Ultra-modern showroom opened a new era in motoring

This newspaper article explores the history of the Clintons Motors new car showroom, which opened on Argyle Street, Camden, in 1948. Designed in an iconic, stylish Art Deco Interwar influenced building with its clean, streamlined appearance drawn from American and French influences. Clintons sold the newly released FX Holden sedan for £675 and first displayed the new model car in December 1948. The business also sold tyres, motor accessories and electrical goods, including refrigerators. The showroom "combined all the features modern merchants in America have developed to improve their service to their customers". The Clinton Motors Group is a well-established and trusted business in the local area and continues to sell motor cars.

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Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
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2026-03-27
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https://doi.org/10.17613/0ycyz-rzp37
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Asian Industrial and Economic Development
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Ultra-modern showroom opened a new era in motoring

Ian Willis
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
Asian Industrial and Economic Development
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Ultra-modern showroom opened a new era in motoring

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Abstract

This newspaper article explores the history of the Clintons Motors new car showroom, which opened on Argyle Street, Camden, in 1948. Designed in an iconic, stylish Art Deco Interwar influenced building with its clean, streamlined appearance drawn from American and French influences. Clintons sold the newly released FX Holden sedan for £675 and first displayed the new model car in December 1948. The business also sold tyres, motor accessories and electrical goods, including refrigerators. The showroom "combined all the features modern merchants in America have developed to improve their service to their customers". The Clinton Motors Group is a well-established and trusted business in the local area and continues to sell motor cars.

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