Sir Alec Issigonis had already been successful with his own sports cars and he had been commissioned on a number of occasions to develop large saloons. But his favorite project, as he made it quite clear, was the construction of a simple, extremely functional and very affordable small car.

CHICAGO — In 1935, the United States’ population was a little more than 127 million. A first-class stamp cost 3 cents, Technicolor was introduced to motion pictures and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs in a tough World Series. It was also the year Chevrolet introduced the Suburban.

By Ted Biederman
Editor MotorwayAmerica.com

Years ago while at a Mustang Club owners meet celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Mustang, I was treated to a story about the introduction of the original Mustang in 1964 during the World’s Fair in New York City by a wonderful writer and Automotive Journalist Floyd Freel who was present for the festivities.

BMW was a dichotomy of a company in the first several decades of its existence. They had built some very successful roadsters and race cars and some excellent motorcycles. But post WWII brought about some significant changes in manufacturing, the economy and consumerism and BMW was ill prepared.

Audi celebrated 100 years in business in 2009. The original compnay was formed on Nov. 18, 1899, by August Horch (1868-1951) and started business as A. Horch & Cle. in the Ehrenfeld district of Cologne. The auto manufacturer that later became Audi was formed in July, 1909, when Horch left his originial company to form a new firm.