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[2] [3] This idea moved Malzoni to create a prototype racing car, developed on his farm in Matão in the interior of São Paulo. It had the support of Veículos e Máquinas Agrícolas S.A. (Vemag), the Brazilian DKW representative, who supplied an engine and rolling chassis with the goal of unseating Willys at the Autodromo de Interlagos. The ...
Founded in 1899 as 'Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company' and acquired by General Motors in 1908. Cadillac: Founded as Henry Ford Company in 1901, renamed to Cadillac following Henry Ford's departure in 1902. Acquired by General Motors in 1909. Chevrolet: Founded in 1911 and acquired by General Motors in 1918. GMC
Xiaomi Auto (小米汽车; legally Xiaomi Automobile Co Ltd [1]) is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Beijing; it is a subsidiary of Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi. Founded in 2021 by Lei Jun, the company mainly develops and manufactures electric vehicles.
The X-Type, codenamed X400, [6] launched in 2001 to compete in the compact executive class dominated by the rear-wheel drive BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, despite Ford/Jaguar having no directly competitive platform. [4] Instead, the X-type used a modified version of the front-drive Ford CD132 platform shared with the contemporary Ford ...
Japanese automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda, among many others, have long been considered the leaders in the segment of small fuel-efficient cars. [9] A major contributing factor to their success was when their vehicles benefitted from the 1973 oil crisis which at the time drastically changed market situations and had a major impact on the automotive industry.
The X-90 was the base vehicle for Red Bull's advertising vehicles, which featured a 1.5 m (5') mockup of the company's product can mounted over the trunk. [2] In October 2013, Top Gear Magazine placed the X-90 on its list of The 13 Worst Cars of the Last 20 Years. [4]
The Mercedes-Benz X-Class (W470) is a pickup truck that was sold by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz, a division of German multinational company Daimler AG.Unveiled at a world premiere in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2017, the pickup took its chassis from the Nissan Navara and employed many Mercedes-specific features and technologies, including some engines not shared with the Navara.
ZX Auto has two vehicle factories and a R&D center. [3] While one factory and the R&D center are likely located in Baoding, Hebei, where the company is based, [citation needed] the second factory may be in Changchun as ZX Auto has part-ownership of a production base in this city with Changling Group Co Ltd. [14] In late 2010, it started construction of a new plant in Yichang, Hubei, that will ...