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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 ...ld War II. The last new car introduced by Adler was the '''2,5 Liter''' of 1937; it had a six-cylinder engine producing 58 hp (43 kW). Thanks to a streamli
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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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• Morgan Four Seater
  | 1937 - present ...y it is offered as a four-cylinder Plus 4 or with the Ford V-6 engine used in the [[Morgan Roadster]].
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• Amilcar
  ...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 {{commonscat|Amilcar vehicles}}
  3 KB (396 words) - 01:36, 16 January 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
• 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
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• Bean Cars Ltd.
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Bean Cars''' were made in factories in Dudley and Tipton, Staffordshire, Great Britain between 1919 and 1929. ...tion of the model peaked at 80 a week in 1922 with about 10,000 being made in total.
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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
• Lincoln Zephyr
  ...ilable as a coupe or a sedan. In 1937, a three-window coupe was added, and in 1938 a convertible coupe and sedan were added as well. The name was discont ...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
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• Minerva
  ...r]]. The 8 litre ''Kaiserpreis'' won the Belgian Circuit des Ardennes race in 1907. A certain [[Charles Rolls|Charles S Rolls]] was a Minerva dealer in England selling the 2.9 litre 14hp. The most important market for the const
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• 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
• Rolls-Royce Phantom III
  ...III''' was the final large pre-war [[Rolls-Royce|Rolls-Royce]]. Introduced in 1936, it replaced the [[Rolls-Royce Phantom II|Phantom II]]. ...[[pushrod engine]] with [[overhead valve]]s operated by a single camshaft in the valley between cylinder banks. This would be the last V12 Rolls-Royce u
  3 KB (373 words) - 08:30, 26 June 2007
• Cord
  ...[Auburn Automobile Company]] from 1929 through 1932 and again from 1936 to 1937. ...they would also sell well and turn a profit. This did not always work well in practice.
  5 KB (723 words) - 06:58, 14 June 2007
• Singer
  ...ry, England. It was acquired by the [[Rootes Group]] of the United Kingdom in 1956. The British Singer company had no connection with the Singer company ...nge of larger cars introduced. All cars were now White and Poppe powered. In 1911 the first big seller appeared with the 1100cc Ten with Singer's own en
  4 KB (623 words) - 05:06, 19 February 2007
• Hillman
  ...[[automobile]] marque, manufactured by the [[Rootes Group]]. It was based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England from 1907 to 1976. Before 1907 th ...raight Eight of 2.6 litres and Hillman's first use of overhead valves came in 1928 but soon gained a reputation for big end problems.
  4 KB (671 words) - 06:36, 19 February 2007
• 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.
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• 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
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