He relocated to North America in 1929 and was employed by the Hayes Body Corporation where he did design work for several Hayes customers like Auburn, Cord, or American Austin automobiles.
Chris Cord (born July 15, 1940) is a race car driver and is a grandson of Errett Lobban Cord, the founder of the Cord Corporation which also ran Cord Automobile.
Front-wheel drive was introduced by Citroën in the Traction Avant in 1934, and Cord followed, becoming the first U.S. maker to adopt it.
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