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• Donnet
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Donnet''' was a French car maker founded as Donnet-Zedel in 1924 and continuing in business until 1936 ...in 1928 and the Zedel part of the name dropped. Donnet also bought another factory at Nanterre, Seine from [[Vinot et Déguingand]] which although small had r
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• Mound Road Engine
  ...2002, with production shifting to the [[Mack Avenue Engine Complex]]. The factory had been home to Chrysler's production of [[Chrysler LA engine|large-displa ...t were manufactured at [[Warren Truck Assembly]] before shipping them to [[Car dealership|dealership]]s.
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• Bizzarrini
  ...ore failing in 1969. The marque has been revived on a number of [[concept car]]s in the 2000s. ...e '''[[Bizzarrini P538|P538]]''', in 1966. The 1968 '''Manta''' [[concept car]], designed by [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]] of [[Italdesign|ItalDesign]], was a f
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• GAZ-M20 Pobeda
  ...GAZ-M20 Pobeda''' or '''Pobyeda''' (Russian:ГАЗ-М20 Победа) is a passenger car produced in the Soviet Union by [[GAZ]] from 1946 until 1958. It was also l ...he USSR, and the design was licensed to the Polish [[FSO car factory|FSO]] factory in Warsaw, where it was built as the [[Warszawa|Warszawa]] beginning in 19
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• Russo Baltique
  ...}}[[Image:Russo-balt1909stamp.jpg|thumb|right|Stamp with a 1909 Russo-Balt car.]] ...ay car factory RBVZ in Riga, Latvia and after the 1917 revolution a second factory was opened in Saint Petersburg, where they built armoured cars on chassis p
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• Armstrong Electric
  ...rough 1902. The Maple Street factory used by Armstrong to build its first car will be again used for automobile manufacture in 2006 when [[AC Cars]] begi
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• Transparent Factory
  ...opened in 2002. The original German name is '''Gläserne Manufaktur''' (''factory made of glass'', literally ''vitreous manufactory''). Both the German and E The main purpose of the factory is the assembly of Volkswagen's luxury sedan, the [[Volkswagen Phaeton|Phae
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• Warszawa
  ...obeda]], built under license. The Warszawa was the first new-design Polish car built after the Second World War. Warszawas were popular as taxis because o
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• Giacinto Ghia
  After seeing his factory eradicated (1943) he died of heart failure. [[Category:car designers|Ghia, Giacinto]]
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• Léon Bollée
  The Bollée family, all car makers, created three brands: ...n Bollée by Hurtu & Diligeon, only the prototypes were made at the Le Mans factory.
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• Oltcit
  ...ME}} Models}}The '''Oltcit''' (IPA: /olt.'sit/) is a Romanian [[Automobile|car]] developed in co-operation with [[Citroën]] of France in the 1980s. It is The car's name comes from the region of Oltenia in Romania, with 'cit' being an abb
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• Hansa
  ...-Lloyd company, in the Bremen suburb as Hastedt, had been established as a car and truck makers since 1905. ...e factory was conveniently located opposite to his own [[Goliath|Goliath]] factory on Föhrenstrasse in Bremen Hastedt. The range of trucks of Hansa-Lloyd was
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• Bugatti Type 52
  ...] racing car for children. Over 250 examples were produced at the Molsheim factory between 1927 and 1930, and the cars were frequently used both as playthings ...n) when it was found that even children had difficulty with leg room. The car was 130 in (3300 mm) long overall with a 625 mm (24.6 i
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• Westfield SEight
  ...the powerplant - a V8 engine. In kit form they are only available from the factory as a rolling chassis, unlike other Westfield kits which can be bought in co ...i (fuel injected) versions, which are currently the option provided in the factory built vehicles, and TVR Power engines of 4.2 litres. On the whole the V8 is
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• Erwin Komenda
  ...[[car body|bodies]] for the [[VW Beetle]] and various [[Porsche]] [[sports car]]s. ...h better design. During that period Mercedes also developed a streamlined car with [[monocoque]] construction. In October 1931, Komenda resigned his mos
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• Abingdon
  ...assembled [[Automobile|car]] built in small numbers in 1922 and 1923 in a factory in Tyseley, Birmingham. It used an 11-9 hp 1490 cc 4 cylinder [[Dorma
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• Haynes-Apperson
  '''Haynes-Apperson Company''' was a manufacturer of [[Brass Era car|Brass Era]] [[automobile]]s in Kokomo, Indiana from 1896 to 1905. It was th ...ory open 24 hours a day, and two shifts of workers were needed to keep the factory running at capacity.
