Paramount Sports Car- unfortunately not a great movie
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Summary
The history of the automobile is full of promising sports car projects that failed to achieve success despite good facilities. One of the failed brands was called "Paramount", which translates as "outstanding". The Paramount with its aluminum body and tubular frame was indeed at the height of its time. But it was also expensive. Too expensive. This report tells the brief history of the Paramount Roadster and shows it in contemporary pictures as well as in the sales literature of the time.
This article contains the following chapters
- With mass-produced parts
- Not quite as planned
- The "Mark II"
- Quite sporty
- Success unfortunately not outstanding
Estimated reading time: 4min
Preview (beginning of the article)
"Paramount" means "outstanding", but also "of the highest importance". Many people are familiar with the term from the cinema, as "Paramount Pictures" was one of the first major film companies. The creators of the Paramount Roadster and the Paramount Sports Car also had big plans. "Developed to provide a sports car of exceptional beauty with typical British character, as preferred by many sports drivers", read the early sales documents for the Paramount Mark 1 (also known elsewhere as the Roadster). The two company founders W.A. Hudson and S. Underwood from Derbyshire certainly didn't make it easy for themselves. After all, there was a shortage of everything in the post-war period, but above all of usable steel.
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