Entries Tagged with "automobile"
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Saab AB is an aviation and defense company based in Sweden and founded in 1937 in Trollhättan. Its name was an acronym for “Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget” (translates to Swedish Aeroplane Limited), thus written as “SAAB”. In 1939 Saab merged with the Linköping based ASJA and the headquarters moved to Linköping. During changes in company ownership […]
Tags: Saab, Saab AB, airplanes, Automobile, truck, General Motors
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Rover was a British automobile manufacturer and later a marque based at the former Austin Longbridge plant in Birmingham. In recent years it was part of BMW and the MG Rover Group. However, in April 2005, production stopped when the company became insolvent. In July 2005 the Nanjing Automobile Group acquired the assets, with plans […]
Tags: Rover, automobile, BMW, MG Rover Group, Ford, Land Rover, Range Rover
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. It is the second largest automaker in Europe, behind Volkswagen. Peugeot’s roots go back to bicycle manufacturing at the end of the 19th century. Its headquarters are in Paris, Avenue de la Grande Armée, close to Porte Maillot and the Concorde Lafayette Hotel.
Although […]
Tags: Peugeot, Citroën, Peugeot Citroën, Volkswagen, vehicles, automobile
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Packard was a United States based brand of luxury automobile built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899 and the brand went off the market in 1958. Packard automobiles are highly sought after by collectors […]
Tags: Packard, luxury, automobile, Packard Motor Car Company, Cars
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Thursday, June 21st, 2007
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (日産自動車株式会社 Nissan Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 7201 , NASDAQ: NSANY) is a Japanese automobile manufacturer which formerly marketed vehicles under the Datsun brand name. The company’s main offices are located in the Ginza area of Chūō-ku, Tokyo but Nissan plans to move their headquarters to Yokohama, Kanagawa by 2010, with construction starting […]
Tags: Nissan Motors, Nissan, automobile, Renault, VQ engines, automaker
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the United States from 1916 to 1938. From 1938 to 1954, Nash was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Nash production continued from 1954 to 1957 after the creation of American Motors Corporation.
Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by former General Motors executive […]
Tags: Nash Motors, automobile, American Motors Corporation, AMC
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