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• Carl F. W. Borgward
  ...eptember 23, 1938, the ''Carl F. W. Borgward Automobil- und Motorenwerke'' factory is opened in Sebaldsbrück near Bremen. After Kristallnacht, Borgward joine When the factory was destroyed by bombing in 1944, half of the workers were prisoners of war
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• Durant Motors
  ...price point was planned, but never realized; also planned was the "Eagle" car line but it never made it off the drafting tables. ...opping the [[Mason Truck]] and Flint automobile lines and top-selling Star car in April of 1928. In 1929 Locomobile went out of production.
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• Gutbrod
  '''Gutbrod''' was a German [[automobile|car]] manufacturer. The firm was founded by [[Wilhelm Gutbrod]] in 1926. It ori ...ster Scherenberg came from Mercedes and went finally back to Mercedes. The car was produced first in a carburettor version with 26 hp and later also with
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• Bugatti Type 53
  ...1926. Cappa's associate, Antonio Pichetto, handled the development of the car while working at Bugatti. ...t [[Shelsley Walsh]] in June, 1932. Modern tests, however, have shown the car to be quite tractable at speed, and Bugatti's drawings for the Type 53 do s
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• Argyll
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Argyll''' was a Scottish [[motor car]] marque manufactured from 1899 to 1932, and again from 1976 to around 1990 ...lexandria built for the company by now named '''Argyll Motors Ltd.''' This factory was never used to capacity, and the company began to decline after Govan's
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• Standard (Gutbrod)
  ...1950 until 1954. The car was produced by [[Wilhelm Gutbrod]]'s motorcycle factory, and its first model, the [[Standard-Superior]], was designed by [[Josef Ga
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• Moskvich
  ...vod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola'', which means ''Youth Communist League Car Factory''). ...nd always exceeded production, so people had to wait a long time for a new car. Until the 1980s all Moskvitch cars were compact rear-wheel drive sedans an
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• Barley Motor Car Co.
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Barley Motor Car Co.''' was a manufacturer of automobiles in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It manufa ...new company was called '''Barley Manufacturing Co.''' and he reopened the factory at Streator, Illinois and continued to produce the Halladay for a few years
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• Automobilwerk Eisenach
  ...ich later merged to become [[Mercedes-Benz]]. His son Gustav took over the factory that at the end of the 19th century employed 1,300 workers, being one of th ...osses and also, the license to build Decauville motorcars was revoked. The factory started to build cars under the new name, '''Dixi''' (Latin, “I have spok
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• Chenard & Walcker
  ...et Walcker''' was a French automobile manufacturer, from 1901 - 1946. The factory was in Asnières. The 2-litre car of 1922 was the winner of the very first [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 H
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• Commer
  .... In 1909 the first bus was made. With the outbreak of First World War the factory turned to the manufacture of military vehicles for the British Army and by ...ese in favour of mainstream Renault models and switching production at the factory to production of Renault truck and bus engines in the early 1990s.
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• SeAZ
  * [http://en.seaz.ru/ Serpukhov Motor-car Factory]
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• Yenko Chevrolet
  ...', located in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was one of largest custom [[muscle car]] shops of the late 1960s and early 1970s. [[Don Yenko]], son of the dealer ...odify [[Chevrolet Corvair|Corvair]] coupes as Stingers for the rest of the car's production run. The last Stinger was a 1969 coupe, after which Corvair p
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• Alta (vehicles)
  ...eek company, for the British racing car and engine manufacturer see [[Alta Car and Engineering Company]]''. ...rently according to Greek law). Powered by a [[Heinkel]] 200cc engine, the car was based on the German [[Fuldamobil]] (also produced by [[Attica|Attica]]
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• Chenard
  ...et Walcker''' was a French automobile manufacturer, from 1901 - 1946. The factory was in Asnières. The 2-litre car of 1922 was the winner of the very first [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 H
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• Ettore Bugatti
  ...|Type 10]] in the basement of his home. In 1913, Bugatti designed a small car for [[Peugeot]], the [[Peugeot Bébé#Type 19|Type 19 "Bébé"]]. ...mpany lost control of the property. During the war, Bugatti planned a new factory at Levallois in Paris and designed a series of new cars.
