tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36791968081143136012024-03-14T11:08:36.917+05:30Sam's Auto BlogAutomotive Legends - the Men, their Machines and their MethodsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006981531934366962noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679196808114313601.post-59262611714918855312019-01-06T17:22:00.000+05:302019-01-06T17:22:35.081+05:30HOTCHKISS <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Benjamin B Hotchkiss (1826 - 1885)</strong></span> was born in the USA and moved to France after the American Civil war.</div>
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In 1867 , he founded the company <span style="color: blue;"><strong>Hotchkiss et Cie</strong></span> specializing in the manufacture of military equipment especially cannons and guns. One of the famous unit was the <strong>Hotchkiss revolving gun</strong></div>
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A Hotchkiss Revolving Gun</div>
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Around 1900 , Hotchkiss entered automotive business by manufacturing and supplying engine components to car companies like <strong>Panhard-Levassor</strong> and <strong>De Dion-Bouton</strong>.</div>
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Prodded by a few car dealers , Hotchkiss started manufacturing their own cars in 1903. The first car was a Hotchkiss 17 CV.</div>
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An early version of the Hotchkiss car </div>
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Hotchkiss followed the "one model" policy till 1929 when they introduced multiple models.</div>
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In 1948, Hotchkiss bough the license of a front wheel drive technology from <strong><span style="color: blue;">Gregoire </span></strong>and the luxury car <strong>Hotchkiss-Gregoire</strong> was introduced. </div>
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In 1955 , another Luxury model <strong>Hotchkiss Anjou</strong> was introduced.<br />
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Dwindling volumes and teething problem led to the downfall of the Hotchkiss cars.</div>
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In 1954 , Hotchkiss merged with <strong>Delahaye</strong> to form <strong><span style="color: blue;">Societe Hotchliss-Delahaye</span></strong>. By 1995,, Hotchkiss was taken over by <strong><span style="color: blue;">Brandt</span></strong> and was making Jeeps under license.</div>
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In 1966 , the Hotchkiss brand was taken over by <strong><span style="color: blue;">Thomson - Houston</span></strong>.</div>
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However , Hotchkiss is known for major invention - the <span style="color: red;"><strong>Hotchkiss drive.</strong> </span></div>
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The driveline construction of a Rear Wheel Drive vehicle design with 2 Universal joint fitted propeller shaft and the rear axle assy mounted on semi-elliptic leaf springs is credited to Hotchkiss and even now known as Hotchkiss drive. The Hotchkiss drive was simpler and less costly than the torque tube (De Dion Axle) of that time.</div>
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The Hotchkiss Logo - crossed cannons from the early years when they were making guns and cannons.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006981531934366962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679196808114313601.post-16314847884341730552014-03-02T12:23:00.002+05:302019-01-06T17:04:34.389+05:30VAUXHALL - The modern British<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scottish Engineer <b><span style="color: red;">Alexander Wilson</span></b> founded the <b>Alex Wilson and Company</b> in 1857 to manufacture pumps and marine engines. In 1897, the company was renamed as <b>Vauxhall Iron Works</b> after the city of Vauxhall where it was located.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1903 , Vauxhall Iron Works started manufacturing cars and the first car was a 4-seater with the driver seated behind the passengers and steering through a tiller mechanism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1907 the company was renamed as <b>Vauxhall Motors</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1908, Vauxhall developed the famous Y-Type Y1 car for the RAC Scottish reliability trials which spawned a new series of successful cars named as A-type.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1925 Vauxhall Motors was acquired by <b>General Motors </b>of USA. Post the takeover, Vauxhall was integrated in to the European operations of General Motors along with <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/09/opel-lightning.html" target="_blank">Opel</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">William Richard Morris, later Lord Nuffield,</span> (1877 - 1963)</b> , was running his own bicycle repair business. In 1909, he created <b>Morris Garage (MG)</b> for repairing bicycles, cars as well as he was dealing in the sale sale of cars - Wolseley, Humber, Singer and Standard cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1912, he decided to enter in to manufacturing cars and founded <b>Morris Motors</b>. Morris Motors manufactured cars by sourcing components, engines, gearboxes from other manufactures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The car was named as Oxford after his hometown and came to be known as "<b>Bullnose</b>" in view of the design of the radiator grill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1927, Morris Motors acquired <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/03/wolseley-sheep-shearing-to-automobiles.html" target="_blank"><b>Wolseley Motor Company</b>.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to meet the competition from Austin 7 model of <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/12/austin-small-car-pioneer.html" target="_blank">Austin Motors</a></b>, Morris Motor company introduced the <b>Morris Minor</b> in 1928.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Few more small car designed follow from Morris Motors, Morris 8 being one them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 1935 , <b>Morris Garage (MG)</b> has transformed itself in to a separate car company, mainly involved in making re-bodies Morris cars as well converting Morris cars to sports versions. MG Company was integrated in to Morris Motors in 1935.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1952, a major merger between <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/12/austin-small-car-pioneer.html" target="_blank">Austin Motors</a></b> and <b>Morris Motors</b> created the <b>British Motor Corporation (BMC)</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1948 <b>Morris Oxford MO</b> aka <b>Hindustan Fourteen</b> in India -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1950 <b>Morris Oxford II</b> aka <b>Hindustan Landmaster</b> in India -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1956 <b>Morris Oxford III</b> aka <b>Hindustan Ambassador </b>in India -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Morris Motors went through a series of mergers and take overs - In 1966 merger of <b>Jaguar </b>and BMC created the <b>British Motor Holdings(BMH)</b>. In 1968 <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/05/leyland-trucks-buses.html" target="_blank"><b>Leyland Motors</b> </a>and BMH merged to form <b>British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC)</b>. In 1975, BLMC was renamed as <b>British Leyland (BL)</b>. In 1986 , BL was renamed as <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/06/rover-set-pattern-to-world.html" target="_blank">Rover group</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1989 , the Rover group was purchased by <b>British Aerospace</b> and later, in 1994, sold off to <b>BMW.