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• 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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• Hardtop
  ...erm for a rigid, rather than canvas, [[automobile]] roof. It has been used in several contexts: '''detachable hardtops''', '''[[retractable hardtop]] roo Following the ascendancy of steel tops for closed bodies in the 1930s, detachable hardtops with metal roofs began to appear. After Worl
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• Tatra T603
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Production = 1956–1975
  10 KB (1,426 words) - 18:05, 7 July 2010
• Bugatti Prototypes
  [[Bugatti]] created a number of prototype vehicles which never reached full production. ...At first, the rear axle was bolted directly to the frame with no springs. In 1926, Bugatti added both springs and a supercharger to the Type 36. This w
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• DeSoto Fireflite
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' The '''DeSoto Fireflite''' was introduced in 1955 as [[DeSoto]]’s flagship model. The car was wider and longer than pr
  10 KB (1,390 words) - 17:26, 4 April 2009
• DAF Trucks
  ...the DAF brand are designed and built by [[Leyland Trucks]] at their plant in England. ...to lend him money if he wanted to start for his own. Huub started to work in a small workshop on the grounds of the brewery.
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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
  8 KB (1,066 words) - 08:13, 27 July 2007
• DeSoto Firedome
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' ...occupied the least expensive position in the model lineup during 1955 and 1956 model years before it was reclassified as a mid-range vehicle offered by De
  9 KB (1,169 words) - 17:22, 4 April 2009
• Virgil Exner
  ...to drawing advertisements for [[Studebaker]] trucks. They had a second son in 1940, Brian, who tragically fell from a window and later died from his inju ...t most of the credit for the car's design. In 1949 Exner started working in [[Chrysler]]'s '''Advanced Styling Group''', where he partnered with [[Clif
  7 KB (1,075 words) - 16:15, 11 October 2009
• Rambler Six
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' ...the large-sized Nash and Hudson models that suffered from dwindling sales. In 1957, the Rambler was established as a separate marque and these models bec
  10 KB (1,311 words) - 13:28, 20 June 2009
• Packard
  ...ackard automobiles were produced in 1899 and the brand went off the market in 1958. Packard automobiles are highly sought after by collectors today, and ...ed the Ohio Automobile Company, quickly introduced a number of innovations in its designs, including the modern steering wheel and the first production 1
  16 KB (2,357 words) - 03:05, 12 December 2010
• DKW
  ...mler-Benz]] in 1957, and was finally purchased by the [[Volkswagen Group]] in 1964. ...troke cycle|two-stroke]] engines and, from 1931, the company was a pioneer in [[front-wheel drive]] and transverse mounting. The most well-known cars mad
  13 KB (2,028 words) - 23:16, 29 August 2008
• Daimler Motor Company
  ...een the motor car marque of the British '''Daimler Motor Company''', based in Coventry. The company was a subsidiary of BSA from 1910 up until 1960, when ..., in 1902, while the name ''Daimler'' was last used for a German built car in 1908.
  14 KB (2,176 words) - 08:39, 11 December 2010
• Studebaker
  ...the Studebaker Corporation. While the company left the automobile business in 1966, Studebaker survived as an independent closed investment firm until 19 ...armer, blacksmith, and wagon-maker who lived near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. By 1840 he had moved to Ohio and taught his five so
  15 KB (2,189 words) - 05:02, 19 February 2007
• Colin Chapman
  ...s. Lotus is one of but a handful of British performance car builders still in business after the industrial decline of the 1970s. Chapman died of a heart ...tus 6 kits were sold through 1956. It was with the [[Lotus Seven|Lotus 7]] in 1957 that things really took off, and indeed [[Caterham Cars]] still manufa
  10 KB (1,631 words) - 15:55, 4 October 2009
• Mercury
  ...roman god of speed who was the messenger of the gods, which was reflected in its focus during its early years on performance. The Mercury brand was phased out in 2010, while Ford Motor Company will focus on the Ford and [[Lincoln]] brand
  15 KB (2,207 words) - 05:08, 21 December 2010
• Jowett
  ...cles were made before an improved version with wheel steering was launched in 1913 and a further 36 were made before the outbreak of the First World War ...nance and braking was on all four wheels. Production was briefly suspended in September 1931 when fire swept through the works.
  7 KB (1,109 words) - 06:26, 19 February 2007
• DeSoto Diplomat
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' ...North America. They were manufactured both in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
  10 KB (1,342 words) - 17:16, 4 April 2009
• Hudson
  ...'''Hudson Motor Car Company''' made Hudson and other brand [[automobile]]s in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. ..., would later be president of Hudson-Nash descendant American Motors Corp. in the 1960s).
  12 KB (1,829 words) - 07:40, 20 March 2007
• Simca
  ...a part of [[Chrysler Europe]] and a brand rather than independent company. In 1978, Chrysler divested its European operations to another French automaker ...ros|Barreiros]] (another Chrysler subsidiary) in Spain, and also assembled in Chile, Colombia and the Netherlands <ref>[http://members.home.nl/jurriaankn
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