Hudson Motor Car Co.

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The company logo
Hudson Super Six Series J Phaeton (1917)
Hudson Eight Indianapolis, 1933
Hudson Super Eight Model 493 (1949)
Hudson Pacemaker (1952)

Hudson Motor Car Co. is a former American automobile company that existed from 1909 to 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash Motors to form American Motors Corporation (AMC).

history

The Hudson Motor Car Company was founded in Detroit in 1909 . It was named after Joseph Lowthian Hudson , who raised the start-up capital for the company. The company soon acquired a reputation as an innovative automobile manufacturer. The following standard equipment features appeared for the first time in vehicles of the Hudson brand:

By the end of the 1930s, Hudson had worked its way up to third place on the American manufacturer list with up to 300,000 vehicles a year. In 1929, only Ford and Chevrolet made more cars.

Cheaper vehicles were brought out under the name Essex (until 1931) and Terraplane (from 1932). In 1954 the company was merged with Nash Motors to form the American Motors Corporation . The Hudson models - all technically obsolete at the time - were discontinued immediately after the merger.

Motorsport

In the 1950s, Hudson was a popular brand in the NASCAR series; Dick Rathmann in particular relied on a Hudson Hornet in all of his 128 races between 1951 and 1958 and was able to achieve 13 victories and as many pole positions .

Trivia

Due to the widespread use of the brand, John Steinbeck chose the Hudson Super Six as his protagonist's vehicle in the novel The Fruits of Wrath .

In the Disney / Pixar film " Cars ", the character of Doc Hudson is played by a Hudson Hornet.

The first car Hoke Miss Daisy drove around in was a Hudson Super Eight .

Timeline of the models

Model year Models
1911 Model 20
1912 Model 20, model 33
1913 Model 37, model 54
1914 Six-40, Six-54
1915 Six-40, Six-54
1916 Six-40
1917 Super Six
1918 Super Six
1919 Super Six
1920 Super Six
1921 Super Six
1922 Super Six
1923 Super Six
1924 Super Six
1925 Super Six
1926 Super Six
1927 Super Six
1928 Super Six
1929 Greater Hudson
1930 Greater Eight
1931 Greater Eight
1932 Greater Eight Standard , Greater Eight Sterling , Grater Eight Major
1933 Super Six , Pacemaker Standard Eight , Pacemaker Major Eight
1934 Standard Eight , DeLuxe Eight , Challenger
1935 Big Six , Special Eight , Custom Eight , DeLuxe Eight , Country Club Eight
1936 Custom Six , Custom Eight , Deluxe Eight
1937 Custom Six , Custom Eight , Deluxe Eight
1938 112 , Terraplane DeLuxe , Super Terraplane , Custom Six , Custom Eight , Deluxe Eight
1939 112 , Pacemaker , Six , Country Club Six , Country Club Eight
1940 Traveler Six , DeLuxe Six , Super Six , Country Club Six , Eight , DeLuxe Eight , Country Club Eight
1941 Traveler Six , DeLuxe Six , Super Six , Commodore Six , Commodore Eight , Commodore Custom Eight
1942 Traveler Six , DeLuxe Six , Commodore Eight , Commodore Custom Eight
1943 no manufacturing
1944 no manufacturing
1945 no manufacturing
1946 Super Six , Commodore Six , Super Eight , Commodore Eight
1947 Super Six , Commodore Six , Super Eight , Commodore Eight
1948 Super Six , Commodore Six , Super Eight , Commodore Eight
1949 Super Six , Commodore Custom Six , Super Eight , Commodore Custom Eight
1950 Pacemaker , Super Six , Commodore Six , Super Eight , Commodore Eight
1951 Pacemaker Custom , Super Custom Six , Commodore Custom Six , Commodore Custom Eight
1952 Pacemaker , Hornet , Wasp , Commodore Six , Commodore Eight
1953 Jet , Super Jet , Hornet , Wasp
1954 Metropolitan , Jet , Super Jet , Hornet Special , Super Wasp , Italia
1955 Metropolitan , Rambler , Super Hornet , Wasp , Super Wasp
1956 Metropolitan , Rambler , Hornet , Wasp
1957 Metropolitan , Hornet , Super Hornet

literature

Web links

Commons : Hudson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files