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• Morgan 4/4
  ...Climax]] engine in 1936 to a 1.8 litre [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] engine in 2004. Introduced 1936, 663 built by 1939 and 249 from 1946 to 1950.
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• Borgward
  ...production for the life of the company. In 1959 the [[Borgward P100]] was introduced, with its impressive pneumatic suspension. In 1961 the company went into bankruptcy and in 1963 all manufacturing equipment for the Borgward Isabella and P100 was sol
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• Adler
  ...nder, [[Heinrich Kleyer]]) and by Alfred Theves won many sporting events. In the 1920s, [[Karl Irion]] raced many Adlers; popular models of the period i ...e|rear-driven]]; these were built until the World War II. The last new car introduced by Adler was the '''2,5 Liter''' of 1937; it had a six-cylinder engine prod
  3 KB (442 words) - 23:12, 29 August 2008
• Amilcar
  ...s}}The '''Amilcar''' was a French [[automobile]] manufactured from 1921 to 1939. ...t model was the [[front wheel drive]] [[Amilcar Compound]], quite advanced in design for its era, featuring a [[monocoque]] frame made of a light alloy a
  3 KB (396 words) - 01:36, 16 January 2007
• Maudslay Motor Company
  ...g with [[Crossley Motors]] the new group was renamed Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV) Ltd. ...with a single overhead camshaft and pressure lubrication. It was followed in 1903 by a six cylinder version, possibly the first overhead camshaft six to
  4 KB (662 words) - 10:38, 18 May 2010
• Lincoln Zephyr
  ...was developed from the Lincoln-Zephyr, with two prototypes built from the 1939 Lincoln Zephyr and production versions based on the 1940 and updated each m ...not large but accounted for a large portion of the Lincoln brand's sales. In its first year, 15,000 were sold, accounting for 80% of Lincoln's total sal
  5 KB (746 words) - 04:17, 20 January 2009
• Crosley
  ...n'' and later by ''Crosley Motors Incorporated'' in the United States from 1939 to 1952. (It must not be confused with the [[Crossley]] made by ''Crossley ...for $250. It wasn't an instant success, but in 1941 more body styles were introduced.
  3 KB (529 words) - 11:29, 5 September 2007
• Hupmobile
  ...the Detroit Auto Show in February 1909. The company initially produced 500 vehicles. ...00. Following disagreements with his financial backers Hupp sold his stock in the Hupp Motor Car Company and established the short-lived [[RCH Automobile
  3 KB (399 words) - 06:34, 19 February 2007
• Morris
  ...tion of the company into larger corporations, the ''Morris'' name remained in use as a marque until 1984. ...rger car, the 2-seat and 4-seat [[Morris Cowley (1915)|Morris Cowley]] was introduced.
  7 KB (1,021 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2007
• Lea-Francis
  ...'' and '''[[Graham Ingoldsby Francis]]''' started the business in Coventry in 1895. ...Singer]] company. In 1919 they started to build their own cars from bought in components.
  5 KB (653 words) - 00:30, 21 February 2007
• Albion Motors
  ...tems, crankshafts and chassis components. It is Scotland's best known name in the motor industry. Albions were renowned for their superior engineering an ...ow and had only seven employees. In 1903 the company moved to new premises in Scotstoun.
  7 KB (951 words) - 05:26, 19 February 2007
• Bentley 4 Litre
  ...it used a [[Ricardo]] F-head engine (modified by [[Walter Owen Bentley]]) in an attempt to attract more buyers. Instead, the company went into [[receiv ...p;mm (4.5 in) stroke for a total of 3.9 L (3915 cc/238 in³) of displacement. It lacked the high power output and technology of the
  3 KB (378 words) - 06:23, 5 March 2007
• Horch
  ...' was the popular name for high-performance luxury motor cars manufactured in Germany by the company, August Horch & Cie, at the beginning of the 20th ce ...ssion, ''horch'', which is the imperative form of “hark” - "listen to me" in German).
  4 KB (672 words) - 09:59, 13 October 2008
• Hotchkiss et Cie
  ...were made between 1903 and 1955 by the French company [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] in Saint-Denis, Paris. The badge for the marque showed a pair of crossed canno ...nhard et Levassor]], [[De Dion-Bouton]] and other pioneering companies and in 1903 they went on to make complete engines. Encouraged by two major car dis
  4 KB (674 words) - 01:19, 16 January 2007
• Graham-Paige
  ...nufactured a line of mid-range cars through the 1930's. No longer involved in automobile manufacturing, the company still exists as a successful real est ...r glass company eventually became part of the Owens Glass Co., now the "O" in L-O-F - [[Libby-Owens-Ford]].
  7 KB (1,077 words) - 06:42, 19 February 2007
• Citroën TUB
  |Production = 1939 - 1941 ...itroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] and produced by [[Citroën]] between 1939 and 1941.
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• Allard
  ...hen in Clapham, London, produced approximately 1900 cars until its closure in 1966. ...the more famous [[AC Cobra]] - in fact, [[Carroll Shelby]] drove an Allard in the 1950s.
  5 KB (771 words) - 04:42, 29 June 2009
• Lanchester Motor Company
  ...in charge and the engine moved further forward to a conventional position in the sporting side valve 5.5 litre six cylinder Forty. ...ty was finally replaced by the Thirty with straight eight 4.4 litre engine in 1928.
  6 KB (893 words) - 06:21, 19 February 2007
• Vanden Plas
  ...pecialist and up-market automobile manufacturers. It originated in Belgium in 1870 as Carrosserie Vanden Plas. ...receivership. The exclusive UK rights purchase seems also to have gone as in the early 1920s the Belgian firm was exhibiting at the [[London Motor Show]
  5 KB (743 words) - 04:41, 19 February 2007
• Armstrong Siddeley
  ...o Coventry-based companies, [[Armstrong-Whitworth]] and [[Siddeley-Deasy]] in 1919. ...glish bodies. This company merged with [[Wolseley Motor Company|Wolseley]] in 1905 and made stately Wolseley-Siddeley motorcars. They were used by Queen
  8 KB (1,066 words) - 08:13, 27 July 2007

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