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Forced to raise their asking prices to counteract the effects of wartime inflation, National ended up in a higher price range in which they could not compete. For 1920, National dropped their
Highway Sixes and Twelves and issued a new model – the Sextet. The Sextet used a Continental side-valve
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National had the most enviable and successful career of all of the
American pre-World War I race cars. For instance, in 1911, in a combination of road races, speedway races, hill climbs and dirt track races, they won a total of 84 times, came in second 48 times and third 30 times.
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but soon began producing gasoline-engined cars. National produced a range of four, six, and twelve-cylinder passenger vehicles, as well as numerous successful racing cars. In 1923, National was merged into
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National with an average speed of 78.7 mph. This was the first and only time a stock car ever won the Indianapolis 500.
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Illinois Trophy was won by a National 6-cylinder in 1911. In 1912,
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Automobile Advertisement - Syracuse Post-Standard, June 11, 1910
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1910 National 40 Indianapolis at the 2009 Goodwood
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470:"Vintage Cars of 'The Great Gatsby' – National Sextet, Series BB"
440:(2nd ed.). London: Rainbird Reference Books. p. 142.
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248:1913 National Series V-N3 Tonneau
206:National's first vehicle was the
621:List of automobile manufacturers
610:. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
157:was an American manufacturer of
281:The company was merged to form
860:1900 establishments in Indiana
601:Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
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159:automobiles
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880:1900s cars
794:Categories
759:Pathfinder
694:Duesenberg
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399:References
334:Joe Dawson
46:Automotive
774:Roosevelt
719:LaFayette
684:Blackhawk
320:Tevis Cup
106:Successor
825:Chrysler
749:Overland
744:National
714:H. C. S.
615:See also
560:10 March
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308:and his
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232:Rutenber
216:electric
212:runabout
132:Products
42:Industry
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