Jerry Flint is a senior automotive editor for Forbes Magazine. He has been covering the automotive industry since 1958. Flint has won Loeb Award in 2003 and is according to the Business News Reporter, he is one of the one-hundred most prominent business reporters of the 20th century. Alternate meaning: For the Boston Brahmin family associated with John Forbes Kerry, see Forbes family. ... Automakers are companies that produce automobiles. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...