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For the 1954 model year, Hudson reskinned the senior line of large cars, Hornet, Super Wasp, and Wasp. Hudson also simplified the 1954 model year full-size cars to include the longer wheelbase Hornet featuring 308 cu in (5.0 L) I6 engine, while the Wasp models continued the 119 in (3,023 mm) wheelbase. A new linear front-to-rear body ...
The Hornet, introduced for the 1951 model year, was based on Hudson's "step-down" design [5] that was first seen in the 1948 model year on the Commodore.Unlike a unibody, the design did not fully merge the body and chassis frame into a single structure, but the floor pan footwells recessed down, in between the car's chassis rails, which were, in turn, routed around them – instead of a ...
1947 Commodore Eight Convertible 1949 Hudson Commodore 4-Door Sedan 1951 Hornet Club Coupé 1952 Hornet Sedan Hudson Hornet race car. Production resumed after the war and included a 128 in (3,251 mm) wheelbase three-quarter-ton pickup truck. [28] In 1948, the company launched its "step-down" bodies, which lasted through the 1954 model year.
The AMC Hornet is a compact automobile manufactured and marketed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1970 through 1977—in two- and four-door sedan, station wagon, and hatchback coupe configurations. The Hornet replaced the compact Rambler American line, marking the end of the Rambler marque in the American and Canadian markets.
The town's local judge and doctor is a 1951 Hudson Hornet named Doc Hudson (voiced by Paul Newman), who turns out to be the actual Fabulous Hudson Hornet himself. Doc Hudson closely resembles the real "Fabulous Hudson Hornet." [19] He shares many of the same records as the real car, although their fates differ. His number is 51, a reference to ...
The Nash-Kelvinator/Hudson deal was a straight stock transfer (three shares of Hudson listed at 11 + 1 ⁄ 8, for two shares of American Motors and one share of Nash-Kelvinator listed at 17 + 3 ⁄ 8, for one share of American Motors) and finalized in the spring of 1954, forming the fourth-biggest auto company in the U.S. with assets of US$355 ...
In 1954 the Nash Ambassador was the first American automobile to have a front-end, fully integrated heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system. [50] The heating and ventilation system was called Weather Eye and now could be equipped with Nash-Kelvinators' advanced Automobile air conditioning unit. [ 51 ]
Hudson cars were very popular in NASCAR in the early 1950s, in particular the Hudson Hornet, now known as well for its prominence in the 2006 Pixar animated movie, Cars. Its early popularity was due to its sleek design, low center of gravity and excellent handling, but they failed to keep up with the rest of the industry by mid-decade.