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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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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  ...ad Cannstatt, a city district of Stuttgart). Daimler died in 1900, and the company moved in 1903 to Stuttgart-Untertürkheim after the original factory was de The company started as a petrol engine producer, but after the success of a small numbe
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• Automobilwerk Eisenach
  ...le]].” The company was the third to manufacturer cars in Germany after ''[[Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft]]'' and ''[[Karl Benz|Benz & Cie]]'', which later merg During World War I the company produced trucks and guns. Afterwards the factory suffered from reparations
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• Felix Wankel
  ...02.1961 || [[Mazda|Toyo Kogyo]], Co. Ltd.|| JP || gasoline 1-200 PS land vehicles |26.10.1961 || [[Daimler-Benz]] AG|| BRD || gasoline 50 PS upwards
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• Alvis Cars
  ...dom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing long after car production ceased. ...products were stationary engines, carburettor bodies and motorscooter. The company's founder T.G. John was approached by Geoffrey de Freville with designs for
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• Pegaso
  ...oured vehicles, and, for a while, of impressive [[sport car]]s. The parent company, [[Enasa]], was created in 1946 based on the old [[Hispano-Suiza]] factory, ...bus market. Therefore Pegaso became one of the leading European industrial vehicles makers, with significant export activity both to Europe and Latin America;
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• Frederick Lanchester
  ...tish motor car builder, a hobby he eventually turned into a successful car company, and is considered one of the "big three" English car engineers, the others In 1925 Lanchester founded a company called Lanchester Laboratories Ltd. This was to carry out industrial resear
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• Wilhelm Maybach
  ...e. These were fitted to the world's first motorcycle, motorboat and, after Daimler's death, to a new automobile introduced in late 1902, the ''Mercedes'' mode ...g large luxury vehicles, branded as [[Maybach]]. This continued until the company joined the German war effort in 1940, ceasing automotive production in favo
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• Frederick W. Lanchester
  ...tish motor car builder, a hobby he eventually turned into a successful car company, and is considered one of the "big three" English car engineers, the others ...y of Frederick Lanchester FRS., LL.D.| journal =[[The Motor (magazine)|The Motor]]| volume = nbr 3463| pages = Page 38 - 39| date = 2 November 1968}}</ref>
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• Common rail
  ...e parts manufacturer, developed the common rail fuel system for heavy duty vehicles and turned it into practical use on their ECD-U2 common-rail system mounted ...l error for Fiat as the new technology proved to be highly profitable. The company had little choice but to sell, however, as it was in a poor financial state
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• Tatra
  ...s-Benz]] and [[Peugeot]]". Production of Tatra cars ceased in 1999 but the company still produces a successful range of primarily all-wheel-drive 4x4, 6x6, 8x ...nd in 1897 he bought a Benz automobile. Using the Benz for inspiration the company made its first car, the Präsident which was exhibited in 1897 in Vienna. O
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• Mercedes-Benz 300SL
  ...umbered W198, the road version of 1952 was based (somewhat loosely) on the company's highly successful competition-only sports car of 1950, the Mercedes-Benz ...ls introduced at either the [[Frankfurt Motor Show|Frankfurt]] or [[Geneva Motor Show|Geneva]] shows. The 300SL was best known for both its distinctive ''gu
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• Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3
  ...Mercedes-Benz]] 300 SEL 6.3''' started out as a private venture in 1966 by company engineer Erich Waxenberger, which culminated in the world's first "Super Sa Surprisingly, the rather conservative company went ahead and produced this car from 1968 onwards, in order to make better
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• Passenger vehicles in the United States
  ...g Three." The motor car has become an integral part of American life, with vehicles outnumbering licensed drivers.<ref name="BTS1"/> ...nsed drivers since 1972 at an ever increasing rate, while light trucks and vehicles manufactured by foreign marques have gained a larger share of the automotiv
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• Rover
  ...d possibly also at Longbridge, in 2006. On September 18, 2006 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] bought the rights to the Rover name from BMW for approximately £6 m ...manufactured by ''Starley & Sutton Co'' of Coventry, England in 1883. The company was founded by [[John Kemp Starley]] and William Sutton in 1878. Starley ha
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• DKW
  ...nion changed ownership a couple of times, first passed into the hands of [[Daimler-Benz]] in 1957, and was finally purchased by the [[Volkswagen Group]] in 19 ...ey always used [[two-stroke cycle|two-stroke]] engines and, from 1931, the company was a pioneer in [[front-wheel drive]] and transverse mounting. The most we
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• Jaguar XJS
  ...John Goss]] and [[Armin Hahne]] won the [[James Hardie]] [[Bathurst 1000]] motor race in Australia. Jaguar did consider a luxury [[Daimler Motor Company|Daimler]] version, without the flying buttresses, but this vehicle was not put into
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• Sports car
  ...litre 1910 [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] 20 hp (15 kW) and 27/80PS [[Austro-Daimler]] (designed by [[Ferdinand Porsche]]).<ref name="Georgano"/> ...]], [[runabout]], or raceabout, there was [[Apperson]], [[Kissel Motor Car Company|Kissel]], Marion, Midland, National, [[Overland Automobile|Overland]], [[St
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• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  ...-economical adversities of the postwar years and the designing labors, the company manufactured automobiles and, eventually, became a world powerhouse for pro ...o the local royalty that the Austrian insignia became the trademark of the company.
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• Auto Union
  ...n attempt to avoid confusion with the 5 Olympic rings). The trademarks and company names of the member companies - [[Horch]], [[Audi]], [[DKW]] and [[Wanderer ...u), which was the main opponent of [[Mercedes-Benz]] in 1930s [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. The [[Silver Arrows]] of these two teams dominated not only 1930s
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