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• AV Monocar
  ...s and was based on a design bought from [[Carden|Carden]] and built in the factory that they had previously used. At the peak they had 80 employees. ...Pattern Works out of wood, plywood or even compressed paper. The complete car only weighed about 550 pounds. Engines were rear mounted, air cooled a
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• Mors
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Mors''' automobile factory was an early car manufacturer, and one of the first to take part in [[automobile racing]], b ...rward given the quality of the roads and racetracks at the time. With this car, [[Henri Fournier]] was able to win the highly significant [[Paris-Berlin r
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• Zimmer
  '''Zimmer Motor Car Company''' is a small car manufacturer localized in the EUA, with 1,400 owners. ...ing Company. The product was manufactured housing, houses constructed in a factory. The company grew and prospered. By the mid 1980's the company had sales of
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• Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau
  ==Car Production== IFA cars were based on the pre war designs of [[DKW]] and made in a factory in Zwickau. The '''F8''' had a two cylinder 684 cc engine and the '''F
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• Streamline Cars Ltd
  ...treamline Cars Ltd''' was the company responsible for making the '''Burney car'''. ...e [[wheelbase]]. The cars were rear engined with twin radiators. The first car used an [[Alvis Cars|Alvis]] front wheel drive chassis effectively turned b
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• Abarth 1000 Pininfarina Record
  |Class = Land Speed Record Car ...was a vehicle designed and built in 1960 to participate in the [[Abarth]] factory's attempts to set a number of international and world speed records. The 10
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• Hillman
  ...ge featuring a 9.76 litre 6 cylinder engine or a 6.4 litre four. A smaller car, the 9 hp of 1913 with a 1357 cc side valve four cylinder, was the first to ...when the Hawk with a 2576 cc (later 3181 cc) side valve straight six. This car was later rebodied and sold as a Humber.
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• Peugeot Type 19 "Bébé"
  Peugeot manufactured only the short car ("Type 19"), but with great success, using their already established BéBé The Peugeot BéBé had the smallest car engine ever produced at the time, with its 855cc.
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• PSA Peugeot Citroën
  ...is period, PSA lost its traditional competitive footing in the [[executive car]] market and has never recovered. ==The Ryton-on-Dunsmore factory==
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• Ferruccio Lamborghini
  ...erruccio Lamborghini''' (April 28, 1916- February 20, 1993) was an Italian car maker and the founder of the [[Lamborghini]] brand. ...odel, the [[Lamborghini Miura|Miura]], was a ground-breaking and legendary car that started the genre of the [[mid-engine design|mid-engined]] [[supercar]
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• Trojan (Racing team)
  The car producer Trojan Limited founded by [[Leslie Hounsfield]] in 1914 in Purley ...s had been produced. Also in 1962 Trojan acquired the [[Elva|Elva]] sports car business and started to make the Mk IV Elva Courier.
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• Clyno
  ...ritish car manufacturing in the 1920s becoming the country's third largest car manufacturer. Based in Pelham Street, Wolverhampton, England they made in e ...ers for a combination machine with Vickers machine gun. With the growth in car sales motor cycle production ceased in 1923.
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• Troll
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Troll''' was a small car made by Troll Plastik & Bilindustri of Lunde, Norway from 1956 to 1958. It was the first real attempt at car production in Norway, but only five cars were ever built. Trolls are Norweg
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• Davrian
  ...on''' and series production started with the cars being available in [[kit car|kit]] form. A variety of power units were offered including [[Mini]], [[Vol ...apitalised for this and unfortunately went into receivership in 1982. This car was subsequently relaunched as the '''Corry''' and the earlier more basic v
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• Karosserie Baur
  ...lding top for luxury automobiles about the time BMW was building the first car with the BMW name. ...3 series TC1 was built with full factory authorization, and covered in the factory warranty. The roll-bar version or "Top Cabrio" (TC) continued with the E30
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• HUMVEE
  ...ruck produced by [[AM General]] for use of the United States Military. The car can do heavy off-roading and gained popularity during the Gulf War leading ...hut down the brand. The last Hummer to leave the factory, an H3 for rental car company [[Avis]], was completed on May 24, 2010.
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• Henry Meadows Limited
  ..., they expanded into petrol engines in 1922 and in the 1930s built a large factory in Fallings Park, Wolverhampton.
