Summary
Harwood Motors is an automotive make based out of Montreal, Canada. In its origins, the company was a heavy industries company, producing various utilitarian equipment, and, during WW2, was building vehicles for the Allied war effort. In the postwar years, the company shifted focus to rivaling the United States’s Automotive industry, with the production of diverse variety of cars, ranging from typical fleet and family cars to comfortable cruisers and roaring muscle cars. Over the years, the company grew to become an important cornerstone of the North American car market, producing various performance and luxury icons, as well as the everyday cars you see on the streets of the American continent.
The Cars
Three seperate examples of the Harwood Chieftain
Over the decades, various cars have come and gone, however the most iconic models of the company include:
- Harwood Chieftain - A mid-size car from 1967 to 1989, and then a full size from 1990 to 2011
- Harwood Tomahawk - A compact-based performance coupe
- Harwood H-series - A dependable truck range
- Harwood Montérégien (Monteregian) - A full size luxury oriented car from 1967 to 1989. Became a luxury trim level on 1990 and newer Chieftains
- Harwood Caravelle - A pure V8 sports car like no other
- Harwood Lakota - An affordable compact option
- Harwood Champlain - A newer mid-size design from 1990, meant to take the Chieftain’s old position
- Harwood Comanche - An SUV, with the ruggedness of a truck and the practicality of a wagon
- Harwood Apache - A crossover, practical, safe family car
- Harwood Maori - A mid-size Ute based off the Chieftain
- Harwood Blackmore - A prestigious sporty luxury coupe of the 90’s
The cars themselves will be discussed in detail further in this thread (note - a lot of these cars are not yet done, I’ll progressively add on to this topic as more cars are finished)