Playboy Automobile Company
- Playboy Automobile Company
Playboy Motor Car Corporation was a Buffalo, New York-based automobile company, established in 1947. The company only produced 97 cars before going bankrupt in 1951.
The Playboy had a convert|40|hp|abbr=on engine that would get convert|35|mpgus|L/100 km mpgimp|abbr=on. It would accelerate from 0-convert|30|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on in six seconds, and 0-convert|50|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on in 17 seconds. It had a convert|90|in|mm|sing=on wheelbase and a length of convert|156|in|mm, had 12 inch tires tires, and weighed convert|1900|lb|abbr=on.
Trivia
This company, indirectly, was the source for the name of Playboy magazine. The name was suggested to Hugh Hefner by his close friend, co-founder and eventual executive vice-president Eldon Sellers, whose mother had worked as a secretary for the automobile company's Chicago sales office before it went bankrupt.
External links
* http://www.playboymotorcars.com/
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