</b> In 2000, owing to financial difficulties, BMW sold the Rover brand to a consortium who named the company as <b>MG Rover</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2007, <b>Nanjing Automotive group </b>purchased the MG brand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Herbert Austin</span> (1866 - 1941)</b> , was chief engineer at <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/03/wolseley-sheep-shearing-to-automobiles.html" target="_blank">Wolseley Tool & Motor Company</a></b> where we successfully developed smaller car. Unable to convince the management for manufacture of small cars, he left Wolseley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1905, he created <b>Austin Motor Company</b> to design and manufacture cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1907 <b>Austin 30hp </b>car -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Austin Motor Company was manufacturing luxury as well as sports cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1922, Austin introduced the most famous car of all - <b>Austin 7</b> , also known as the "<b>Baby Austin</b>". This car was made with a 700 cc engine to beat the RAC tax which was based on engine capacity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Austin 7 was manufactured across the world , under license - by <b>BMW</b> as Dixi, in Japan as <b>Datsun</b>, in France as <b>Rosengart</b> and in the US as <b>American Bantam</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1952 , Austin Motor Company and its major rival <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/12/morris-hindustan.html" target="_blank">Morris Motor Company</a> </b>were merged to form the <b>British Motor Corporation (BMC)</b>. Austin and Morris continued as separate brands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Renowned automobile engineer , <b>Sir Alec Issigonis</b> was recruited in to BMC to design a small car for BMC in response to the fuel shortages sparked off by Suez canal crisis. In 1959, BMC introduced the most famous car , the Mini - first as <b>Morris Mini</b> and later as <b>Austin Mini.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1961, Sir Alec Issigonis and John Cooper of <b>Cooper Car Company</b> converted the Mini to a performance car and was born the <b>Mini Cooper</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1963 <b>Austin Mini Cooper</b> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 1966 , British Motor Corporation changed as <b>British Motor Holdings (BMH)</b> and in 1969 merged with <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/05/leyland-trucks-buses.html" target="_blank">Leyland Motors</a></b> to form <b>British Leyland Motor Corporation</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1981, in a financial restructuring , the Austin and <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/06/rover-set-pattern-to-world.html" target="_blank">Rover</a></b> brands were merged to form the <b>Austin Rover group (ARG)</b> and later as Rover group when British Leyland was renamed as Rover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This car was sold in India as <b>Rover Montego</b> by <b>Sipani Motors</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Austin/Rover/Morris/Mini brands went through a series of mergers and changed many hands , some of which were <b>British Aerospace, BMW, Ford, MG , Nanjing Automobiles</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Currently the Austin/Rover brands are with <b>Tata Motors</b> and Mini brand with <b>BMW</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA)</b> was founded 1861 by a group of 14 gunsmiths of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association. BSA was founded to meet the challenge of <b>Royal Small Arms factory at <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/08/enfield-made-like-gun.html" target="_blank">Enfield</a></b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/08/enfield-made-like-gun.html" target="_blank"> </a>who started using machines to manufacture arms more efficiently and cheaply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With demand for small arms reducing , the small arms business was shut down in 1879. In order to utlise the manufacturing facilities , BSA expanded in to manufacture of bicycles. In 1880 the first Di-cycle was manufactured.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BSA was one of the leading bicycle manufacturer till about 1887, when the demand for small arms peaked again. BSA reverted to manufacture of arms for the military.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BSA experimented with Motor cars in 1907 with a Itala design car which won the 1907 Peking - Paris race. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A <b>1907 BSA car</b> -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1908 BSA restarted bicycle production and continued till 1957 , when it was sold to <b>Raleigh cycles</b>. Motorcycles production was started in 1909 and continued till 1973 when it was sold to <b>Norton-Villiers-<a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/05/triumph-real-motorcycle.html" target="_blank">Triumph</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1910 , BSA acquired <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/daimler-england-britains-oldest-marque.html" target="_blank">Daimler Motor Company </a></b>which was in financial difficulty. BSA started using Daimler engines in their cars as well as re-badged the Daimler cars as BSA cars. In 1932, BSA/Daimler acquired <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/02/lanchester-mass-balancer.html" target="_blank">Lanchester Motor Company</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BSA was the first company to introduce a mass produced Front wheel drive car in 1929. The car was a 3 wheeler with 2 front wheels and one rear wheel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later BSA carried on the Front wheel design to a 4 Wheeled car and can be considered as pioneers in front wheel drive cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A <b>1931 BSA front wheel drive car - TW 5</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the WWII , BSA shifted back to Rear wheel drive cars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Financial troubles at BSA led to <b>Jaguar Cars</b> acquiring BSA in 1960. In between 1966 and 1968 , they were part of <b>BMC (British Motor Corporation) </b>and <b>BMH (British Motor Holdings)</b>. In 1968 BSA/Daimler/Lanchester/Jaguar became part of the reorganised and nationalised <b>British Leyland (BL).</b> In 1984, BSA/Daimler/Lanchester along with Jaguar cars became independent of British Leyland. <b>Ford PAG </b>acquired Jaguar cars in 1989 and later sold it off to <b>Tata Motors</b> in 2007. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Sir Frederick Henry Royce</span> (1863 - 1933)</b> was a self made electrical engineer and was involved in making electrical fittings and electric cranes through his own company <b>Royce Ltd.</b> In 1902 , he bought a second hand <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/02/decauville-locomotives-to-cars.html" target="_blank">Decauville</a></b> car and was not satisfied with its performance and quality. He went about building his own car based on the Decauville car and created a 2-cylinder <b>Royce 10</b> car in 1904 -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Charles Stewart Rolls</span> (1877 - 1910)</b> was form a rich family. In 1903 , he founded the <b>C S Rolls and Co </b>to import and sell Peugeot cars from France and Minerva cars from Belgium, in England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Charles Rolls was introduced to Henry Royce and they created <b>Rolls- Royce Ltd</b> in 1906 with an agreement that C S Rolls and Co will sell the entire production of Rolls-Royce Ltd. By 1907 , C S Rolls and Co was integrated in to Rolls-Royce Ltd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first and the most famous car from Rolls-Royce was <b>Silver Ghost </b>, launched in 1907 and continued in production till 1925.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Silver Ghost did a non-stop 14371 miles gaining the name - "<b><i>The best car in the world</i></b>". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Henry Royce was a perfectionist and the Rolls-Royce cars were known for their smoothness , reliability and quality. The company followed its founder's dictum of - <b><i>"Take the best that exists and make it better"</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1927 , the Silver Ghost gave way to the next generation of famous Rolls-Royce , the <b>Phantom </b>-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1931 , Rolls-Royce acquired <b>Bentley Motors.