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the 2CV: the Citron deux chevaux - a French motoring icon | France  Hidden from the Nazis, built for forty-two years, how a motoring icon has charmed the ... Only the Citron name stopped the car from being thought a joke. ... 2cv 1948 CV cross-country car - and all the adaptations of its motor made by 2CV lovers: from ... During its 42-year production, only technical parts like the engine,...
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Citroen Bids Adieu to Classic Deux Chevaux - latimes  Jul 28, 1990 ... ... when the last Citroen Deux Chevaux--France's turtle-shaped car of millions--rolled off the factory line after 42 years in production. ... Citroen moved production after shutting down its Levallois assembly line near Paris ... who have been making them," said a Citroen Lusitania spokesman, Teixeira de Abreu...
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Citron 2CV - Wikipedia  The Citron 2CV (French: "deux chevaux" i.e. "deux chevaux-vapeur" (lit. "two steam horses" .... The front axle was connected to its torsion bars by cable. ... At this time small French cars like the Renault Juvaquatre and Peugeot 202 ... The British Autocar correspondent wrote that the 2CV "is the work of a designer who has...
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Jeopary Questions page 1884 - U.S. GEOGRAPHY - TriviaBistro.com  BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: After 42 years, this French co. has ceased making its turtle-shaped car, the Deux Chevaux  U.S. CITIES: Eisenhower was nominated...
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The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee  Page 5  Jul 28, 1990 ... French company ceases production Auto legend hits end of line , r ' k Jk. Mas ... He says most owners have an emotional relationship with their 2CV that, like ... friend to millions rolled off the factory line after 42 years in production. ... of the turtle-shaped Deux Chevaux named literally for the "two horses," or...
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Dead and Gone: Nissan IDx - Nissan - Cheers and Gears  Aug 25, 2016 ... The Production Version of the Nissan IDx Has Reached A Dead ... same obstacles every other automaker has: the volumes of a small, ..... The 2017 TITAN and TITAN XD gasoline engine-equipped models ... We saw the introduction of the redesigned Maxima, along with refreshes of the Altima and Sentra.
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MarkWantsaPorsche  Jun 10, 2007 ... The hand-built aluminium prototype, which the Porsche built in its World War II exile headquarters in Gmund, Austria, was completed on June 8, 1948. ... and Model 27/80 has ever since been known as the 'Prince Henry.' ..... March 27, 1998, at age 88, Ferry Porsche died at the family farm in Zell am Zee.
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15 Vehicles Logos And Their Meaning(pics) - Car Talk - Nigeria  There are three ellipses visible in the company's logo. ... after the roundel was createdbut this is not the origin of the logo itself. ... people were attaching to their cars in the early days of motoring. ... Headquarters: Sochaux, France ... from the Belfort city emblem, the place where the first Peugeot model was...
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Studebaker - Wikipedia  Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, ... After years of financial problems, in 1954 the company merged with luxury ... The Packard marque was phased out, and the company returned to the ..... Bend plant on December 9, 1963, and produced its last car in South Bend on...
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The end of the road for Oldsmobile - Apr 29, 2004 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 2004, the last Oldsmobile comes off the assembly line at the Lansing Car Assembly plant in Michigan, signaling the end of the 106-year-old automotive ... a gas-powered, open-carriage vehicle named for its curved front footboard. ... Oldsmobile became a top brand for GM and pioneered such features as...
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Porsche 911 - Wikipedia  The Porsche 911 is a two-door, 2+2 high performance sports car made since 1963 by Porsche ... "Around 150,000 911 cars from the model years 1964 to 1989 are still on the ... It often changes annually to reflect changes for the new model year. The first 911 models are the "A series", the first 993 cars are the "R series".
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2013 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid Review - HybridCars.com  Aug 13, 2012 ... Volkswagen, along with other European auto companies, has long proclaimed ... The Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid was all new for 2011 with no ... after an African Sahara tribe of nomads called the Touareg (pronounced TWA-regg). .... system can handle terrain that the typical owner will want to drive on.
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Eighties Icon: 1981 DMC De Lorean brochure | Hemmings Daily  Sep 23, 2016 ... The DMC De Lorean -note, the production model was never called De Lorean ... Irleand before John Z. DeLorean's eponymous company collapsed. ... Some of the photos even show the De Lorean's famous gullwing doors in action! ... had softened his perspective, and he was fond of the car, which had...
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Tiny Cars, Big Prices: 5 Really Expensive Toy Cars | Mental Floss  Jun 4, 2010 ... For over 50 years, kids have spent their summer afternoons playing with toy cars ... Before Lesney Products' Matchbox line really took off, the company ... As a proof of concept in 1954, a handful of Major Scale prototype dump trucks ... after they were first released, in an effort to get girls interested in toy cars.
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2005 Car of the Year Testing - Motor Trend- cotytesting  Dec 6, 2004 ... After two days of working the kinks out of a diverse field of cars, tires and brakes were allowed to cool and engines fell silent. Here's what we...
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Logo Quiz Ultimate Cars Answers - Game Solver  Jun 26, 2013 ... major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot ... Mercedes ... It is a Swedish builder of heavy equipments, including trucks, buses and ... It is famous for producing commercial vehicles and diesel engines. ... It is a major French car brand, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.
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Sixty years of Matchbox cars - Telegraph  Jul 17, 2013 ... More than three billion Matchbox cars have been sold in the last 60 years. ... In the Sixties, Lesney would become the fourth largest toy company in Europe ... of Mattel which, worryingly for collectors, also owns Hot Wheels. .... Growing up in the late-sixties I loved my collection of 50's and 60's Matchbox cars,...
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Compigne Wagon - Wikipedia  The wagon was built in 1914 in Saint-Denis as a dining car and was used as such until August 1918. Then the passenger car was converted into an office for...
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History of Kia Motors Corporation  FundingUniverse  Until its merger with Hyundai in 1998, Kia Motors Corporation was the second ... By the end of the war in 1953, in fact, South Korea's industrial base lay in ruins. ... 1960s and 1970s was the chaebol (a business group consisting of large companies .... its Sephia and another new model, the Sportage, in international markets.
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Goebel Hummel Collectibles Buying Guide | eBay  Goebel Hummel figurines are well-known collectibles, and a favorite among collectors ... In 1934, the company started looking for figurine designs that captured the ... Goebel stopped manufacturing Hummel figurines in 2008. In 2009 ... In 1979, the Hummel mark changed to the name Goebel, with W. Germany underneath.
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The Automobile in Indiana  Automobiles were produced in more than 40 cities within Indiana. ... The company continued making automobiles until they closed in 1963, after more than 60...