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The Rearview Mirror: A Sports Car from a Company You’ve Never Heard Of – Beragampengetahuan
The 1951 Jowett Jupiter in competition in Lisbon. Photo credit: RM Sothebys It was the unlikeliest of cars from the unlikeliest of automaker. It was the Jowett Jupiter, the only sports car built by Jowett Cars, Ltd. — a longtime British manufacturer of 2-cylinder automobiles. Introduced this week at the London Motor Show in 1949, it would go […]
The Rearview Mirror: Not General Motors’ Cup of Tea – Beragampengetahuan
1927 Austin 7 Coupe. Photo credit: RM Sothebys This week in 1925, General Motors drops its bid to buy Austin Motor Co. after financial disagreements scuttle the deal. During its pre-bankruptcy era, GM’s overseas car-manufacturing operations consisted of Adam Opel A.G. in Germany, Vauxhall Motors Ltd. in England, and General Motors Holden in Australia. The […]