What is Hudson Motor Car Company?
{{Infobox company | name = Hudson Motor Car Company | caption = | fate = Merged with [[Nash-Kelvinator]] | successor = [[American Motors|American Motors Corporation]] (AMC) | foundation = {{Start date and age|1909|5|25}} | defunct = {{Start date and age|1954|7|4}} | location = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], United States | industry = [[Automobile]] | key_people = {{ubl|[[Joseph Lowthian Hudson|Joseph L. Hudson]]|[[Roy D. Chapin]]|[[A.E. Barit]]}} | products = [[Vehicle]]s | num_employees = <!-- peak number of employees --> | parent = <!-- former parent companies, if any --> | subsid = <!-- former subsidiaries, if any --> }} The '''Hudson Motor Car Company''' was an [[United States|American]] [[automobile]] [[manufacturing|manufacturer]], founded in [[Detroit, Michigan]] in 1909. They were well known for producing low-priced cars of good quality. They also [[wikt:pioneer|pioneered]] [[safety]] features in their cars, like [[dashboard]] [[wikt:warning|warning]] lights for [[motor oil|oil]] pressure and [[generator]] power. Hudson's [[production]] peak was in 1929, with 300,000 cars built in their [[factory|factories]] in America, [[Belgium]] and [[England]]. In 1954, Hudson merged with the Nash-Kelvinator Company, to form [[American Motors Corporation]]. American Motors (also known as AMC) became famous for their line of [[Jeep]] [[vehicle]]s (a [[wikt:civilian|civilian]] version of military Jeeps), and later [[Rambler (automobile)|Ramblers]], [[AMC Gremlin|Gremlins]], and [[AMC Pacer|Pacer]] cars. AMC was finally bought out by the [[Chrysler Corporation]], which still makes Jeep brand vehicles. ==In popular culture== [[Jack Kerouac]]'s novel ''[[On the Road]]'' describes [[road trip]]s made by Kerouac and his friend [[Neal Cassady]], driving a 1949 Hudson automobile. (Cassady ruined his car, driving cross-country at speeds over 100 miles per hour, without giving the car the [[:wikt:maintenance|maintenance]] it needed.) ==Gallery== <gallery> Hudson Super Six Phaeton 1929.jpg|Hudson Super Six Phaeton 1929 Hudson 8