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the war , Rolls-Royce was forced to manufacture aero engines and were excelling in aircraft engines, creating successive airspeed records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1971 , financial trouble led to nationalization of Rolls-Royce Ltd. In 1973, it was again de-nationalised , forming <b>Rolls-Royce Motors</b> for Automobiles and <b>Rolls-Royce plc </b>for aircraft engines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1980 , the company was taken over by <b>Vickers</b>, an engineering company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rolls-Royce continued to manufacture classic cars which were used by the British Royalty and movie stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1998 Vickers sold off the Rolls-Royce Motors to <b>BMW </b>and <b>Volkswagen</b> in a complex deal. As per the deal, Volkswagen got the Rolls-Royce factory and the patented radiator grill design and BMW got the Rolls-Royce name and logo. This led Volkswagen not being able to use the Rolls-Royce name. After sustained negotiations , in 2003, the entire Rolls-Royce rights were transferred to BMW and now BMW owns Rolls-Royce.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Rolls-Royce logo and hood ornament - the <b>spirit of ecstasy</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Johnston, then concentrated on making a motor car powered by internal combustion engine. In 1895, along with <b><span style="color: red;">Sir William Arrol </span>(1839 - 1913),</b> a famed Bridge Engineer, formed the company <b>Mo-Car Syndicate Ltd.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mo-car dogcart was popular and was made till 1905. More models with different engine options were also introduced. A 1901 and a 1905 , <b>Arrol-Johnston</b> cars -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1905 , the company was renamed as <b>Arrol-Johnston Car company.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1907 , one Arrol-Johnston car participated in the attempt of <b>Ernest Shackleton</b> to reach Antarctica. Even though the car was used in the expedition, it could not travel much due to tyres sinking in loose ice. An Arrol-Johnston car used in the Antarctica base camp -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This car was fitted with 12-15 HP , aircooled , 4-cyl engine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the WWI , Arrol-Johnston shifted to manufacturing aircraft engines. Owning to financial troubles, in 1927, the company was taken over by Aster Engineering company and the cars were branded as <b>Arrol- Asters.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally the Arrol-Aster car company shut its doors by 1931</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">John Marston </span>(1836 - 1918)</b> was a tin plate worker and was working in a factory making household articles. In 1859 , he created his own company <b>John Marston Ltd</b> to make household articles and black enamel lacquer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John Marston was a keen bicycle enthusiast and expanded in to manufacture of bicycles in the year 1887. He sold his bicycles under the brand "<b>Sunbeam</b>". It is told that his bicycle was finished with high quality black enamel and golden strips that it was reflecting sunlight and hence the name sunbeam. Many new innovations followed int he next few years - chain slack adjusting mechanism, oil bath lubrication for chains, to name a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a logical extension, John Marston started working on motorcycles. Death of an employee in motorcycle accident made Marston to move away from motorcycle , terming it as dangerous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1899 , he started working on motor cars and along with the help of <b>Maxwell Mabley- Smith</b> created the first Motor. A 1901 <b>Sunbeam-Mabley </b>-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This car had unique design of seats facing in opposite directions on either side of a belt drive. More than 100 units of this cars were sold between 1901 and 1904.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 1904, Marston started importing<b> <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/02/berliet-truck-company-with-locomotive.html" target="_blank">Berliet</a> </b>chassis and building bodies over it. In order to expand fully in to car business the car division was renamed as <b>Sunbeam Motorcar Company,</b> in 1905. The bicycle business remained with John Marston Ltd. Slow down in car business between 1907 and 1910 forced Marston to look in to Motorcycle business again and the motorcycle division was created in 1912.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1920, owning to financial troubles, Sunbeam Motorcar Company merged with <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/08/darracq-racing-pioneer.html" target="_blank"><b>Automobile Darracq</b></a> to form <b>STD Motors ( Sunbeam - Talbot - Darracq)</b>. The cars were branded as Sunbeam -Talbot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STD Motors participated in racing and a Sunbeam with a 350 HP aircraft engine set the land speed record in 1920.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1924, Sunbeam introduced a 3-litre sports car with a six-cylinder engine , with twin overhead camshafts and dry sump lubrication , a major innovation of that time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 1935, STD Motors was in financial trouble and was taken over by <b>Rootes group</b>. Rootes group was a major automobile group with many British marques - <b>Hillman, Humber, Singer, Commar , Karrier </b>etc, They integrated Sunbeam, Talbot in to the group and did badge engineering to bring out cars with various combinations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brothers <b><span style="color: red;">John Francis Dodge </span>(1864 - 1920)</b> and <b><span style="color: red;">Horace Elgin Dodge</span> (1868 - 1920)</b> were excellent machinists and had developed a name for their ability to mass produce precision parts. In 1900, they created <b>Dodge Brothers Company</b> and were supplying to Engine and chasis components to many automobile companies. They earned a reputation of being dependable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1902 , they received an order to supply 3000 transmissions to <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/oldsmobile-first-mass-produced-car_29.html" target="_blank">Old Motor Works</a></b>. Later they received and order for 650 Engines and transmission from <b>Ford Motor Company.</b> As time progressed , they were supplying most of the parts to Ford Motor Company and were fully dependent on the Ford Motor Company for survival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dodge brothers realised this dependence on Ford and wanted to move out and manufacture their own car. In 1914, they formed <b>Dodge Brothers Inc</b> to manufacture cars and introduced their first car - Dodge Model 30 in 1915.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1915 <b>Dodge Model 30</b> - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The model 30 had many features which were not available in other cars as well as Ford's car - All Steel body, 12V electrical system and 3-speed sliding gear transmission to name a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1917 , Dodge expanded in to manufacturing "commercial cars" - Ambulances, fire trucks, panel vans, delivery vans and later full size trucks. A fleet of 1920 Dodge delivery trucks -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The word <b>RAM </b>was first used in the early 1930s and later popularized in the 1970s to brand the Dodge turcks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1920 , both the Dodge brothers died suddenly, within a year of each. The management of the company passed to their wives. In 1928 , the Dodge Brothers Inc was sold to a consortium who sold it to <b>Chrysler Corporation.