Manufacturer Marques & Models - Cars By Brand
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Saab
The involvement in vehicle manufacturing of a firm that produces aircraft is always good news for buyers of the resulting automotive products, in terms of quality engineering and an innovative approach to problem solving. So it was in the case of Svenska Aeroplan Atkiebolaget (AB) originally a Swedish state company, set up in the spring of 1937 so that Sweden could provide its… Continue reading »
Singer
The first Singer cars - built under licence from Lea-Francis and designed by Alex Craig - were produced in 1905 by George Singer, who had worked for Coventry Machinists before producing cycle, tricycles and then cars.
Singer died a year after the company went into receivership (in 1908) and the firm was re-established as Singer and Co. (1909) Ltd.
Early models from… Continue reading »
Studebaker
The Studebaker brothers Henry, Clem, Jacob, Peter and John Mohler (of German origins) built up the largest wagon making business in the world during the late 1800s, and were based in the town of South Bend, Indiana. Their fi rst car produced in 1902 was electric, but petrol engined cars followed in 1904, which were ostensibly horseless buggies. Their first cars were built in… Continue reading »
Sunbeam
The Sunbeam Motor Car Co. Ltd. Was started in 1905 following development of cycles and then cars from diverse beginnings (starting in 1887 with John Marston and his ‘Sunbeamland Cycle Factory’). Designed by Angus Shaw, the first product of the new Sunbeam company was the 16/20, introduced in 1907. Louis Coatalen (previously with Humber and Hillman) became Designer in 1909… Continue reading »
Triumph
Triumph was always in some degree of trouble through its life. Loved for its upmarket saloons and sports cars, yet even before the WW2v it was struggling to survive. Founded in 1923 as a car maker, but Triumph was more famous for its motorcycles, the two outfits splitting in 1936 before the car manufacturer went into receivership in 1939.
After the war Triumph had to choice… Continue reading »
