The Briscoe was an American

United States

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 automobile

Automobile

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 manufactured at Jackson, Michigan

Jackson, Michigan

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 by a group headed by Benjamin Briscoe

Benjamin Briscoe

Benjamin Briscoe was born in Detroit, Michigan and was an automobile pioneer and industrialist.Briscoe entered business for himself at age of 18 with capital of $472, organizing the firm of Benjamin Briscoe & Co. to manufacture sheet-metal stampings. This later became part of the American Can...

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A few months after his departure from the United States Motor Company

United States Motor Company

The United States Motor Company was organized by Benjamin Briscoe in 1910 as a selling company, to represent various manufacturers. It had begun life as the International Motor Company in 1908 in an attempt to create the first major consolidation within the industry with Maxwell-Briscoe and Buick,...

 in 1913, Benjamin Briscoe established a manufacturing plant at Billancourt

Billancourt

Billancourt is a commune in the Somme department in northern France....

, France to design and manufacture the first automobile in France built by American methods. The business was called Briscoe Freres; Billancourt was the home of Renault

Renault

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In 1915, Briscoe offered what he called "The First French

France

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 Car at an American Price." Briscoe claimed that the auto had been designed by a French design studio. It featured a single headlamp in the front, faired into the radiator

Radiator

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 shell. The auto was priced at US$750.00 but this price did not include a top, windshield

Windshield

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, or starter

Automobile self starter

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The company also produced the Argo

Argo (automobile)

The Argo was a short-lived United States automobile manufactured by the Argo Motor Co in Jackson, Michigan, between 1914 and 1918. The factory had been previously used by the Standard Electric Car Co to build an electric car....

, the Hackett, and the Lorraine.