Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
If eventful was the sporting life of Motor Co. bentley. During the twenties, it was less its financial development. The mark founding William Owen Bentley on January 18, 1919, with a meagre capital of twenty thousand pounds, escaped from their control just six months later, when he had to give entry to a new group of investors to increase capital Social up to one hundred thousand pounds. However W.O. Bentley continue at the head of the technical department, because in the end it was one of the best designers that has given Blonde Albion and, therefore, was the best asset of the company.
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
The name Jeep has a curious origin, some say it comes from careless pronunciation of the acronym GP (General Purpose; general use in Spanish or Governmental Project, government project), other than a character Popeye, Eugene Jeep, was very popular in the 30’s of the twentieth century. In any case, Willys-Overland Jeep registered the trademark in the United States and other countries in 1950.
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
In 1929, Lucie Rosengart, which had previously been a partner at Citroen, bought a licence to manufacture the German Trumpf, front-wheel drive car model designed by the engineer Stir and built by Adler in Frankfurt. Rosengart, after several attempts, managed to convince him to buy Citroën his license, which he immediately began the construction of several experimental prototypes.
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
The origin of the automobile, as we know it today, is produced in Germany where engineers Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach manufactured an engine explosion four times, and simultaneously chemistry teacher Eilhard Mitscherlich discovered a hydrocarbon with a very stable and High-power energy carried by name benzina.
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Given the poor motorization Spanish, the Institute decided to found two companies, one to build cars under license (SEAT), and one focusing on the manufacture of trucks with technical and design themselves (ENASA).
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
The young Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, born in 1884 and son of the vicar George Morgan, was not attracted to the study of the Bible, it was his technique. After completing his studies at the school of Malborough and after a brief stay in an art school, Harry (so he called his family) were enrolled in the Crystal Palace Engineering College. His father, a very open person, helped him get his first job as a mechanic in the factories draughtsman Great Western Railway in the town of Swindon.
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
The history of Audi, but with a happy ending and bright, had a very difficult childhood and youth. Born in 1910, with the Audi brand name, the name of Automobile Wecke Gmbh (1910-1939).
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
In 1893, the car without horses, which was gaining ground in France and Germany, still had no account in the British Isles. It was rather the toy of some wealthy, and their purpose was to have fun with him in the parks around their castles.
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Normally, the story of an automobile factory is its models, technological advances and their sporting achievements.
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
This signature was born of the enthusiasm that francisco Abadal felt by everything related to the world of the engine. He represents the Hispanic Switzerland in Barcelona, and this award not only was involved in selling the vehicles of the mark, but had a workshop where carrozaba own vehicles to the taste of the client, and doing the maintenance of the same.
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