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">High Performance car - the <b>Dodge Viper</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1998 , Chrysler Corporation merged with <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2011/12/daimler-pioneer-on-internal-combustion.html" target="_blank">Daimler</a> to form <b>Daimler- Chrysler</b>. In 2007, Daimler divested Chrysler to a consortium which was later bought by <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/fiat-cars-for-common-man.html" target="_blank">Fiat</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1877, <b><span style="color: red;">John Kemp Starley (1854 - 1901)</span></b> and <b><span style="color: red;">William Sutton (1830 - 1888) </span></b>created the <b>Starley & Sutton Company</b> to manufacture Bicycles. They were concentrating on making the bicycles safer to ride as compared to the "Penny-farthing" bicycles of those days. In 1883 , they introduced tricycles and were selling those tricycles under the <b>Rover</b> brand name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1889, after the demise of his business partner , the company was renamed as <b>J. K. Starley & Company</b>. In 1896 , with the bicycle business at its peak, the company was renamed as <b>Rover Cycle Company</b>. Starley also experimented with electric cars unsuccessfully and did not pursue further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the sudden death of John Starley in 1901 , <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/daimler-england-britains-oldest-marque.html" target="_blank">Harry Lawson (of Daimler)</a></b> took over the reins and steered the company towards motorisation - Motorcycles in 1903 and later cars in 1904. An 1903 <b>Rover Motorcycle</b> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 1950s , Rover experimented with gas turbine engines and introduced the <b>Rover Jet1</b>, unsuccessfully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1948, inspired by the U S Army's <b><span style="color: red;">Willy's Jeep</span></b>, <b>Maurice Wilks</b> built the Land Rover literally from the parts of a discarded Willy's Jeep. Owing to steel shortage after the war and abundant availability of aluminium from aircraft construction, the body was made of light weight aluminum. The paint was military green as this was available in abundance after the war. One of the earliest Land Rovers built based on a Willy's Jeep , a <b>1948 Land Rover</b> -</span></div>
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Owning to financial difficulties, post the 1960s, the Rover company changed many hands.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1967 , Rover Company was taken over by <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/05/leyland-trucks-buses.html" target="_blank">Leyland Motor Corporation</a></b> and integrated as <b>Rover - <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/05/triumph-real-motorcycle.html" target="_blank">Triumph</a> division</b>. In 1968, Leyland Motor Corporation merged with <b>British Motor Holdings</b> to become <b>British Leyland Motor Company(BLMC)</b>. </span>In 1975, BLMC was nationalised to form <b>British Leyland (BL)</b>. In 1978, <b>Land Rover </b>was made as a separate brand. In 1981, in an internal reorganisation, Austin Motors and Rover Company were merged to form the <b>Austin - Rover group</b>. </div>
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A 1984 <b>Austin Montego</b>. This car was made and sold in India as <b>Rover Montego</b> by <b>Sipani Motors</b>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1986, the parent company , British Leyalnd was renamed as <b>Rover Group.</b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Rover group was taken over by <b>British Aerospace</b> in 1989 and later sold off to <b>BMW </b>in 1994. In 2000, in view of financial difficulties, BMW sold off the Rover brand to a consortium who named the company as <b>MG Rover</b>, the MG </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">brand coming from the <b>Morris Garages</b> and <b>Morris Motor Company.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Further , in 2007 , <b>Nanjing Automotive Group</b> of China purchased the MG brand and SAIC of China purchased the product rights of Rover car but not the Rover brand. The Land Rover brand was purchased by <b>Ford</b> and integrated in to their <b>Premium Automotive Group (PAG)</b>, along with Jaguar. In 2008, <b>Tata Motors</b> of India purchased Jaguar - Land Rover from Ford. Currently the Land Rover brand is with Tata Motors. In China, SAIC makes Rover cars but cannot use the Rover brand name and hence these cars are being sold under <b>Roe We</b> brand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1907 , Triumph started manufacturing their own engines as well as used engines designed by the famous <b>Sir Harry Ricardo</b>. During the war , Triumph motorcycles were used by the Allied army.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1930 the company was renamed as <b>Triumph Motor Company</b> and launched the very successful <b>Triumph Super 7</b> , in competition to the Austin 7 car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 1944 the company was bankrupt and was sold to <b>Standard Motor Company</b>. Standard Motors shifted Triumph to performance and sports cars and continued to sell normal cars under the Standard brand name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Triumph changed many hands in the following years - 1960 <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/05/leyland-trucks-buses.html" target="_blank">Leyland Motors</a></b>; 1968 <b>British Leyland Motor Corporation</b> ; 1986 <b>Rover group;</b> 1994 <b>BMW</b>. When BMW sold the Rover holdings , it retained the Triumph brand and the brand name is currently with BMW.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While the Triumph cars ceased production, the motorcycle continues till date. In 1936 the motorcycle division was sold to <b>Ariel Motor Cycle Company</b> and was renamed as <b>Triumph Engineering Company Ltd.</b> In 1951, the Triumph Engineering Company was taken over by <b>BSA</b>. In 1956 , BSA sold off the bicycle division to <b>Raleigh Bicycle company</b> but retained the motorcycle division. In 1971 , the Triumph Motorcycle Division was sold to <b>Norton-Villiers</b> to become <b>Norton-Villiers-Triumph (NVT)</b>. In 1977 NVT was sold to The <b>Meridien Motorcycle Co-operative</b> to become the <b>Triumph Motorcycle (Meridien)</b>. 1983 saw the bankruptcy of Triumph and a builder /property developer <b>John Bloor</b> invested in Triumph to keep the brand alive till date as <b>Triumph (Hinckley)</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Nikolaus August Otto </span>(1832 - 1891)</b>, German by nationality , was a travelling salesman and got interested in the Lenoir engine. The Lenoir atmospheric engine ran at 4% efficiency and Otto was contemplating to improve the engine. He , along with <b><span style="color: red;">Carl Eugen Langen</span></b> formed the company<b>, NA Otto & Cie </b>to manufacture these engines. This was probably the first engine manufacturing factory in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1867, they developed the <b>Otto-Langen atmospheric engine</b> which won many awards and contracts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This engine could produce power in the range of 0.25 HP to 3 HP. The exploding combustion of the gas lifted the piston, creating a partial vacuum The piston is returned back to its position by gravity, in the process doing work. The limitation of this engine to go beyond 3 HP was due to the design which requires headroom for this engine. Watch a video of of the Otto-Langen engine working - <a href="http://youtu.be/09cqOUHbmBI" target="_blank">(Click Here)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1869, they moved the company to the town of Deutz and renamed their company as <b>Gasmotoren - Fabrik Deutz</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1872, the management brought in <b>Gottileb Daimler</b> as the factory manager and <b>Wilhelm Maybach</b> as the design director.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nikolaus Otto and Eugen Langen continued to work in trying to improve the efficiency of the atmospheric engine. In 1876 , they developed the first successful 4-cylinder , compression engine, running on illuminating gas (coal gas). The thermodynamic cycle came to be known as <b>Otto cycle</b> and the engine "Gas Engine". Later on the engine was modified to run on Petrol (gasoline) but the name "Gas Engine" stuck on and even now Petrol engines are referred as Gas Engines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nikolaus Otto wanted to concentrate on large stationary engines where as Gottileb Daimler wanted to concentrate on small automobile engines. This led to Gottileb Daimler quitting the company in 1882, taking Wilhelm Maybach along with him to form his own company - <b>Daimler AG </b>as we know today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1886 , Nikolaus Otto lost his patent right of the Otto engine over recently discovered 1862 patent of <b>Alphonse Beau de Rochas</b>. This engine design was similar to Nikolaus Otto's design but was only on paper. This led to many companies manufacturing Otto cycle engines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the war , the company was renamed as <b>Klockner Humbolt Duetz AG</b> (KHD) and later as <b>Deutz AG.