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The Autocar Model U8144T, officially "5- to 6-Ton, 4×4, Ponton Tractor Truck", (supply catalog number G511) was the largest, and most heavy-duty, of a family of heavy four-wheel drive trucks developed for, and deployed primarily with, the United States Army in World War II.
The car was a very limited success, and only 140 examples were built by the time production ended in 1996. In 1993 the SR 50 and SR 80 scooters were revived. [ 60 ] By 1997 revived production of the SR series totalled 3,100 examples, and production continued until 2002. [ 60 ]
The primary version was a heavy utility passenger off-road vehicle, officially designated as Car, Heavy Utility, 4x4 (FWD), Humber. [3] It was the only four-wheel-drive passenger car produced in the United Kingdom during the war. [1] Production began in May 1941 and continued until the end of the war, [4] with approximately 6,500 units ...
The word "Jeep" was first used to describe US Army "midget cars" in a January 1941 newspaper article, mentioning "Bantam" as the manufacturer. [22] At the time American Bantam was the only manufacturer that had actually fulfilled purchase orders to deliver Jeeps to the US Army. Rumors say "Jeep" is a phonetic pronunciation of the abbreviation GP.
The 1½ and 2 ton models were the mainstay of truck production until the 1926 introduction of heavier four ton units, with four-cylinder engines and also a six-cylinder Dorman bus chassis. Commercial vehicles began to supplant automobiles as Vulcan's main product around this time, with buses and light (¾ ton) military vehicles alongside the ...
Crosley had nearly 5,000 of the engines on hand when auto production ceased in 1942, and hoped to put them to use in war-time production of miniature vehicles. One vehicle prototype was the 1942–1943 Crosley CT-3 "Pup," a lightweight, single-passenger, four-wheel-drive vehicle that was transportable and air-droppable from a C-47 Skytrain .
The last German-built DKW car was the F102, which ceased production in 1966. Its successor, the four-stroke F103 , was marketed under the Audi brand, another Auto Union marque. DKW-badged cars continued to be built under license in Brazil and Argentina until 1967 and 1969 respectively.
Produced by the Pacific Car & Foundry Co. as a more capable tank transporter than the Diamond T 980; 1,372 were produced during World War II. [69] Pierce-Arrow Model R 5-ton truck 4x2: 1917 Produced by Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company; over 19,000 were built, being used by the militaries of Britain, France, Russia and the US during World War I. [70]