In the same year, Rasmussen bought the remains of the U.S. automobile manufacturer Rickenbacker, including the manufacturing equipment for eight cylinder engines.

The big breakthrough was the launch in 1948 of the XK120 sports car, powered with the new XK twin overhead camshaft (DOHC) 3.5 litre hemi head six cylinder engine designed by William Heynes, Walter Hassan and Claude Baily.

Aaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her second album, One in a Million it sold 3.7 million copies in the United States and over eight million copies worldwide.