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  • ...s in the United States from 1946–1963 based in Willow Run, Michigan (USA). The company was also known as '''[[Kaiser-Frazer]]''' from 1946 to 1951. ...Kaiser. The [[Henry J]] was also sold through Sears-Roebuck catalogs under the brand name Allstate.
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} ...tomobile produced by the '''Peerless Motor Company''' of Cleveland, Ohio. The company was known for building high-quality, precision luxury automobiles.
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} ...many of the early advances in automobile technology were first invented by the company.
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} ...d by [[Herbert and Eugene Adams]] and [[Fay Oliver Farwell]] at the end of the 19th century.
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  • ...] manufacturing corporation tied to the British [[Austin Motor Company]]. The company was founded in 1929, and produced motorcars from 1930 through 1934, ...continued through 1941, including the first prototype of what later became the Jeep.
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  • ...r employees bought the name and goodwill and in 1919 restarted production. The company finally closed in 1927 after being purchsed by [[Owen Magnetic]] in ...ar, produced 7 hp (5.2 kW). A 3-speed transmission was fitted. The tubular-framed car weighed 1300 lb (590 kg). [[Leaf spring|Full-
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  • ...ar only. Bodies for the cars were built by [[Hayes Body]] of Grand Rapids. The cars were powered by four and six cylinder [[Continental engine]]s. ...De Vaux Continental]]. After producing approximately 4,200 vehicles during the 1933 and 1934 model years, Continental returned to building engines for oth
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  • ...duced, it still holds the record for most road-legal electric cars made in automobile history. ...but also had room for storage. It was the only model with a trunk. All of the vehicles can run for up to 40 miles per charge.
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  • ...'s [[Panther J72]], like the resurrected [[Stutz Blackhawk]] in the United States, became a car for top celebrities to be seen in. ...with grotesque 'Rolls-Royce' styling and interior appointments - the cost of which was equivalent to three Triumph Dolomites!
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} ...manufactured in Connersville, Indiana from 1909 to 1928 as an outgrowth of the McFarlan Carriage Company founded in 1853 by English-born John B. McFarlan
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Viking''' was an automobile manufactured by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]' [[Oldsmobile ...te]] ([[Buick]]) and [[LaSalle]] (Cadillac). Of the four makes, Viking was the only one priced higher than its "host" make.
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  • ...n racing's technical and promotional benefits. By the turn of the century, automobile racing had become largely a contest between Mors and [[Panhard]]. ...rnier]] was able to win the highly significant [[Paris-Berlin race]], with the drive chain breaking immediately afterwards.
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  • ...a custom auto body builder from Detroit, Willaim '''Metzger''' - formerly of [[Cadillac]], and Walter '''[[Walter Flanders|Flanders]]''', who had served E-M-F produced several models of its own design and contracted with the [[Studebaker]] Corporation to sell E-M-F's though [[Studebaker]] wagon deal
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  • ...Corporation of Willow Run Ypsilanti, Michigan, and was, with [[Crosley]], the first American car with new envelope body and fresh postwar styling. ...ph W. Frazer]] who was now president and general manager of Kaiser-Frazer, the Frazer was styled by [[Howard "Dutch" Darrin]] with some input from other K
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  • ...y''', established in 1895, was the first American firm to build gasoline [[automobile]]s. ...owy Thanksgiving day. He travelled 54 miles at an average 7.5 mph, marking the first U.S. auto race in which any entrants finished.
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  • ...igan, and then in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was followed, briefly, by the '''Dragon Motor Company'''. ...[Winton Motor Carriage Company|Winton]]. Dragon also enlisted the services of famed racing driver Joe Tracy as an engineering consultant and test driver.
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  • ...uick, but above Viking which was to be sold in [[Oldsmobile]] dealerships. The Marquette "arrived" in dealer showrooms on June 1, 1929. ...yling feature was its herring-bone patterned grille. Reviewers at the time the car was released described it either looking like a small Oldsmobile or sma
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  • ...mobile''' was a company that produced [[automobile]]s in the United States of America from 1899 to 1929. ...owered autos, leasing a motor design from the [[Stanley Steamer Company]]. The steam Locomobiles were unreliable, finicky to operate, had flammable parafi
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  • ...0, was introduced to the public at the Detroit Auto Show in February 1909. The company initially produced 500 vehicles. ...stock in the Hupp Motor Car Company and established the short-lived [[RCH Automobile Company]].
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  • ...began winning important races until the onset of World War I in 1914 when the new factory in nearby Courbevoie was converted to military production. ...hout the mid 1920s, Delage vehicles dominated racing, with Benoist winning the [[British Grand Prix|British]], [[French Grand Prix|French]], [[Spanish Gra
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