To maintain Chrysler’s styling innovation, the Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton was initially released in 1941 as the Golden Arrow. Just five examples were made by LeBaron for a national tour including a stop at the 1941 Indianapolis 500.

Car building was just turning a page in 1941 when all car building was halted for the war effort. Building slowly began in 1946 using many of the prewar designs.

The Tucker 48 (named after its model year) is an automobile conceived by Preston Tucker and briefly produced in Chicago in 1948. Only 51 cars were made before the company folded on March 3, 1949, due to negative publicity initiated by the news media, a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and a heavily publicized stock fraud trial (in which allegations were proven baseless in court with a full acquittal).

Cord was the brand name of an American automobile company from Connersville, Indiana, manufactured by the Auburn Automobile Company from 1929 to 1932 and again in 1936 and 1937.

New Zephyr bodies were introduced for 1940. The following year, the models were powered by an L-head V-12 engine offering 120 horsepower. Total production for 1941 totaled 21,994 cars, including 1,150 three-window coupes. By 1941, the 'big Lincoln' was gone and three cars were available - the Lincoln-Zephyr, the Lincoln Continental or the Lincoln Custom. All were built on the Lincoln-Zephyr chassis and all were powered by the Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 motor.

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