The Continental Motor Company is founded in 1941 and it’s founded by Reynolds Leyland which is a engineer who left the Cadillac Motor Company and get his savings from the bank of $35,000 to make his own company at Chicago.
And at the same time he finished the factory and start mass producing military engines,tanks,vesicles,and jeeps in World War II.
And he established his company in 1941 and he made the Continental Motors Logo.
At 1946 he made a whopping $100,000 from military contract and set out to make his first car called the Versailles and also he always wanted to build a handcrafted high-end luxury car.His first car was the Versailles which is handcrafted and meant to compete with Lincoln and Cadillac.
And it’s Powered by a 5.0L Crossplane 32 Valve SOHC V8 which made 271 Horsepower which had 16 MPG that can be powered by regular leaded fuel.
And the whole car costs $17,1360.80 USD. And it outsold Lincoln and Cadillac and It was successful and Ford and GM was jealous of Continental Motors.
At the 1950’s the Company says the 1949 has been outdated and made a new look and called it the signature look.And the 50 is improved over 49.And now there is a new improved bigger and more powerful engine and looks.
But Cadillac and Lincoln are now entry level Luxury-Car makers and the Continental Motor Company made the Capriccio and the Bariva which are mass produced but not the Versallies.
The Capriccio is meant to compete with the High-End Models.
And there is a section of the factories where the Versallies is handcrafted and the massproduction section where the Capriccio and the Barvia is made.
And there is no space for the factory for the office and Henry Leyland bought a office for his headquarters
And exported Versailles to Britain for £116452.59 for the car.
Thanks and the reason why it’s that price because they are actually a small independent company like Packard,Hudson,Nash,and Studebaker and the reason why they are more expensive because the big three “Ford.General Motors,and Chrysler” can make more cars so they have a cheaper price.
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But in 1955 the Continental Motor Company is bought by Chrysler and sales were bad and had no time to put new models in production.
And used the office building as scratch and also used the factories to produce Chrysler Cars.
Hey, Pikaplayer. I couldn’t help but notice this thread, and I honestly really like what you’re doing here. And a 500 hp sports/luxury sedan in 1950? No doubt that would have blown away nearly every competitor on the road, and might even give Ferrari a run for their money!
