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The Hudson Hornet is an automobile that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, between 1951 and 1954.
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The first-generation Hudson Hornets featured a functional "step-down" design with dropped floorpan and a chassis with a lower center of gravity than contemporary vehicles that helped the car handle well – a bonus for racing.
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The Hornet's lower and sleeker look was accented by streamlined styling.
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The design merged body and frame into a single structure, with the floor pan recessed between the car's frame rails instead of sitting on top of the frame.
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Hudson Hornets were available as a two-door coupe, four-door sedan, a convertible and a hardtop coupe.
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The combination of the Hudson engine with overall road-ability of the Hornets, plus the fact these cars were over engineered and over built, made them unbeatable in competition on the dirt and the very few paved tracks of the 1950s.
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All Hornets (51-53) were powered by Hudson's high-compression straight-six "H-145" engine.
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In 1952 the "Twin H-Power" version now standard equipment with dual single-barrel carburetors atop a dual-intake manifold, and power rose to170 hp (127 kW; 172 PS).