You can only see Hudson cars from 1909 to 1957 model year. Here is the list of all Hudson classic cars from the first Hudson model Twenty to the last 1957 Hudson Hornet. Although the production is not much compared to some other cars like Ford, you are still able to find some Hudson cars for sale through cars for sale market.

The first Hudson cars unveiled in 1909 as Hudson Model 20 and over 4,000 were sold in the first year. It was a very successful car in American market during 1909 and 1910.

In 1917, Hudson introduced another cool luxury car, the Phaeton. In 1929, which is Hudson’s peak year, 300,000 cars were produced in just a year and Hudson and Essex combined to become third largest U.S. car maker at that year. One of the famous 1929 Hudson model is the Hudson Model R 4-Door Landau.

In 1932, Hudson launched its new brand name, the Essex Terraplane on July 21. The most memorable history is the promotion of the car christening by Amelia Earhart who was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and missing on July 02, 1937. The restyled model from 1932 to 1933 were named Essex-Terraplane and 1934 model year named only Terraplane until 1938 the Terraplane was renamed to Hudson 112. From there we can see more and more Hudson cars in our world until today.

Hudson classic cars from 1936

Hudson cars from 1936 are fitted with more powerful engine which produced 93 hp to 124 hp. Some of the cool models are the Hudson Eight, Hudson Country Club Six Series, and Hudson Convertible Coupe. Hudson ceased its production from 1942 to 1946 until World War II has been stop.

In 1946, Hudson resumed its production and more cool cars have been built such as the Commodore Eight Convertible, Commodore 4-Door Sedan, and Hornet Coupe. In 1954, Hudson was acquired by Nash-Kelvinator and become American Motors. The Hudson name was still continued through the production and it was dropped until 1957 model year.

In 1952, Marshall Teague finished the 1952 AAA season with 1000 points lead over his closest rival and winning 12 of the 13 scheduled events. The Hornets driven by some famous NASCAR aces won 27 NASCAR races driving. The Hornet which has another nick as the “Fabulous Hudson Hornet” has won 66 times out of 108 times in NASCAR Grand National races from 1952 to 1954. That’s the reason why there is a Hudson Hornet appear in one of the most famous cars movie. In conclusion, Thanks to Joseph L. Hudson who had brought us a lot of cool Hudson cars.