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1. Jet Crash: Hudson's Compact Jet
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When it was first announced in 1952, Hudson officials thought the compact Jet would be a renaissance for the venerable automaker. Today, many historians will tell you it was Hudson's fatal mistake. This ...
As the 1950s dawned, Packard was down, but not yet out. In 1952, a hotshot salesman from the appliance industry tried to turn it around with new tactics and new technology. He came close to succeeding, ...
As we saw in our first installment, Kaiser-Frazer's initial success in the postwar automotive boom came to an abrupt end in 1949. The debacle that followed ended the partnership of Henry J. Kaiser and ...
It seemed like a sure thing: an alliance between the auto industry's most dynamic and respected salesman and one of the 20th century's most visionary industrialists. It was a partnership that promised ...
5. Step-Down: The 1948-1954 Hudsons
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Best known today for the "Fabulous Hudson Hornets" of 1951-1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash in 1954 to form the American Motors Corporation, disappearing as a separate marque in 1957. ...