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Glen “Gary” Davis founded the Davis Motor Car Company in Van Nuys, CA in 1946. he coaxed several investors and dealers into backing his vision of the production of his three-wheeled Divan. Despite garnishing a great deal of publicity, his dreams were short-lived and, by 1949, faced lawsuits and jail time for his questionable business […]
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Tata (TAH-tah) Motors began as an Indian locomotive manufacturer in 1945. In conjunction with Daimler-Benz, Tata released its first commercial automobile in 1954. In 1991, the Tata Sierra became the first passenger car wholly designed and produced in India.In 2005, Tata began developing a car that could compete with India’s main form of motorized transport:
Debuted in 2006, the Acrea Zest was the brainchild of Stéphane Solbach and Jean-Pierre Josseaume, two former employees of Matra Automobile. They joined forces to develop a lightweight, simple car that could whisk people away on short adventures away from the city. Acrea advertised the Zest as a plaything, with marketing focused on the driver
The Sea Lion is a one-of-a-kind “amphibious supercar” built in Southern California by engineer Marc Witt (operating as Marc Witt Applied Design). Built between 2006 and 2012, the vehicle was intentionally engineered to break the world speed records for amphibious vehicles on both land and water. As more of a purpose-built racing prototype than a
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Jowett was founded in 1901 in England by brother Benjamin and William Jowett, along with Arthur Lamb. They started in the cycle business and went on to make V-twin engines for driving machinery. The streamlined Jowett Javelin saloon debuted in 1947. The Javelin touted modern features such as a flat-four push-rod engine, independent front suspension
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Designed in the late 1950s by Professor Miroslav Nestorovic, Chair of Motor Vehicles in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Belgrade, the Prvenac (Yugoslavian for “firstborn”) is known as a diamond, or rhombic, chassis car. The Prvenac was not the first vehicle to use this design—examples date as early as 1901, including
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Egon Brütsch was a serial car inventor and producer. From 1952-1958 Egon designed and built 11 different models of cars, although total production of those models was only about 80 cars. The Mopetta, nicknamed “the little egg” was one of the smallest. With a tubular steel frame and fiberglass body, the scooter-powered Mopetta shares many
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This cut-in-half 2CV began life as a 1960 “Ripple Bonnet” Deux Chevaux. In 2024, Jeff Lane asked Jérôme Cesbron of Tours, France to build this unusual creation. Cesbron’s company, ARS Developpement, are well-know builders of special 2CVs, as well as a large 2CV parts supplier. This Cutaway 2CV is fully functional and road-worthy. Its stock
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The Citroën Axel was initially developed as a replacement for the Citroën Ami in the early 1970s. However, after the 1974 Oil Crisis and the subsequent buyout of Citroën by Peugeot, the Axel design was shelved in favor of a Peugeot inspired design. The design reemerged in 1981 when Citroën partnered with the Romanian government
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