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• Hudson Italia
  ...g:0; background:#996; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" | [[Image:Hudson Italia 1953 Front.jpg|300px]] ! colspan=2 | '''Hudson Italia'''
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• Hudson
  {{List of Hudson Models}}The '''Hudson Motor Car Company''' made Hudson and other brand [[automobile]]s in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. ...with [[Ransom E. Olds]] (Chapin's son, Roy Jr, would later be president of Hudson-Nash descendant American Motors Corp. in the 1960s).
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• Hudson Jet
  |Marque = [[Hudson]] ...failed to capture buyers as the [[Rambler]] had for [[Nash]]; consequently Hudson was forced to merge with [[Nash-Kelvinator]] because of the losses created
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• Lightning McQueen
  ...and noted racing buff [[Steve McQueen]]. He is based on generic [[NASCAR]] vehicles, but with design influences from the [[Chevrolet Corvette]]. Late in the fi ...the town's judge and doctor, an [[Hudson Hornet|ex-race car]] named [[Doc Hudson]]. These experiences lead McQueen to understand the importance of friendshi
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• Carrozzeria Touring
  ...s were for these companies, as well as the creation of hunting and fishing vehicles for Queen Margaret. ...udson Motors]] chief stylist Frank Spring on the development of the 1954 [[Hudson Italia]].
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• Nash Metropolitan
  ..."economy car." The Metropolitan was also sold as a Hudson when Nash and [[Hudson]] merged in 1954 to form the [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC), and lat Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
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• Rambler Six
  ...s. However, this model became the replacement for the large-sized Nash and Hudson models that suffered from dwindling sales. In 1957, the Rambler was establi Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
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• Halo vehicle
  ...mers will come to dealerships to see it, but will buy other more practical vehicles instead. The classic case is the [[Chevrolet Corvette]], which changed the ...attributes. Advertising for the [[Honda Insight]] featured other [[Honda]] vehicles that were fuel-efficient. The [[Toyota Prius]] is marketed alone, but [[Toy
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• Classic Car Club of America
  ...celebrate the grand [[automobile]]s of the prewar period. At the time, the vehicles covered by the Club were considered too modern to be of any interest by suc Times have changed, of course, and the vehicles eligible for CCCA membership are now some of the most highly valued cars in
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• Brass Era car
  ...mobile" is a retronym for "horseless carriage," the original name for such vehicles, which is still in use today. Such very old vehicles present special challenges to today's collectors. Replacement parts must n
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• Rambler American
  ...ors]] second generation Rambler compact that was sold under the Nash and [[Hudson]] Motors marques from 1954 and 1955. Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
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• Automatic transmission
  ...tomakers, including [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]], [[Hudson Motor Car|Hudson]], [[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], and [[Rolls-Royce Limite Some current [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid vehicles]], notably those of [[Toyota]], [[Lexus]] and [[Ford Motor Company]], have
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• Automatic gearbox
  ...ween set gear ratios. Even though CVTs have been used for decades in a few vehicles (e.g. [[Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek|DAF]] saloons and the [[Volvo 340]] ...tomakers, including [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]], [[Hudson Motor Car|Hudson]], [[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], and [[Rolls-Royce Limite
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• AMC
  ...ary 14 1954 by the merger of the [[Nash-Kelvinator Corporation]] and the [[Hudson Motor Car Company]]. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U. ...''American Motors'''. When the merger was completed in the spring of 1954, Hudson's CEO, [[A.E. Barit]] was retained as a consultant and given a Board seat i
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• Packard
  ...on the designs of current automobiles. By 1899, the brothers were building vehicles in their native Warren, Ohio. The company, which they called the Ohio Autom Throughout the nineteen-teens and twenties, Packard built vehicles consistently were among the elite in luxury automobiles. The company was co
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• Compact car
  ...he world as a "''C-segment''" (between [[B-segment|B-]] and [[D-segment]]) vehicles. Compact cars usually have [[wheelbase]]s between 100 inches (2,540 mm) and ...llstate (automobile)|Allstate]]), as well as the [[Willys Aero]] and the [[Hudson Jet]].
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...nclined plane with all the [[piston]]s driving a common [[crankshaft]]; in vehicles where this engine is installed inclined versus vertical, it is sometimes ca ...vo AB|Volvo]] diesel engine and the 15 liter [[Cummins]] ISX used in heavy vehicles.<ref>Nunney, p. 4</ref> The largest are used to power ships, and use fuel
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...o automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately. The list is also limited to production road cars that: ...use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible);
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• Citroën DS
  At a time when few passenger vehicles had caught up with the four-wheel [[independent suspension]] of the ''Tract Throughout the late 1950s and all the 1960s Citroën developed many new vehicles for the segment occupied by the [[Peugeot 403]], [[Renault 16]] and [[Ford
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• Dodge Charger
  There have been a number of vehicles bearing the '''Charger''' nameplate, but the name has generally denoted a p ...re legend, but previous mid and large AMCs before the Premier included the Hudson Hornet featured in the movie ''Cars'' and the Penske factory backed AMC Mat
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