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A roadster is an open two-seat car with emphasis on sporting appearance or character. Initially an American term for a two-seat car with no weather protection, its usage has spread internationally and has evolved to include two-seat convertibles.
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A voiturette is a miniature automobile.
The Ford Model F is an automobile produced by Ford. It was a development of the Model A and Model C, but was larger, more modern, and more luxurious. Production started in 1905 and ended in 1906 after about 1,000 were made. It was built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant. It was a four-seater phaeton with running boards and a side-entrance tonneau standard. It was priced from US$1,000 to US$1,200.
Automobile was an American automobile magazine founded in 1986 by a group of former Car and Driver employees, led by David E. Davis with support from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, using the credo No Boring Cars. From 2014-202, Automobile had been absorbed by the Motor Trend Group.
Automobiles Martini is a constructor of Formula racing cars from France, founded by Renato "Tico" Martini in 1965, when Martini and partner Bill Knight founded the Winfield Racing School at the Magny-Cours circuit, in France. Martini's first car was the MW1 in 1967, a single seater for the racing driving school, from which was derived a Formula Three car, MW1A built in 1968.
The Otro Ford was a Spanish automobile manufactured from 1922 until 1924. As its name implied, it was heavily based on the Ford Model T, and was similar to the English Maiflower.
The Renault Type CB Town Car was an automobile manufactured between 1912 and 1933 by Renault.
The Everitt was an American automobile manufactured from 1909 until 1912 by the Metzger Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan.
The El Fenix was a Spanish automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1904.
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Hispano Alemán was a Spanish automobile constructor which entered production in 1970 and disappeared in 1976. It was founded by the German businessman Werner Bernhard Heiderich (1935-2008). The company built four sports car replicas: Mallorca, Castilla, Vizcaya and BMW 328.
The Ehrhardt-Szawe was a German automobile manufactured between 1924 and 1925. It was formed when Ehrhardt took over operations for the Szawe company of Berlin-Reinickendorf. The resulting car, a 2570cc 10/50 hp ohc six-cylinder, was designed without regard to cost; even its radiator was made of German silver.
A vis-à-vis is a carriage in which the passengers sit face to face with the front passengers facing rearward and the rear passengers facing forward. The term comes from the French vis-à-vis, meaning face to face.
David Burgess-Wise is a motoring author, enthusiast, and automobile historian.
Black Crow automobiles were manufactured from 1909 until 1911 by the Crow Motor Car Company in Elkhart, Indiana, and sold by the Black Motor Company.
Stellantis Europe S.p.A., formerly known as Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. from 2007 to 2014 and FCA Italy S.p.A. from 2014 to 2023, is the Italian subsidiary of the multinational automaker Stellantis, dedicated to the production and selling of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles and headquartered in Turin, Italy.
Brannan Island is a small island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. It is part of Sacramento County, California, and is managed by Reclamation District 2067. Its coordinates are 38°07′19″N121°38′37″W, and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as −13 ft (−4.0 m) in 1981. A "Brannan Island", with the same location but a slightly different shape, is labeled on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold as well as an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.
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- David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Automobile
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