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• Maserati Tipo 151
  | [[Endurance Racing|Endurance]] [[Race Car]] ...ducing 430 bhp and now renumbered as 151/1. The car came back again to the factory in preparation for 1964 when there was a massive change to the frame, the m
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• Bean Cars Ltd.
  ...he 1147 cc 4 cylinder engine was linked to a separate 3 speed gearbox. The car in chassis form initially cost £400 but this was reduced to £245. A four ...verhead valve six cylinder [[Henry Meadows|Meadows]] engine. However, this car was to only last a year with 500 being made. In chassis form it cost £365.
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• Tornado
  ...k axle. Only one was made and still belongs to the original builder of the car. ...in 2 states of tune. This model was available either in component form or factory finished and was praised for having lively performance combined with good r
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• Panther Westwinds
  ...], like the resurrected [[Stutz Blackhawk]] in the United States, became a car for top celebrities to be seen in. Another Panther was the infamous [[Panther 6]], one car was officially built and another copy constructed later (before Panther col
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• Aixam
  ...s-Bains. It was founded in 1983 to make [[microcars]] in the old [[AROLA]] factory after that company failed. In 1992 they started making a range of standard * Mega Monte Carlo (sports car)
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• Wartburg
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Wartburg''' was a [[automobile|car]] manufactured in East Germany. It had a three-[[cylinder|cylinder]] [[two- The marque goes back to 1898 when a car made by [[Automobilwerk Eisenach]] was named the Wartburg. The name was dro
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• Santana Motors
  '''Santana''' is a Spanish car factory that has been building [[Land Rover]] vehicles under license until 1983.
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• Valerio Colotti
  ...wed by employment with [[Maserati]] (1953-1957), until the company dropped factory works racing. In 1958 he started his own company, known as '''Tec-Mec''' ( ...isted by [[Giorgi Scarlatti]], attempted at the tipo F/415 [[Formula One]] car, mostly based on the [[Maserati 250F]], in which Colotti had been deeply in
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• State Limousines of Israel
  ...d to the highest bullet-proofing classes B6+ and B7. Analysts estimate the car to be worth $750-850 thousand dollars before taxes (around $1 million w/ ta ...he manufacturer's official data, the standard A8 Security has an original, factory-produced, protected passenger compartment, proof against bullets and hand g
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• Eisenacher Motorenwerk
  ...ion of EMW became [[VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach]] and build the [[Wartburg (car)|Wartburg]]. Motorcycle manufacture ended in the 1950's and was replaced by
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• Pinky Lai
  ...strial Design. After answering an advertisement from Ford of Germany for a car designer, in 1978, he ended up receiving a two year scholarship on transpor ...Lagaay]] (also from BMW). Since then, he worked in all the models from the factory, from the [[Porsche Boxster|Boxster]] to the [[Porsche Cayman|Cayman]], and
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• Clan
  ...1971 and 1974, but since then several efforts have been made to bring the car back to production. ...The car was available in either kit of fully built versions. Although the car received good reviews and achieved some competition success, it was expensi
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• ASA
  ...Bizzarrini]] and manufactured by the [[Bizzarrini]] company in Milan (in a factory owned by the De Nora Electrochemical Group) from 1962 to 1969. This small, high-efficiency "[[dream car]]" featured an [[Overhead cam|OHC]] 1032 cc [[four-cylinder]] engine d
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• Concours d'Elegance
  ...s d'Elegance is much more demanding than that of a neighborhood or general car show. Trained judges examine the vehicle thoroughly and in its entirety and ...e (or nickel) plating and mechanical restoration far exceeding that of the car when new.
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• Remote Keyless Entry
  ...ms the appropriate function. Newer systems implement encryption to prevent car thieves from intercepting and spoofing the signal. ...two ways by either providing confirmation of successfully (un-)locking the car through a light or a horn signal. Usually the system offers an option to ea
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• Zavod Imeni Likhocheva
  ...are priced at the equivalent of models from [[Maybach]] and [[Rolls-Royce car|Rolls-Royce]], but are largely unknown outside the CIS and production rarel ...with the help of the U.S. A.J. Brandt Co., changed its name to Automotive Factory No. 2 '''Zavod Imeni Stalina''' ('''ZIS''' or '''ZiS'''). After Nikita Khru
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• Elfin Cars
  ...}}'''Elfin Cars Pty Ltd''' has been an Australian manufacturer of [[sports car]]s and [[motor racing]] cars since 1957. Elfin Sports Cars was purchased in ...d designer and builder of racing and sports/racing cars as '''Elfin Sports Car Company'''.