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some the well known Automotive legends have worked in Deutz AG before moving out and starting their own companies - <b>Gottileb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, Prosper L'Orange, Rudolf Diesel, Robert Bosch, Ettore Bugatti.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1896 , <b><span style="color: red;">Gustave Adolphe Clement (1855 - 1928)</span></b> along with <b><span style="color: red;">Charles Chetwynd Talbot</span></b> and <span style="color: red;"><b>Harry Lawson (<a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/daimler-england-britains-oldest-marque.html" target="_blank">Daimler , England</a>)</b></span> acquired the <b>Gladiator Cycle Company</b> and renamed it as <b>Clement , Gladiator & <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/12/humber-british-marque.html" target="_blank">Humber</a> (France) Ltd</b>. They were in to manufacture of bicycles. Bicycles were sold under the <b>Clement-Garrad</b> brand. In 1897, with the collapse of the Lawson empire, the company was renamed as <b>Clement Gladiator cycles</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clement Gladiator experimented with motorisation and were one of the few manufacturer to bring out motorised bicycles and tricycles. The first Clement-Gladiator motorcar was introduced in 1902.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1903, the company was split to two branches - <b>Clement-Talbot</b> in Britain and <b>Clement-Bayard</b> in France. The Bayard name was in recognition of <b>Chevalier Pierre Terrali , Seigneurde Bayard</b>, the savior of the city of Mezierres where the Clement Bayard factory stood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1908 Clement Bayard went on to manufacture aero-planes. In 1909, the French Government allowed Aldolphe Clement to use the name Bayard and thus he was officially known as <b>Adolphe Clement- Bayard</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1922, Clement Bayard was taken over by <b>Citroen</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1892, brothers <b><span style="color: red;">Franz Graf , Heinrich Graf and Karl Graf</span></b> opened a bicycle repair shop in Vienna. Soon they expanded in to manufacture of bicycles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of most famous car was the 1911 Graf & Stift in which <b>Archduke Franz Ferdinand</b> was assassinated in 1914. He was the heir to the Austrian throne and this incidence started the first world war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graf & Stift manufactured Luxury cars apart from expanding in to buses and tram bodies. A <b>1936 Graf & Stift SP8 </b>model, called the "<b>Rolls-Royce of Austria</b>" -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1971 , Graf & Stift was taken over by <b>Osterreichische Automobil Fabriks AG</b> to become <b>OAF-Graf & Stift AG</b>. In the same year OAF-Graf & Stift became the subsidary of <b>MAN AG.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2001 , the Graf & Stift name was dropped when MAN AG re-oragnised , to become <b>MAN Sonderfahzeuge AG</b>. In a fuhrer re-organisation in 2004 , the company is known as <b>MAN Osterreich AG</b>.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006981531934366962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679196808114313601.post-51920626898055503702013-03-24T11:10:00.000+05:302013-03-24T11:10:11.063+05:30LAURIN & KLEMENT - Forerunner of Skoda<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Vaclav Laurin</span> (1865 - 1930)</b> , a mechanic and <b><span style="color: red;">Vaclav Klement </span>(1868 - 1938)</b> , a bookseller , founded the <b>Laurin & Klement Company</b> in 1895. Laurin & Klement Company started as a bicycle repair shop and soon expanded in to manufacture of bicycles. The Laurin & Klement bicycles were sold under the <b>Slavia</b> brand name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1899, Laurin & Klement started manufacturing motorcycles and quadricycles. In 1905 , they introduced the first Motor car - Laurin & Klement Voiturette Type A.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laurin & Klement won many races including the <b>Prinz-Heinrich race.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1925, in order to face the increased competition , the Laurin & Klement Company was merged with <b>Skoda Works</b> - an industrial giant. Till about 1928, the cars were branded as <b>Laurin & Klement - Skoda</b> and then the Laurin & Klement name was dropped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently , in 2012, the Laurin & Klement name has reappeared in some Skoda models.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1890, <b><span style="color: red;">Henry Martyn Leland</span> (1843 - 1932)</b> along with <b>Robert A Faulconer</b> and <b>Charles Norton</b> founded the <b>Leland, Faulconer and Norton company</b> and was involved in the manufacture of precision machinery and measuring equipment. After the exit of Charles Norton in 1894 , the company name changed to <b>Leland and Faulconer Manufacturing company</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1901 , L&F manufacturing company was one of the major supplier of engines and transmissions to <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/oldsmobile-first-mass-produced-car_29.html" target="_blank">Oldsmobile</a></b> plant for the curved dash Oldsmobile car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1902 , the <b>Henry Ford Company</b> was dissolved and Henry Leland was called in to assess the worth of the machinery so that they can be disposed off. Henry Leland, instead, convinced them to continue in the automobile manufacturing business and renamed the company as <b>Cadillac Automobile Company</b>. The name Cadillac was from the 17th century French explorer, <b>Antoine Laumet de La Mothe , Sieur de Cadillac</b> who founded the city of <b>Detroit</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leland fitted his single single cylinder engine on to the chassis left over by Henry Ford and the first Cadillac was rolled out in 1902. The car resembled Ford Model A in every respect except the engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1905 , L&F Company was merged and the company was renamed as <b>Cadillac Motor Car Company</b>. In 1909, <b>William Durant</b> integrated Cadillac Motor Car Company in to the <b>General Motor Company</b>, along with <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/03/buick-father-of-general-motors.html" target="_blank">Buick Motor Company</a></b> and many other smaller automobile companies. Cadillac became a separate brand in General Motors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cadillac was pioneer in <b>interchangeability</b> of parts which laid the foundation for mass production in the automobile industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the major innovations being safety glass(1915), multi-colour body paints(1925), Synhcromesh transmissions(1928) to name a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">David Dunbar Buick </span>(1865 - 1924)</b> , Scottish by origin, was interested in developing internal combustion engines for boats and later for automobiles. In 1899, he founded the <b>Buick Auto Vim and Power Company</b> to design and manufacture engines. In 1902, the company was in financial trouble forcing David Buick to take help from the Briscoe brothers - <b>Frank and Benjamin Briscoe</b> leading to the formation of <b>Buick Manufacturing Company</b> in 1902.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seeing not much progress towards manufacturing , the Briscoe brothers sold off their holdings to James Whiting of <b>Flint Wagon Works</b> and a new company <b>Buick Motor Company</b> was formed in 1903. David Buick along with Chief Engineer <b>Walter Lorenzo Marr</b> were credited with developing the first Over-head valve engine as against the side valve engines of that era.