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• Maxwell
  The '''Maxwell''' was a brand of [[automobile]]s manufactured in the United States of America from about 1904 to 1925. ...[[Benjamin Briscoe]], an automobile industry pioneer, was president of the company at its height.
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• Alexandre Darracq
  ...production machinery in place of hand labor. Despite his establishing an [[automobile]] business, Alexander Darracq was a man who didn't like driving cars or eve ...racq was producing more than ten percent of all automobiles in France. His company became involved with [[Grand Prix motor racing]], winning a number of major
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• Guy Buckingham
  ...ary 1921) is an English aircraft engineer who established the Australian [[automobile]] manufacturer ‘[[Nota]]’ in 1952. Buckingham employed his expertise i ...two men". It is a detailed book capturing all the details of the Nota car company from the day it was founded up until the present day.
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• GN
  ...and Archibald Frazer Nash (1889-1965). Production ceased in 1923 but the company kept trading until 1925. After making several cars for their own use, the two founders launched the GN car in 1910 building then in the stables at the Frazer Nash
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• Louis Renault
  ...e of the founders of [[Renault]] and one of the foremost pioneers of the [[automobile]] industry. ...design and manufacturing. However, in 1908 he took overall control of the company after Fernand retired for health reasons. (Marcel had been killed in the 19
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• Kaiser
  ...the United States from 1946–1963 based in Willow Run, Michigan (USA). The company was also known as '''[[Kaiser-Frazer]]''' from 1946 to 1951. ...W. Frazer]], president of the Graham-Paige Corporation started making an [[automobile]]s with the brand names '''Kaiser''' and '''Frazer''' after World War II. K
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• Cecil Kimber
  ...st famous for his role in being the driving force behind the [[MG|M.G. Car Company]]. ...eir radiator. Wrigley had also been a major supplier to the [[Morris Motor Company]] and was bought by them in 1923 and presumably with the help of contacts,
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• Frank Kurtis
  ...r his own name in Glendale, California between 1949 and 1955. [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] (US) running gear was used. About 36 cars had been made when the lic [[Category:Automotive company founders|Kurtis, Frank]]
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• Louis Chevrolet
  ...ferences with Durant in 1915 and sold his share of the company to him. The company was folded into Durant's [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]. ...as a racing car driver, and a year later became employed by a Philadelphia company developing a then-revolutionary [[front-wheel-drive]], racing car. His rac
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...sotta-Fraschini Models}}'''Isotta-Fraschini''' is an Italian manufacturing company which produces marine engines and other goods. In the early 20th century it ...he motto was: "Import, sell, repair cars". Prior to establishing their own company in 1904, Isotta and Fraschini assembled [[Renault]] automobiles .
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• George B. Selden
  ...k) was a patent lawyer and inventor who was granted a U.S. patent for an [[automobile]] in 1895.<ref name ="flink51"> Flink, p. 51 ''Probably the most absurd act :''See also [[Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers]]''
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• William C. Durant
  ...ember 8, 1861–March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States [[automobile]] industry, the founder of [[General Motors]] and [[Chevrolet]] who created ...he made a similar success and was soon president of this horseless-vehicle company. In 1908 he arranged the incorporation by proxies of [[General Motors Corpo
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• John Francis Dodge
  ...utomobile]] manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of [[Dodge|Dodge Brothers Company]]. ...r plant. In 1894 they went to work as machinists at the Dominion Typograph Company in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.<ref name=hyde>Hyde, Charles K. (2003). ''Ridin
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• Charles Warren Nash
  ...les Warren Nash''' (January 28, 1864 — June 6, 1948) was a United States [[automobile]] entrepreneur and served as an executive in the [[automotive industry]]. ...higan where he was noticed by [[William C. Durant]] of The Flint Road Cart Company. Durant hired him in 1890, and Nash became a supervisor.
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• William Lyons
  ...iast [[William Walmsley]], the co-founder in 1922 of the [[Swallow Sidecar Company]], maker of motorcycle sidecars, and which became [[Jaguar Cars]] Limited a ...ses in Blackpool they moved to Coventry in 1928. William Walmsley left the company in 1934 and it changed its name to SS Cars Ltd.
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• Walter Percy Chrysler
  ...ager of the Allegheny locomotive erecting shops of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). ...ays to reduce the costs of production, such as putting an end to finishing automobile undercarriages with the same luxurious quality of finish that the body warr
  8 KB (1,226 words) - 06:48, 30 April 2010
• Jim Hall
  [[Category:American founders of automobile manufacturers]]] [[Category:Automotive company founders|Hall, Jim]]
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• Gabriel Voisin
  ...ers had built, among other things, a rifle, a steam boat, a glider, and an automobile. ...is life. He was greatly affected by the death of his brother in 1912 in an automobile accident.
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• Herbert Austin
  ...English [[automobile]] designer and builder who founded the [[Austin Motor Company]]. ...]].<ref name=lambert-chapter-1/> He later worked for the Longlands Foundry Company in Melbourne which made locomotive boilers, wheels and gold mining equipmen
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• Franz Josef Popp
  ...nt of the mobility company we know today. He was “General Director” of the company from its foundation until he was forced to relinquish his position in 1942. ...got to know the [[Rapp Motorenwerke]] (Rapp Engine Works) in Munich. This company had the necessary skilled workforce and production facilities for manufactu
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