Author: Brendan

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Bugatti Type 57 Galibier

Manufactured in 1939 8 cylinders 3.3 litres 135 horsepower The Bugatti Type 57 and later variants (including the famous Atlantic and Atalante) was an entirely new design created by Jean…
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Mercedes Benz

Mercedes 540K

Manufactured in 1936 8 cylinders 5.4 litres 180 horsepower One of the most expensive cars before World War 2, the Mercedes 540K Was first presented at the Paris Motor Show…
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Commander

Studebaker Commander

Manufactured in 1931 8 cylinders 4.1 litres 80 horsepower The Studebaker Commander is the model name of several automobiles produced by Studebaker.  Studebaker began using the Commander name in 1927 and…
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Model 400

Nash – 400

Manufactured in 1930 8 cylinders 9 litres 100 horsepower In 1926 Charles Nash bought Thomas B. Jeffery Company, makers of the popular Rambler automobile, and renamed it Nash Motors.  Profits…
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Hispano Suiza

Hispano Suiza – Torpedo

Manufactured in 1923 4 cylinders 3 litres 59 horsepower Hispano Suiza was a Spanish company of luxury and racing automobiles, also dedicated to the design and manufacture of aviation engines,…
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The Monster

American LaFrance – The Monster

Manufactured in 1914 6 cylinders 14.5 litres 105 horsepower Founded in 1873 by Truxton Slocum LaFrance and his partners, the American LaFrance Fire Engine Company was one of the oldest…
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El Pampero

Inglaterra (El Pampero)

Manufactured in 1914 2 cylinders 12 horsepower Designed and built by British Royal Flying Corp pilot Barron Ackroyd, this cyclecar prototype was named “El Pampero” to evoke Argentina, a fashionable…
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1912 Model CB

Renault Model CB

This ‘Coupe de Ville” provided the great and definitive foundation for Renault.  It was adopted in the Belle Epoque by the educated and libertine French middle-class. In 1912, William Carter bought…
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Model X

Charron Model X

Manufactured in France in 1910 4 cylinders 22 horsepower 2400 cc Charron was a French automobile manufacturer, based in the Paris conurbation, and active between 1906 and 1930.  Although the company…
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Mother-in-Law

Delage Model 7

Manufactured in France in 1910 4 Cylinders 14 horsepower 1400 cc “Mother-in-Law Seat” Delage was a French company founded by Louis Delage in 1905 that manufactured racing cars and luxury…
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