Audi 920

The Audi 920 is a car that the Audi works 1938 built as a successor to the Model 225 UW herausbrachten. His engine was developed from a Horch eight-cylinder engine series. Originally, the car production was smaller than demands of the market. However the Auto Union chose to place Audi between the major Horch and the smaller hikers models. For capacity reasons, it like his predecessor was the reason the Horch factory was built.

The vehicle had a 6-cylinder OHV in-line engine with 3.3 liters fitted front. He developed 75 hp at 3000 1/min. Over a 4-speed gearbox with gear lever in the middle of the car he drove to the rear wheels. The car with Kastenrehmen had independent suspension with front and upper arms Querblattfeder bottom and a floating axle rear. It was a 4-door sedan (6 windows) or 2-door convertible (4 windows) available.
With its wartime setting 1940 after about 1,200 copies disappeared, the last prewar Audi.

Audi 18/70 PS Typ M

The Audi Type M is a car of the upper class, the Audi works at the 1923 Berlin Motor Show and 1924 presented in series as a successor to the smaller type K herausbrachten.
The vehicle had a 6-cylinder OHC-line engine with 4.7 liters fitted front. It developed 70 hp at 3000 1/min. The engine had an eight-fold stored crankshaft, with forced lubrication oil cooler and a thermostat with controlled water cooling. Over a 4-speed gearbox with gear lever in the middle of the car he drove to the rear wheels. The wagon had two blattgefederte rigid and already four-wheel hydraulic brakes. It was a 4-door Pullman limousine available. The price of cars brought the Audi works very closeto the bankruptcy.
But in 1927 there were 228 copies produced. Successor was the 1928 made Audi Type R.

Hispano – Suiza

Hispano-Suiza was originally Spanish-Swiss luxury automotive and engineering firm (actually, from 1923 on, two different companies) best known for their cars, engines (including world famous aviation engines) and weapons designs in the pre-World War II period. Today they are part of the French SAFRAN Group, while the Spanish company in 1946 sold all their automotive assets to Enasa, the maker of Pegaso trucks and sport cars.

The First Benz 1885.

The first Benz, a three-wheeled vehicle with a steel frame in the shape of a horseshoe, 1885. This car was first driven in public in Mannheim, Ger., on July 3, 1886, where a speed of 15 km (9 miles) per hour was reached.

Jaguar XK 140 roadster

When the doors at Earls Court opened for the annual London Motor Show in October 1948, car-starved Britons virtually besieged the Jaguar stand. The reason: the all-new XK-120. Easily the star of the show, it was the slinkiest, sexiest, most modern sports car ever seen on the Sceptred Isle.
With curvaceous flush-fender bodywork and a smooth, powerful new twincam six, it marked a complete design departure from prewar British practice, yet many enthusiasts viewed it as the direct successor to the lithe and lovely SS100 of 1937-1940. It was equally a bold symbol of Britain's postwar industrial recovery, and would prove to have wide appeal on both sides of the Atlantic. In this country, it would be as important as the MG TC in fueling the sports car fever that ultimately led to a raft of domestic two-seaters, the Chevrolet Corvette and Ford's Thunderbird in particular.
For these and other reasons, the XK-120 and its XK-140 and XK-150 descendants have long been acknowledged as among the most romantic and influential sports cars ever built. Needless to say, they've been highly sought after collectible automobiles almost from the day the last of the breed gave way to another trend-setting Jaguar, the sensuous E-type.

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing coupe

Daimler-Benz AG was established in 1926 with the merger of Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz's companies. The company formed its US subsidiary, Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc. in 1964 after ending its joint venture with Studebaker-Packard. Mercedes-Benz's first automobile to be sold in the US was its 300SL Gullwing coupe, which won the 1952 Le Mans championship in Mexico. Sales of Mercedes-Benz automobiles remained strong until a sudden decline in 1991, which forced the company to develop new pricing and marketing approaches.
Mercedes-Benz, the world's oldest automaker, was in the United States for almost a decade before the American industry got its start.

Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car produced in Great Britain in various forms from 1965 to 1980. The car was the manufacturer's response to claims that it was falling behind the times, and had lost contact with modern developments. It was the first Rolls-Royce to use a monocoque chassis, and to date has the largest production volume of any Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud

The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud was the core model of the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars range from April 1955 until March 1966. It replaced the Silver Dawn and was, in turn, replaced by the Silver Shadow. As part of a range rationalisation it is very similar, apart from the radiator, to the Bentley S1. The design was a major change from the pre-war models and the highly derivative Silver Dawn. The main design work was by J. P. Blatchley.

Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn

The Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is a car that was produced by Rolls-Royce at their Crewe works between 1949 and 1955. It was the first Rolls-Royce car to be offered with a factory built body which it shared, along with its chassis, with the Bentley Mark VI until 1952 and then the Bentley R Type until production finished in 1955. The car was intended as an export only model and most were left hand drive with column gear shift. Only with the R Type based model was it officially available on the home market. A mere 785 were produced between 1949 and 1955, as opposed to over 7500 Bentleys over the same time period. Early models had a different fascia (dashboard) from their Bentley counterparts. Later models were differentiated only by the entwined R-R logos on the gauges, hubcaps, engine covers, etc plus the different bonnet on the standard steel saloon as well as the square radiator. The in-line six cylinder, engine had overhead inlet and side exhaust valves and had a capacity of 4257 cc until 1951 when it was enlarged to 4566 cc. The carburettor was a single downdraught Stromberg until 1952 when it was replaced by a Zenith. A four speed manual gearbox was fitted to all cars at first with a 3 speed automatic becoming an option in 1952 and standard in 1953. Only the Rolls Royce models offered an automatic transmission. The suspension was independent at the front using coil springs, at the rear the live axle used half elliptic leaf springs. The car had a separate chassis made with traditional riveted construction until 1953 after which it was welded. Servo assisted 12.25 in (311 mm) drum brakes were used, hydraulically operated at the front but retaining mechanical operation at the rear. Although many cars were fitted with factory built bodies, others were supplied to external coachbuilders.

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