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In the 1920s Packard and Cadillac were locked in fierce competition to make the largest engine possible. Packard had [...]

By 1922, Henry Ford’s Model T was losing sales to more upscale auto makers. In response, Ford boldly purchased the [...]

In the mid-1920s, General Motors was losing customers to rivals Chrysler, Packard, and Peerless. Those who wanted a car nicer [...]

Eddie Rickenbacker led a remarkable life. He started out as a famous race car driver, then became a flying [...]

From its beginnings in 1910, Franklin was an innovative automaker, especially well known for its trademark air-cooled engines. Franklin [...]

In the early twentieth century, Rolls Royce was generally considered to be the best car in the world. A huge [...]

Milburn was one of the more successful makers of electric automobiles. Their cars were priced low and were light [...]

The Simplex Automobile Company built costly, ultra-high quality automobiles, first from 1915-1919 and then again from 1922-1924. The designer [...]

In 1895, Colonel Albert Pope, an early bicycle proponent and manufacturer, noticed that bicycles were losing ground to a new [...]

This custom-built car was owned by Mrs. Theodate Pope Riddle, one of America’s foremost female architects.