Yakko- the term "Big 3" is commonly used to refer to the three major US auto manufacturers, and has been for a long time. It has nothing to do with the size, value, etc of a company.
i think big 3 came about cuz there were a lot of little automakers in the great lakes area before the 70's (packard comes to mind). anyway, the big 3 were absolutely huge in comparison. the smaller ones tried to form into a larger co to compete but a couple of them left the group(hudson was one of those, i think).
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