A family sedan once beat purpose-built race cars at their own game.

Established in 1909, Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator to form American Motors Corporation (AMC) in 1954. Three years later, the brand was discontinued. It's been nearly 70 years ...

Established in 1909, the Hudson Motor Car Company disappeared in 1957, three years after it merged with Nash-Kelvinator to form the American Motors Corporation (AMC). While largely forgotten outside ...

In the early 1950s, American car culture was obsessed with one thing: bigger engines with more cylinders. The V8 was quickly becoming king, and Detroit's giants were racing to prove who built the ...

The Hornet has lived many lives. The Hornet name, that is. It was first used on the Hudson Hornet, which became one of the most famous stock car racers of the 1950s and was later immortalized in the ...

When NASCAR races had actual stock cars on the track, this was the one to drive in 1953. The original engine in the 1953 Hornet was a 308-cubic-inch (5.0-liter) flathead straight-six, but someone ...