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• De Tomaso Sport 1000
  ...and heat exchanger for the electrical system. The car was retained by the factory until 2004. ...e 15-inch wheels as the Sport 2000. This car, as well, was retained by the factory until De Tomaso's liquidation in June of 2004.
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• Dietrich-Bugatti
  ...he notice of the [[Baron de Dietrich]]. de Dietrich managed an automobile factory in Niederbronn in Alsace, France, and contracted Bugatti to develop new mod In 1904, Ettore Bugatti and Émile Mathis designed a new car, the '''Type 5''' or '''Hermes'''. It was a prototype of a more-modern mode
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• Porsche 936
  ...tered in numerous endurance races and sportscar championships, both by the factory and privateer teams, and achieved considerable success. ...ion from other vehicles in the Group 5 class, and the team to beat was the factory Renault-Alpine organisation, with their A442. But the 936 was thoroughly de
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• Anadol
  ...ayii]] in Istanbul between 1966 and 1986 and was Turkey's first production car. The Anadol was discontinued in 1986 when the factory turned to making a version of the [[Ford Taunus]].
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• Ranger (GM)
  ...sse SA from Biel-Bienne Switzerland also produced Rangers from 1970 to the factory's end in August 1975.
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• Lăstun
  ...'''Lăstun''', also named '''"Dacia 500"''', was a cost-effective Romanian car for urban transport built between 1986 and 1992. It featured a two cylinder ...g point of excellent fuel economy, there was very little market for such a car assembled in such a manner, and the last few were sold in 1992.
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• Kieft
  ...that built [[Formula 3]] racing cars and some road going sports cars in a factory in Derry St, Wolverhampton. ...rs, failed he bought the designs and used them as a base for his own 500cc car. Several of these were sold and some competition success resulted. Publicit
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• Humber
  ...ers to become part of the [[Rootes Group]]. The range focused on [[luxury car|luxury]] models, such as the [[Humber Super Snipe]]. ...n factory produced a more expensive range known as Beeston-Humbers but the factory closed in 1908 after financial problems. Before the First World War a wide
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• Lancia LC2
  {{Racing Car Infobox | |Notable Entrants = [[Martini Racing]]<br>[[Mussato Action Car]]<br>[[Dollop Racing]]
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• Ogle Design
  * 1959 The company became involved in transport design and small scale car production. ...en]] took over as Managing Director and Chief Designer of the company, and car production ceased.
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• King
  ...Detroit from 1911 to 1923, and in Buffalo in late 1923, with an additional car built in Detroit in 1896. ...l]] served as a form of [[oil pump]].<ref>Georgano, p.824.</ref> The first factory was rented and located at 1559 West Jefferson, but soon outgrew that and mo
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• Darracq
  ...t of the substantial profit he had made from selling his Gladiator bicycle factory, Alexandre Darracq began operating from a plant in the Parisian suburb of S ...lgenon Lee Guinness who set many records over the next few years until the car was retired in 1909 with a broken piston. This V8 Special(see full story at
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• NUMMI
  ...2010. The closing was seen as inevitable for months, amidst protests from factory workers to keep the plant open and in spite of Toyota holding out for as lo [[Category:Car Factory]]
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• H. J. Mulliner
  ...ounded H.J. Mulliner & Co. in 1900 in the Mayfair area of London where the factory was set up. This was probably the premises previously occupied by Mulliners ...]] cars. In 1907, as well as the Northampton works, a new sales office and factory was opened in Long Acre, London. Business boomed during the 1920s with orde
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• Automobiles L. Rosengart
  ...began production of the Rosengart automobile. He bought the old Bellanger factory at Neuilly. ...- surviving as the vastly facelifted LR4 and Vivor long after the British car had been consigned to history.
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• Zaz
  ...ozhskiy avtomobil'nyi zavod'') to produce the copy of [[Fiat 600]]&mdash;a car for the ordinary people. ...hown an unbeaten accessibility and popularity among Soviets, becoming the "car for pensioners and intellectuals".
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• Hotchkiss et Cie
  ...and in 1903 they went on to make complete engines. Encouraged by two major car distributors, Mann and Overton of London and Fournier of Paris, Hotchkiss d The first Hotchkiss car, a 17 CV (13 kW) four-cylinder model, appeared in 1903 followed by a the 40
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• Gray-Dort Motors Ltd.