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first production car <b>Buick Model B</b> was seen in 1904 -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1904, James Whiting brought in <b>William Crapo Durant</b> to manage the business at the Buick Motor Company. Being a top notch salesman as well as businessman , the Buick Motor Company flourished under the leadership of William Durant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1908 , William Durant thought about bringing most of the major automobile manufacturers under one company and attempted to integrate <b>Ford Motor Company , <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/oldsmobile-first-mass-produced-car_29.html" target="_blank">Olds Motor Works</a>, Maxwell -Briscoe Motor Company</b> and <b>REO</b>, He almost succeeded in creating a company named <b>International Motors</b> but for Ford and REO walking out in the last moment. In spite of Ford & REO walking out, William Durant created <b>General Motors Company </b>with <b>Buick Motor Company , Old Motor Works, <a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/03/cadillac-precision-and-luxury.html" target="_blank">Cadillac Motor Company</a></b> and a plethora of small automobile companies and component suppliers. Thus was born General Motors out of Buick Motor Company. Later Buick became a brand of General Motors and survives till date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the early 30s , the ancestral coat of arms of its founder , David Buick, was introduced in to the logo of Buick. In the early 60s the "<b>Trishield</b>" logo appeared, to depict the 3 major Buick cars of that time - the <b>LeSabre</b>, <b>Invicta</b> and the <b>Electra</b> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buick was well know for Engines and exterior styling. One of the famous engine design was popularly known as the "<b>Nailhead" engine</b> . Nailhead engine was a V8 engine with vertical overhead valves, resulting in a long stem and a small valve head. A "Nailhead" V8 Engine -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Exterior styling , Buick brought in many new concepts including the <b>Waterfall front grille</b>, <b>Sweepspear</b> side chrome trims, <b>VentiPort</b> on the fenders, <b>delta tail fins</b> etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Josef Werndl </span>(1831 - 1889)</b> was an Austrian gunsmith and he took over his father's business of making small arms and weapons. In 1864 he, along with his brother <b>Franz Werndl</b> , formed <b>Josef Und Franz Werndl & Company</b> to manufacture rifles and small arms for the Austrian Army. The Werndl rifle of 1867 was famous for its function and quality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1894, they expanded in to manufacture of bicycles. The bicycles were sold under the "<b>Steyr</b>" brand name, named after the Austrian town where they were located.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1915 , Josef Und Franz Werndl & Co expanded in to development and manufacture of automobiles. They employed the famous automotive engineer <b>Hans Ledwinka</b>, who quit <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/tatra-worlds-3rd-oldest-car.html" target="_blank">Nesselsdorfer (Tatra)</a></b> to join them in designing a new car. The first car , <b>Type II 12/40 HP</b> was launched in 1920. In 1924 , the company was renamed as <b>Steyr-Werke AG</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Conflict with Steyr management on small car Vs luxury car debate made Hans Ledwinka to quit and rejoin Nesselsdorfer, now Tatra. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1929 , Steyr recruited <b>Ferdinand Porsche</b> from <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2011/12/daimler-pioneer-on-internal-combustion.html" target="_blank">Daimler</a>-<a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2011/12/benz-europes-and-worlds-first.html" target="_blank">Benz</a></b>. However, recession made survival difficult and the company was in trouble. This made Porsche to leave and create his own company as we know today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1934, Steyr merged with <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/01/austro-daimler-first-mnc.html" target="_blank">Austro-Daimler</a>-<a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/01/puch.html" target="_blank">Puchwerke</a></b> to form <b>Steyr-Daimler-Puch.</b> Steyr-Daimler-Puch was one of the largest automobile groups and were present in many fields - trucks, tractors, automobiles, motorcycles and mopeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the most famous cars were the 1936 <b>Steyr 50</b> , commonly known as "Baby" Steyr and 1939 <b>Steyr 220</b> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the war , Steyr was involved in military production and, being under Third Reich, used slaves from concentration camps as labour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Starting early 1990s , Steyr-Daimler-Puch started selling the individual business of Trucks, Buses, Mopeds , Tractors to various companies and was concentrating on automobile business only</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1998 , <b>Magna International</b> took majority shares in <b>Steyr-Daimler-Puch </b>and by 2001 it was fully acquired by Magna , renamed as <b>Magna Steyr</b>. Magna Steyr , now deals with Vehicle Engineering and contract manufacturing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1890 , <b><span style="color: red;">Josef Eduard Bierenz</span> </b>was appointed by <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2011/12/daimler-pioneer-on-internal-combustion.html" target="_blank">Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft</a></b> as the Austrian retailer of Daimler engines and later automobiles. In 1899 , <b>Josef Eduard Bierenz</b> along with his friend <b><span style="color: red;">Eduard Fischer</span></b> (in pic) formed the company. <b>Osterreichische Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Bierenz, Fischer & Co</b> (Austrian Daimler Motors Partnership Company Bierenz, Fischer & Co)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the earliest <b>Austro-Daimler truck</b> of 1901, used for transporting ice -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1902, <b>Paul Daimler</b> , Son of Gottileb Daimler joined Austro-Daimler as the Engineering Director and was involved in designing and manufacture of new cars and engines. In 1905, he developed the world's first armored 4x4 car for the Austrian Army.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1905, Paul Daimler left for the parent company - Daimler of Germany. His position as taken by the legendary <b>Ferdinand Porsche</b> who joined from <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/02/lohner-porsche-worlds-first-hybrid.html" target="_blank">Lohner</a></b>. Ferdinand Porsche concentrated on racing as , according to him, racing is the best way to build reliability as well as brand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1906 the company was renamed as <b>Austro-Daimler</b> and in 1910, Austro-Daimler became independent as DMG sold all its shares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1928 , amid financial troubles, Austro-Daimler was merged with <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/01/puch.html" target="_blank">Puch </a></b>and named <b>Austro-Daimler-Puchwerke</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1934, Austro-Daimler-Puchwerke was taken over by <b>Steyr</b> and became <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/01/steyr-guns-to-automobiles.html" target="_blank">Steyr-Daimler-Puch</a></b> and the Austro-Daimler brand slowly disappeared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Johann Puch </span>(1862 - 1914)</b> was an inventor and mechanic from Austria. He moved to Graz and in 1991 started manufacturing bicycles. In 1898 he founded and named his company <b>Erste Steiemarkische Fahrrad Fabriks AG</b> , meaning "<b>First Styrian Bicycle Co</b>." Puch bicycles were sold across Europe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Puch was experimenting with Automobiles and expanded in to Motorcycle in 1901 and cars by 1904. One of the earliest cars was a <b>1900 Puch Voiturette</b> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the war, Puch was manufacturing military vehicles and cars for the Austro-Hungarian army and the Royal family. After the war, Puch was not in good financial health and in 1923 bankers had sent one Engineer <b>Giovanni Marcellino</b> to the Puch factory to wind up its operations. Marcellino , instead of winding up the operations , settled down and started work on improving a <b>split-single cylinder, 2-stroke engine</b> design. Marcellino made a very successful design of this Split-single cylinder engine and went on to win the German grand prix with a supercharged , split-single Puch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 1928 , Puch merged with <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/01/austro-daimler-first-mnc.html" target="_blank">Austro-Daimler</a></b> and was renamed as <b>Austro-Daimler-Puchwerke</b>. However , another merger in 1934 with <b>Steyr AG</b> created the <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2013/01/steyr-guns-to-automobiles.html" target="_blank">Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG</a></b> as we know today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the famous motorcycle was the <b>Puch 250 SGS </b>fitted with split-single cylinder , 2-stroke engine released in 1953. These motorcycles were exported to USA and sold as "<b>twingle</b>". The SGS 250 production continued till 1970.