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The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. Hudson Motor Car, from 1914 magazine ad This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ...
Hudson Motor Car, from 1914 magazine ad This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ...
1937 Hudson Custom Eight. ...
1937 Hudson Custom Eight. ...
1950 Hudson. ...
1950 Hudson. ...
A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...
Nickname: The Motor City, Motown Motto: Official website: http://www. ...
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The name "Hudson" came from JL Hudson, Detroit department store entrepreneur
There is a 1916 Hudson 6-40 Phaeton owned by Jerre, Patti, and Jeremiah Hoffman of Western Mass. that has been in the family since new.
In 1919 Hudson introduced the Essex brand line of automobiles; the line originally was Hudson's line for middle class auto buyers, designed to compete with Ford and Chevrolet, as opposed to the more up-scale Hudson line. 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ...
The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed FoMoCo), NYSE: F is a multinational corporation that manufactures automobiles. ...
Chevrolet, often nicknamed Chevy, is a brand of automobile, now part of General Motors. ...
One of Hudson's most famous cars was the Terraplane produced between 1932 and 1938, first as Essex-Terraplane in 1932-1933, and then as Terraplane until 1938. Hudson Terraplane logo. ...
The company had a number of 'firsts' for the auto industry. These included the automobile self starter, dual brakes, and the first balanced crankshaft, which allowed the Hudson straight-6 engine to work at a higher rotational speed while remaining smooth, developing more power than lower-revving engines. Most Hudsons had straight-6 engines. Image:Turbo starter. ...
A brake is a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine, and to keep it from starting to move. ...
Crankshaft Continental engine marine crankshafts, 1942 Crankshaft is also the name of a comic strip about an old, curmudgeonly bus driver. ...
The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ...
At its peak in 1929, 300,000 cars were produced in one year - Hudson and Essex combined - including contributions from Hudson's other factories in Belgium, England and Canada.-1...
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Hudson ceased auto production from 1942 until 1945 in order to manufacture war materials during World War II, including aircraft parts and naval engines. This article is about the year. ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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After the war, Hudson initially did quite well, and their late-1940s low and rounded "step-down" styling, which lasted through the 1954 model year, was ahead of its time when introduced, and quite aerodynamic for the era. This, the Hudson's light weight, and its well-built engine made the sportiest model, the Hudson Hornet, a successful auto racing contender, dominating NASCAR in 1951, 1952 and 1953. Later, these cars met with some success in drag racing, where their high power-to-weight ratio worked to their advantage. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The model year of a product is a number used to describe approximately when a product was produced. ...
Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
A Top Fuel dragster, the ultimate in drag racing. ...
Like many other smaller North American auto manufacturers, Hudson found it increasingly difficult to compete with the Big Three (Ford, GM and Chrysler) during the 1950s. Those large companies could afford constant development and styling changes, so that their cars looked fresh every year (even if less changed beneath the surface), whereas the smaller manufacturers could only afford gradual change. The "step-down" Hudson's unit body construction, while sturdy and innovative, also made restyling complex and expensive. They could not keep up with the churning of automotive fashion, and sales slipped. Merger was seen as the only way to survive at all, even if much of the individual makers' character would be lost. The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed FoMoCo), NYSE: F is a multinational corporation that manufactures automobiles. ...
You may be looking for the arena found in Vancouver, see GM place General Motors Corporation NYSE: GM, also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ...
The Chrysler Corporation (NYSE: DCX) is a formerly United States-based automobile manufacturer. ...
// Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...
On January 14, 1954, Hudson merged with Nash Motors to become American Motors. The Hudson factory was closed, and the remaining years of Hudson production consisted essentially of Nash cars with Hudson badging, dubbed "Hashes" by some. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Also see: Kelvinator and American Motors Corporation Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the United States from 1916 to 1938. ...
Logo American Motors Corporation (AMC) was an American automobile company, formed in 1954 by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson. ...
The brand name was discontinued at the end of the 1957 production year.
Image File history File links 1917 Hudson Phaeton at a rally in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England. ...
Image File history File links 1917 Hudson Phaeton at a rally in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England. ...
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Hudson Terraplane logo. ...
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