  .... During this period, they also built bodies for the locally built Chatham car. ...roduced two cars the first year, a Model 4 roadster, and a Model 5 touring car.
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• Moon Motor Car
  '''Moon Motor Car''' was a United States [[automobile]] company, in business c. 1905 - 1930. Moon went out of business at the start of the Great Depression; the Moon factory was purchased by [[Ruxton|Ruxton automobile]].
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• Lotus Elise GT1
  ...e-115''') was a [[race car]] developed for [[grand tourer]]-style [[sports car racing]] starting in 1997. ...tional exposure. [[Porsche]] was the first to start a new breed of racing car in 1996, with their purpose-built homologation special known as the [[Porsc
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• Dick Thompson
  ...until the 1970s, Thompson raced for several notable racers, including the factory Corvette team for [[John Fitch]] and [[Briggs Cunningham]].<ref name=vintag ...e to the track in his [[MG Cars|MG]] [[MG T-type#TD|TD]], and co-drove the car to an eighth place finish.<ref name=vintageracecarjournal /> He caught Corv
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• Sir Henry Royce
  '''Sir Henry Royce''' (March 27, 1863 - April 22, 1933) was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with [[Charles Rolls|Charles Stewart Rolls]] founded the ...gistered. The company was re-registered in 1899 as Royce Ltd and a further factory opened in Trafford Park, Manchester.
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• Peerless
  ...known for building high-quality, precision luxury automobiles. Peerless' factory was located at 9400 Quincy Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio [http://maps.yahoo.com Just as the car was ready to be shipped back to Cleveland, the Board of Directors pulled Pe
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• Carlo Maria Abate
  ...also for [[Scuderia Centro Sud]], [[Scuderia Ferrari]] and the [[Porsche]] factory team. In 1959 he won the [[Mille Miglia]] with G. Balzarini. ...f>[http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/driver/2/Carlo-Mario-Abate.html Ultimate Car Page]</ref>
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• Anzani
  ...don was also added as well as licensed production by other makers. Another factory at Monza, Italy was added in 1914. In 1920 Anzani turned to motor racing and built a small car with one of his 750 cc two cylinder engines, air cooled of course, which wo
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• Métallurgique
  ...400 rpm. The cars got a distinctive V front radiator in 1906. For 1908 the car range included the 60/80 and the 40hp which was a smaller version of the 60 After the First World War car production restarted with the 26hp, which gained Adex 4 wheel brakes, the 2
  2 KB (276 words) - 09:44, 20 September 2010
• Loremo
  ...m "Loremo" is an abbreviation for ''LOw REsistance MObile''. Initially the car was conceived for emerging markets such as China and India. However, due to ...the company says will become a 157 MPG (1,5 l/100 [[km]]) [[turbodiesel]] car. Two different Loremo models are currently waiting in the pipeline to be pr
  5 KB (752 words) - 04:21, 13 August 2007
• Bugatti Prototypes
  The [[V16|16-cylinder]] '''Type 45''' racing car and similar '''Type 47''' "Grand Sport" were to become a new generation of ...answer. The first 56 was used as Ettores personal runabout at the Molsheim factory.
  5 KB (875 words) - 05:22, 9 August 2009
• Trojan
  ...rear wheels. Solid tyres were used, even though these were antiquated for car use, to prevent punctures and very long springs used to give some comfort. ...nning down. This arrangement would continue until 1928 when Leyland wanted factory space for truck production. During the nearly seven years of the agreement
  6 KB (989 words) - 04:53, 19 February 2007
• Abarth Monoposto da Record
  |Class = Land Speed Record Car ...o set a number of international and world speed records for the [[Abarth]] factory. The Monoposto da Record was one of the last in a line of record cars built
  2 KB (267 words) - 16:41, 23 March 2009
• Morris
  ...GENAME}} Models}}The '''Morris Motor Company''' was a British [[automobile|car]] manufacturing company. After the incorporation of the company into larger ...First World War the orders were maintained and, from mid-1915 a new larger car, the 2-seat and 4-seat [[Morris Cowley (1915)|Morris Cowley]] was introduce
  7 KB (1,021 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2007
• Glasspar G2
  .... It was built as both a production model (in limited numbers) or as a kit car. ...e, was building small fiberglass boat hulls in his Costa Mesa, California, factory and he convinced Ken that fiberglass was the ideal material for the hot rod
  4 KB (641 words) - 05:49, 15 February 2007

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