Causes of smoky vehicles. Introduction. When a vehicle is emitting excess levels of smoke, chances are that it is not properly tuned or maintained. When a vehicle is poorly tuned or maintained, the equipment on the vehicle designed to control the level of pollutant emissions also may not function properly.
Motown is an American record company. It was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has also become a nickname for Detroit.
The fact that Gordy started Motown out of his home is more than a quaint historical footnote. Doing that today in Detroitâs residential areas would violate the cityâs repressive ban on home-based businessesâa sad comment on how stifling Detroitâs regulations and taxes have become since the 1950s.