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Building on the military vehicle experience of the world wars, Puch was manufacturing many types of military and off-road vehicles . The most famous and the well known vehicle across the world was the <b>Steyr-Puch Pinzguarer</b> . This vehicle was in production from 1970 till the late 90s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Puch was most famous for its small 2-wheeler range - mopeds. The most famous was the <b>Puch Maxi</b> launched in 1970. Close to 2 million of these units were sold across the world from 1970 onward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In India , the Puch mopeds were manufactured by <b>Hero Motors</b> as <b>Hero Puch</b> from 1988 till 2003.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1987 , the motorcycle division of Steyr-Daimler-Puch was sold to <b>Piaggio.</b></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006981531934366962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679196808114313601.post-41014998255265498572013-01-06T15:42:00.000+05:302013-01-06T21:06:37.941+05:30POPE - The King of Bicycles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Col. Albert Augustus Pope</span> (1843 - 1909)</b> founded the <b>Pope Manufacturing Company</b> in 1878 to manufacture and sell bicycles. His bicycles were branded as Columbia and one of the first bicycle was the <b>Columbia High-wheeler.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pope was an innovator and was credited with using ball bearings and hollow steel tubes in his bicycles. He bought <b>Pierre Lallement's</b> patent and started manufacturing 'true" bicycles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to control the bicycle market, Pope bought almost all the patents related to bicycles and was manufacturing close to quarter million bicycles by 1900. Apart from that he was earning $10 per bicycle of other manufacturers as royalty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1898 , to further strengthen his hold over the bicycle market , he bought more than 50 independent manufacturers and created the <b>American Bicycle Company</b>. He also acquired the <b>Gormully patent</b> from Thomas B Jeffery of <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/04/rambler-patent-wariror.html" target="_blank">Rambler</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As gasoline engines were becoming popular, Pope expanded in to Motorcycles also. A 1914 Pope Motorcycle -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pope began experimenting with Automobiles in 1896 and one of the first venture was with electric vehicles. Many prototypes were made and tested. In 1899 , Pope founded the <b>Columbia Automobile Company</b> along with <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/03/electrobat-worlds-first-electric-car.html" target="_blank">Electric Vehicle Company</a></b> to manufacture Electric vehicles under the Columbia brand. Later in 1899 , due to differences in opinion between the two companies Pope sold off his stake in Columbia Automobile Company to Electric vehicle Company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After his exit from Columbia Automobile Company , Pope entered the Automobile business with a series of acquisitions starting 1903. He acquired many Automobile companies under his new company - <b>Pope Automobiles.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pope - Hartford</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pope - Waverly</b> (From Crawford bicycle Company)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the cars of Pope acquisition </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1902 <b>Pope - Robinson</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1907 <b>Pope - Toledo</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1904 <b>Pope - Tribune</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1905 <b>Pope - Waverly Electric</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Due increasing competition and dropping prices , Pope Automobiles could not keep pace and was finally bankrupt and closed in 1915.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006981531934366962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679196808114313601.post-40018673074763450192012-12-02T14:50:00.001+05:302012-12-02T14:50:27.304+05:30HUMBER - The British marque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Thomas Humber </span>(1841 - 1910)</b> was a British Engineer interested in improving the bicycle designs of those times. Humber was credited with inventing the safety bicycle with the pedal driving the rear wheel. Later on, he pioneered same size wheels and diamond-frame design in bicycles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1869, <b>Humber and Company</b> was created to manufacture bicycles. In 1892, Thomas Humber sold off his rights to <b>Henry Lawson</b> of <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/daimler-england-britains-oldest-marque.html" target="_blank">Daimler (England)</a></b>. As a logical step , Humber was experimenting with motorization. In 1896 , they introduced motorized bicycle fitted with <b>Pennigton</b> engine. A 1904 Humber motorcycle -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Humber continued to excel in the motorcycle and motorized tricycles. Parrallely they were experimenting with cars. In 1898 they introduced the first car and followed up with another in 1899 -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was followed with a car in 1903 , called the <b>Humbrette </b>-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the war , Humber manufactured aircraft engines and continued to manufacture cars after the war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1928 , Humber acquired <b>Commer</b> and in 1929 they acquired <b>Hillman</b>. In 1932 , the<b> Rootes group</b> acquired Humber. Rootes group was taken over by <b>Chrysler</b> in 1964 and in 1978 Chrysler(Europe) sold off to <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/peugeot-bi-cycles-to-cars.html" target="_blank">Peugeot</a></b>. After 1976, the Humber marque slowly disappeared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the famous and well know Humber cars - <b>Humber Pullman</b> and <b>Humber Sceptre</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">James Ward Packard</span> (1863 - 1928) </b>bought a car from <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/01/winton-famous-but-forgotten.html" target="_blank">Winton</a> </b>and was not satisfied with its operation and approached <b><span style="color: red;">Alexander Winton </span></b>with some suggestions to improve the car. Winton rebuked him and told him to build his own car to incorporate all the suggestions. James Packard along with his brother <b><span style="color: red;">William Doud Packard</span>(1861 - 1923)</b> built the first car in 1899.