On the night of November 1, 1924, the workers took the first car entirely manufactured in the factory AMO. One of the mechanics, bent his head low in front of the radiator with the Soviet, and not a foreign brand, spun winding the handle-and AMO-F15 No. 1 came to life. A few laps in the factory yard did then this… not even a car, and naked – without a body and cabin – chassis with inverted box on the frame instead of the seat.
Specialists, no doubt, will note the advantages of a new car company Renault — RENAULT MEGANE COUPE. Memorable appearance, underlined “big-eyed” slanted headlights and back symmetrical they grilles air intakes at the front of the hood — that’s not all.
In 1995, at the presentation of the family Mercedes-Benz SPRINTER representatives of the company announced that it starts an active attack on the European market with their trucks. According to the plans, within three years have been fully updated types of vehicles designed to operate on European roads. So, after “polutoratonny” SPRINTER van appeared “odnotonnymi” VITO.
Premiere of the sedan and coupe DODGE STRATUS new generation took place at the Chicago motor show in February 2000. Until recently, the name of DODGE STRATUS to a four-door sedan manufactured also called the CHRYSLER CIRRUS. Same two-door coupe was named DODGE AVENGER. In the 2001 model year and the sedan and coupe came under the name DODGE STRATUS.
Double sports cars in Western Europe are sold annually about 100 thousand. A significant share of this market sector since 1996, holds MERCEDES-BENZ model SLK (abbreviation from the German words “sport”, “lightweight”, “compact”), the Main difference from competitors — a unique mechanism of folding metal roof. The actuator raises or lowers it for only 25 seconds. A significant drawback of the car is a small useful volume of the trunk when there’s a hidden roof.
Every year in the U.S., sold to 450 thousand SUVs this model, which gives reason to talk about him as “popular” American jeep. The growing popularity of this car in Russia. The first FORD EXPLORER came into the family Ford models in 1990, but in 1995 it underwent a major modernization, which was largely in the improvement of the exterior, replacement of rigid front axle with leaf springs on the independent suspension and the failure of conventional u-joints in favor of the CV joints in front wheel drive.
The first car brand PORSCHE 356, released on 8 June 1948, was a two-seat Roadster created using components and assemblies of the legendary “Beetle”. And in 1951 started his career as a sports PORSCHE with a 44-strong engine working volume of 1100 cm3, which developed a speed of 160 km/h.
When a brilliant businessman errett Cord Lobben included in the 20-ies of the last century in his financial Empire small firm Duesenberg Motors, he first instructed the members of our talented designers, engineers and businessmen, the brothers Friedrich and August Dusenberg, regardless of the cost, to create the best car in the world.
By the early 1930s, one of the centers of the nascent Soviet motorcycle could be the city of Kharkov. Here in the capital of Soviet Ukraine, on the territory of the former sugar factory was organized car Assembly plant – HAZ, was introduced in the “Automotiveaddicts” Association “Ukrnet”.
In the family of PEUGEOT has a car class. Your first car, Armand Peugeot in collaboration with Leon serpolle built in the nineteenth century — it was heavy and bulky three-wheeled carriage with a steam engine, which has not successfully exhibited at the world exhibition in Paris in 1889. And who knows what would be in the future fate of Armand Peugeot, the owner of a small Bicycle factory in Beaulieu, if he had not met at the exhibition with Emile Levasseur and Gottlieb Daimler.
