Thursday 30th August 1945

A pale green Super Six coupe rolled off the Hudson Company’s assembly line, the first post-World War II car to be produced by the car manufacturer. Like all other US marques, Hudson had halted production of civilian cars in order to produce armaments during the war. The Super Six boasted the first modern, high-compression L-head motor, though its name was derived from the original Hudson-manufactured engine produced in 1916. The name stayed, though the engines became more sophisticated.