percent in October, even with an extra selling day.

Henrik Fisker's next act, an electric crossover, now has a name — the Ocean. It will be revealed Jan. 4, 2020 and Fisker plans to launch a mobile app and begin taking reservations for the crossover on Nov. 27, when pricing will be released.

The Hornet, the last vehicle designed and built by Hudson Motor Car Co., came off the line at a Jefferson Avenue plant in Detroit on Oct. 29, 1954.

The first-generation Acura Legend, introduced in Japan on Oct. 22, 1985, becomes the first production Honda Motor Co. vehicle with a V-6 engine.

The show had been held in New York City for decades before moving to Detroit. “Wheels of Freedom” was the theme of the 1960 show, which was sponsored by the Automobile Manufacturers Association.

The Fairmont series was introduced at the beginning of the 1978 model year to replace the discontinued Ford Maverick and was built through 1983. Lincoln-Mercury dealers sold a version of the Fairmont called the Mercury Zephyr.

Saturn's first crossover, the plastic-bodied Vue, is unveiled to the media on Oct. 5, 2000, in Miami, one day before the vehicle's official introduction to the public at the Miami auto show.

The industry's two-day U.S. sales reporting continued with September declines at Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler, according to estimates. That followed steep drops tallied Tuesday by Asian automakers, in a September that was thrown off course by quirks in the sales-reporting calendar.