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  • {{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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  • ...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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  • ...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''' 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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  • ...}}[[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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • After seeing his factory eradicated (1943) he died of heart failure. [[Category:car designers|Ghia, Giacinto]]
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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...-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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  • ...] 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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  • ...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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  • ...[[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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  • ...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 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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  • ...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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  • ...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''' 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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  • ...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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  • {{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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • {{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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • .... 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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  • * [http://en.seaz.ru/ Serpukhov Motor-car Factory]
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  • ...', 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...|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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  • ...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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  • {{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 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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  • ==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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  • ...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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  • |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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  • ...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 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • {{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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ..., they expanded into petrol engines in 1922 and in the 1930s built a large factory in Fallings Park, Wolverhampton.
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