8/27/2023 0 Comments 1996 mazda protege bumperLaunch of Buick’s first ad slogan “When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them.” Advertising built around exaggerated examples. Sold Buick in 1904 to James Whiting, brought in William C. Previously invented the overhead valve engine. Here’s how GM tells the story of early Buick:īuick Motor Division incorporated in Flint, MI by David Dunbar Buick from Scotland. This stately car comes from the early days of Buick. 1926 Buick Standard Six – $21,000 Hemmings Seller It’s $13,750 from the seller in Jacksonville, Florida. This final-year car is said to be restored and it runs and drives well. Power in this 1973 NSU Prinz 4L comes from a 598cc twin making 30 HP and 32 lb-ft torque. It was a great success and sales skyrocketed. The designers at NSU thought the Chevrolet Corvair was an attractive automobile and decided to style the Prinz 4 after the Corvair. NSU realized that if they sought to sell small cars in volume numbers they needed a car with a more appealing style. While the NSU Prinz 1, 2, and 3 were inexpensive, economical cars, they were not considered stylish. The Prinz line was updated several times, and was quite successful, remaining in production well into the 1970s. Introduced at the 1957 Frankfurt Motor Show, NSU’s tagline read, “Fahre Prinz und Du bist König”, i.e. In 1955 development began on a small 4-seater car, and in 1956 the first NSU Prinz cars rolled off the line. This brings us to what you see here today, from the Lane Motor Museum: Hemmings Seller Despite that, the company saw a future decline in motorcycles and shifted to cars. After its restart, NSU eventually became the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer. It also kept the Kettenkrad in production but as a civilian vehicle. In World War II, the company made the NSU HK101, a half-tracked motorcycle.Īfter the war, NSU returned to this blown-up plant and restarted production of its pre-war motorcycles. During World War I, NSU built trucks and motorcycles for the German army. NSU started building cars in 1907, pausing in the late 1920s as its motorcycles proved to be popular. NSU was trademarked in 1892 and the company’s first motorcycle was built in 1901. NSU Motorenwerke AG was founded in 1873 as “ Mechanische Werkstätte zur Herstellung von Strickmaschinen,” a knitting machine manufacturer. Here’s a little classic car that will turn heads without breaking the bank. Here’s what I’m looking at this week! 1973 NSU Prinz 4L – $13,750 Hemmings Seller Out of the other end, I generated a list of vehicles where the most expensive example is $32,900. This week, I’ve challenged myself to find a bunch of cool vehicles for well under $50,000. Some of the vehicles I find are purely window shopping for everyone but maybe Beau. Some of them are cheap and some of them are not. Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness turns the long lists of vehicles I’d love to buy into something for you all to enjoy. At the same time, I love building a list of cars, trucks, and motorcycles that I would buy if I had the money to buy them. I’m always looking for the next deal, but most of the time, I’m left empty-handed. Welcome back to Mercedes’ Marketplace Madness! As you know, I love picking up dirt-cheap cars, motorcycles, and campers, then telling you lovely readers about the dumb things that I do with them.
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