G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., Chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation, listens to a reporter's question during a press conference after the company's 2004 annual shareholder meeting in Wilmington, Delaware, Wednesday, June 2, 2004. General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, is offering rebates of as much as $5,000 on
most 2004 models to customers who have bought the company's vehicles before. Photographer: Mike Mergen/Bloomberg News.
Dr. Z and DaimlerChrysler
DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche speaks during a plant tour Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004, at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan. Photographer: John F. Martin
2004 Detroit Auto Show
Bill Ford Jr. reveals the newly designed 2005 Ford Mustang.
Shelby Cobra concept
Bill Ford Jr. and Carroll Shelby show off the concept at the Detroit Auto Show
Carlos Ghosn shows off the new Nissan Titan
These were happier times.
2004 Ford F-150 Lariat
That year, the nicest F-150 sold for less than $34,000.
On the green
Golfing onto the Dearborn Truck Plant's green roof.
Cadillac debuts in China
A country where the automaker has had considerable success.
2004 Lexus RX
Lexus sold the 2 millionth RX in 2004. It remains the brand's mainstay model.
Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice
He won in 2004 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Buddy Rice wins the Indy 500
Team co-owner David Letterman celebrates with Buddy Rice.
Michael Schumacher
He wins the Formula One championship again in 2004.
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
A bit roomier for 2004.
"Torque"
It was no "Fast and Furious."
Martian dust devil
NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity took this image of a dust devil and the rover's own tracks in 2016. Opportunity landed in 2004 and kept driving for 15 years.
