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Classic Car Profiles

Want to learn more about your favorite classic car? We’ve put together a resource library that contains great information on a wide variety of car makers and the fabulous models they produced. Take an up close and personal look at the cars that have fascinated millions for the last one hundred years.
How The AC Cobra Was Born
How does a car company that started out making three wheeled delivery vehicles, evolve into producing one of the fastest sports cars around? You're about to find out.
Bugatti - Is it an Auto or is it Art?
In 1909, Ettore Bugatti began producing cars instead of art like the rest of his family. But to the car enthusiast, a Bugatti is a work of art.
The Duesenberg - It's a Doosey
The Duesenberg, was it a race car or a luxury car? Actually, it was both.
General Motors - 100 Years of History
General Motors started out in 1908 as a holding company for Buick. One hundred years later, over nine million General Motors cars and trucks are being produced globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall.
The Pontiac - A Story of Trial and Error
How to do take a horse drawn carriage and make it into a horseless carriage? It's not as easy as one might think.
Renault - How it All Began
It was the genius and initiative of Louis Renault that makes this marque the oldest surviving French auto company, and well known for numerous revolutionary designs, security technologies, and motor racing.
Sunbeam - How it all Began
When most car folks hear the name Sunbeam, the first model that may come to mind is the 1967 Tiger. But this little car maker broke land speed records and won Grand Prix races.
Volkswagen - The Peoples Car
Under the orders of Adolf Hitler, the VW Beetle was initially designed to provide cheap transport for the hard working German masses.

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