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 1899 <b>Model A Packard-</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1900, they formed the <b>Ohio Automobile company</b> to manufacture cars. In 1902 , they renamed the company as <b>Packard Motor Car Company</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Packard was known for reliability and luxury and sold their cars in the price range of over $2000 when all others were selling cars below $1000 and thus was serving wealthy customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Packard was known for new inventions and innovations. Some of major and well know inventions are -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1913 - Introduced </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">spiral bevel gear</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in the final drive making the cars silent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1923 - Introduced <b>hypoid gears</b> leading to lower floor levels</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1940 - Introduced <b>air conditioning</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Packard was one of the top automobile manufacturer for long time before losing traction around the 1950s. Some of the well know models out of a large array of models are -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1954 Packard was acquired by <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/10/studebaker-dead-company-live.html" target="_blank">Studebaker corporation</a></b> and in 1956 the company was renamed as <b>Studebaker-Packard Corporation</b>. By 1962, the Packard badge was dropped and the brand disappeared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The history of <b>De Dietrich et Cie</b> can be traced back to 1684 when <b><span style="color: red;">Jean de Dietrich</span></b> bought over a forge and came to be known as the "King of iron". De Dietrich expanded in to manufacture of railway carriages after 1800. The Franco-Prussian war of 1870 split their factories between two countries - Luneville(France) and Niederbronn (Germany).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1896 , De Dietrich further expanded in to Automobile production. They built their first automobile with the 2-cylinder engine procured from <b>Amedee Bollee</b>, elder brother of <b><a href="http://kingsleysp.blogspot.in/2012/02/leon-bollee.html" target="_blank">Leon Bollee</a></b>. The 1896 <b>De Dietrich</b> car -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1898 , they further refined the design and introduced the "<b>Torpilleur</b>" with a 4-cylinder engine. The 1898 de Dietrich Torpedo -</span></div>
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By 1899/1900 , De Dietrich had tied up with <b>Vivinus</b> of Belgium to produce cars at their Niederbronn factory and <b>Turcat-Mery </b>at their Luneville plant , under the De Dietrich badge. A De Dietrich badge Vivinus and Turcat-Mery cars -</div>
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In 1902, De Dietrich engaged <b>Ettore Bugatti</b>, a young and award winning engineer, at their Niederbronn factory to design develop new cars. One of the well know car being the type 5 -</div>
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In 1904 , Ettore Bugatti left De Dietrich to join <b>Mathis Car Company </b>and, in the same year , De Dietrich closed their Niederbronn factory and shifted the entire automobile production to Luneville factory. In celebration , the word Lorraine was added to the De Dietrich name and the company name was changed to <b>Lorraine-Dietrich</b>. The <b>Cross of Lorraine</b> was adopted as the logo.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1907 , Lorraine-Dietrich acquired the Italian luxury and race care maker <b>Isotta-Fraschini</b> which in turn brought in technology like four wheel brakes and overhead cam engines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the world war I , Lorraine- Dietrich was involved in the manufacture of aircraft engines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Automobile business became unprofitable and ultimately closed down in 1935. The Luneville factory was converted to manufacture of railway coaches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The history of Studebakers can be traced back to the 1700s when three German brothers emigrated to the US. <b><span style="color: red;">John Studebaker</span> (1799 - 1877)</b>, son of one of the Studebaker brothers was involved in the business of blacksmith and metal working. He ran his business on the philosophy "always give more than you promise" and in the process ran in to debt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John Studebaker had five sons (pictured above) - <b><span style="color: red;">Henry</span> (1826-1895)</b> , <b><span style="color: red;">Clement</span> (1831-1901)</b> , <b><span style="color: red;">John Mohler</span> (1833-1917)</b>, <b><span style="color: red;">Peter Everst</span> (1836-1897)</b>, <b><span style="color: red;">Jacob Franklin</span> (1844-1887)</b> and were the pioneers of Studebaker Corporation as we know today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1858 , Henry Studebaker and Clement Studebaker formed the company <b>H and C Studebaker</b> to manufacture wagon components and later on wagons. John Mohler Studebaker was in the business of making wheel barrows and parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1868 , John Mohler joined the wagon making business and <b>Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company</b> was formed. Studebaker became largest and finest manufacturer of horse-drawn wagons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Studebaker Wagon -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Studebaker flourished in the wagon business aided by war and supplies to the war machinery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1891 , <b><span style="color: red;">Frederick Fish</span></b> , son-in-law of John Mohler joined the business and was urging the Studebaker brothers to move towards horseless carriages. In 1897 , <b>Studebaker Automobiles</b> was created to manufacture and sell horseless carriages. As the Studebakers considered gasoline and steam engines as noisy, they decided to manufacture electric automobiles. In 1902 , Studebaker introduced the first electric automobile. The second electric automobile was purchased by <b>Thomas Edison</b> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frederick Fish continued to look for opportunities to enter the gasoline automobile and in 1904 entered in to agreement with <b>Garford Automobile company</b> to supply engines and Chassis on which Studebaker will build the carriage and sell it through their distribution network. These cars were known as <b>Studebaker-Garford</b> -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Garford company could not keep up with the demand and coupled with labour problems were unable meet the requirements of Studebaker. Frederick Fish was looking for an alternative and in 1909 entered in to an agreement with <b>E-M-F company</b> to supply engines and chassis to Studebaker. Garford was discontinued. A <b>Studebaker-EMF</b> car -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E-M-F cars were notoriously unreliable and was known to have major mechanical problems in transmission and clutch and was jokingly known as "Every Morning Fix-it". E-M-F company also ran in to financial problems and it gave an opportunity for Studebaker to acquire the company . In 1911 , Studebaker Automobiles acquired E-M-F Company and renamed as <b>Studebaker Corporation</b> and then on all cars were branded as Studebaker. After that Studebaker sent out mechanics to all owner's of Studebaker-EMF 20 cars and replaced defective parts , probably the first recall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Studebaker was one of the major suppliers of automobiles and military equipment during the WWI.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1937 , Studebaker corporation planted 5000 pine trees in their factory in such a shape to spell the company name. Even today these tress can be seen from satellite pictures. <a href="https://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=bendix+woods&hl=en&ll=41.668552,-86.493001&spn=0.017824,0.038581&safe=off&hq=bendix+woods&radius=15000&t=h&z=15" target="_blank">Link to Studebaker trees.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the famous an well known Studebaker Automobiles -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1927 <b>Studebaker Erskine</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1939 <b>Studebaker Champion</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1953 <b>Studebaker Starliner</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1963 <b>Studebaker Avanti</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1954 Studebaker was acquired by <b>Packard Corporation</b> and in 1956 , the company was renamed as <b>Studebaker-Packard Corporation</b>. In spite of this the company was losing money in view competition from Ford and General Motors. In 1962, the Packard name was dropped and reverted back to the earlier name Studebaker Corporation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Studebaker corporation could not keep up with the competition and finally was closed in 1966.</span><br />
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