PERFORMANCE AUTO CARRIER - Key Persons

What would you do if you are blessed with fair amounts of car racing talent, a genuine passion for automobiles and your enthusiasm is so large that when converted into electricity, a small town could get power? You simply start your own car production and sales company, and this is the basis of the story of the Aston Martin brand. Robert and Bamford Martin were as successful as Kurt Cobain's Nirvana. However, Robert and Martin's version of Nirvana was created from scratch through various partnerships that ultimately gave birth to the luxury car brand. The genesis of Aston Martin can be traced back to 1913, just after Martin became the winner of the famous Aston Hill race. The two produced their first car two years later when they fitted a four-cylinder Coventry simplex engine into a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini chassis. But their plans to start production had to hold on for a while following the outbreak of the First World War when the two joined the army. After the war was over, Aston Martin would prevail after the company was refunded to resume its operations. However, Bamford did not stick around for a long time and left Aston Martin in 1920. But a wealthy investor saw the potential of the brand and pumped in money for its rejuvenation. The investment by Count Louis Zborowski brought results almost overnight and the benefits of the delicious technological improvements were further complemented by more wins on the racing trucks. In 1922, the company produced vehicles for the French Grand Prix competitions. In addition to gaining fame by participating in some of the most competitive races during that time, Aston Martin cars also collected lots of acclaims by posting new spends and enduring records. The chassis types used back then became to be known as the winning trio, with chassis number 1915 at the top and being supported by chassis number 1914 and 1916 on the sides. However, the wave of success that catapulted Aston Martin to new heights hit a solid wall due to bankruptcy in 1924. However, it managed to survive after being purchased by Lady Charnwood who appointed her son as part of the management. Charnwood's son was however unable to face the challenges of the management roles bestowed on him and the company failed again, for yet another year. By 1926, the doors were closed and Lionel Martin followed in the footsteps of his former business associate. We can provide Canada car transport with insurance for your Aston Martin.

Louis Renault expanded the scope of his company after the end of World War I in 1918 to agricultural and industrial machinery, introducing new products derived from military developments during the war. The first Renault tractor produced from 1919 and 1930 derived from the Renault FT tank. In the 1920s, Renault produced a range of cars from small to very large. Iin 1928, when Renault produced 45,809 cars, there was a range of factory bodies of up to eight styles, and the number of models varied with size, the smaller more popular, the larger less so. The most expensive body style in each range was the closed car. Open roadsters and tourers were cheapest. Renault also introduced in 1928 the designation "Stella," an upgrade specification for larger cars. Vivastellas and Grand Renaults had upgraded interior fittings designated by a small star above the Renault diamond logo on the hood. The small star proved to be a winner as a market differentiator, and in the 1930s all car names changed to the -stella suffix from the previous two-letter model identifiers. After World War II, on untried accusations of collaboration the government expropriated the company from Louis Renault after his death in 1944 and nationalized it as Régie Nationale des Usines Renault, the only factories so expropriated. During the war, Renault had developed the rear-engine 4CV launched in 1946. The 4CV competed with the Morris Minor and the Volkswagen Beetle and sold more than half a million cars during its production run to 1961. After the 4CV success, Renault defied the Ministry of Industrial Production, which wanted Renault to manufacture trucks only, by developing the Dauphine, which sold well as the company extended sales abroad to Africa and North America. The Renault 4, a two-door, four-door, or hatchback economy car produced between 1961 and 1992, was the company's first-front-wheel drive family car. Eventually Renault built over eight million, a commercial success due to fortuitous timing and meritorious design. The Renault 12 family car launched at the 1969 Paris Motor Show and stayed in production in France until 1980 and under license in many countries into the early 21st Century. The European press praised its spacious, comfortable interior, styling, performance, and low fuel consumption. In sales, 2,500,000 vehicles, the Renault 12 was successful. In North America, Renault entered into a partnership with American Motors (AMC) in the 1980s. The first Renault model sold through AMC dealerships was the Le Car. When the four-wheel drive truck market collapsed in early 1980, Renault bailed AMC out at the price of a 47.5-percent controlling interest in the company. The Renault Alliance, which debuted for the 1983 model year, received Motor Trend's domestic Car of the Year award in 1983. Assembled at the AMC Kenosha, Wisconsin plant, the Alliance's 72-percent American content qualified it as a domestic vehicle. Renault sold some interesting models in the USA during the '80s, the Alliance GTA and GTA convertible, the Fuego coupe, and the Encore, an Alliance-based hatchback. Eventually, Renault sold AMC to Chrysler in 1987. The Renault Medallion sedan and wagon sold from 1987 to 1989 through Jeep-Eagle, the new division Chrysler created from AMC. After 50 years of government ownership perhaps detrimental to its growth, Renault obtained privatization in 1996. In 1999 the Renault-Nissan Alliance followed, the first of its kind between Japanese and French companies. In 2000, Renault acquired a controlling stake in the Samsung automotive division.

Owen Bentley, before founding Bentley Motors, was a designer who made reliable rotary engines for aircrafts during the First World War. Before being notorious with his Bentley BR1 aero engine during the same war, he got into partnership with H.M, his brother, and together, they sold D.F.P cars. It was during this partnership that he thought of establishing his own car manufacturing company, and consequently the birth of Bentley Motors. Soon after forming Bentley Motors in January 1919 during the London Motor Show, Bentley was exhibiting a chassis with an engine replica. His design became an immediate success and soon after, he was literally overwhelmed with orders. However, the company was not in a position to fulfill all the orders, and managed only to ship the first car one year after the original estimated time.