List of U.S. cars
Encyclopedia
This page tries to show every car manufacturer of the United States, both current and historic.
There were over 1,800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period.
There were over 1,800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period.
Major current US automakers
With their various brand-names, many of which earlier had been independent companies, some of which are now extinct:- ChryslerChryslerChrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....
(1925–present)- Chalmers-Detroit/ChalmersChalmers AutomobileChalmers Motor Car Company was a United States based automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan. It was named after Hugh Chalmers of the National Cash Register Company. The brand is currently owned by Chrysler.-History:...
(1908–1923) - DeSotoDeSoto (automobile)The DeSoto was a brand of automobile based in the United States, manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to 1961. The DeSoto logo featured a stylized image of Hernando de Soto...
(1929–1961) - DodgeDodgeDodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
(1914–present) - Eagle (1988–1998)
- ImperialImperial (automobile)Imperial was the Chrysler Corporation's luxury automobile brand between 1955 and 1975, with a brief reappearance in 1981 to 1983.The Imperial name had been used since 1926, but was never a separate make, just the top-of-the-line Chrysler. In 1955, the company decided to spin it off as its own make...
(1955–1975, 1981–1983) - JeepJeepJeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler . The first Willys Jeeps were produced in 1941 with the first civilian models in 1945, making it the oldest off-road vehicle and sport utility vehicle brand. It inspired a number of other light utility vehicles, such as the Land Rover which is the second...
(1941–present) - Maxwell (1905–1925)
- Plymouth (1928–2001)
- RamRam TrucksRam Trucks is a United States-based brand of light to mid-weight pickup trucks established in 2009 as a division of Chrysler Group LLC.-Background:...
(2009–present) - Valiant (1960–1966)
- Chalmers-Detroit/Chalmers
- FordFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
(1903–present)- ContinentalLincoln ContinentalThe Lincoln Continental is an automobile which was produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company from 1939 to 1948 and again from 1956 to 2002...
(1956–1958) - EdselEdselThe Edsel was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. Consequently, the Ford Motor Company lost millions of dollars on the Edsel's development,...
(1958–1960) - LincolnLincoln (automobile)Lincoln is an American luxury vehicle brand of the Ford Motor Company. Lincoln vehicles are sold mostly in North America.-History:The company was founded in August 1915 by Henry M. Leland, one of the founders of Cadillac . During World War I, he left Cadillac which was sold to General Motors...
(1920–present) - MercuryMercury (automobile)Mercury was an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company launched in 1938 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level luxury cars slotted between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln-branded luxury vehicles, similar to General Motors' Buick brand, and Chrysler's namesake brand...
(1939–2010)
- Continental
- General Motors
- BuickBuickBuick is a premium brand of General Motors . Buick models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and Israel, with China being its largest market. Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make...
(1903–present)- Marquette (1930)
- Cadillac (1902–present)
- LaSalle (1927–1940)
- CartercarCartercarThe Cartercar was an American automobile manufactured in 1905 in Jackson, Michigan, in 1906 in Detroit, and from 1907 to 1915 in Pontiac, Michigan.-History:...
(1906–1916) - ChevroletChevroletChevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
(1911–present)- GeoGeo (automobile)Geo was a brand of small cars made by General Motors as a subdivision of its famous Chevrolet division from 1989 to 1997. Its original slogan was "Get to know Geo." Originally formed by GM to compete with the growing small import market of the mid 1980s, the line continued through the 1997 model...
(1988–1998)
- Geo
- ElmoreElmore (automobile)Elmore Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of veteran and brass era automobiles, headquartered at 504 Amanda Street, Clyde, Ohio, from 1893 until 1912. The company took its name from its original place of manufacture, the nearby village of Elmore. Founded by James and Burton Becker, Elmore...
(1893–1912) - Ewing (1908–1911)
- GMC (1911–present)
- HummerHummerHummer was a brand of trucks and SUVs, first marketed in 1992 when AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 Humvee. In 1998, General Motors purchased the brand name and marketed three vehicles: the original Hummer H1, based on the Humvee; and the H2 and H3 models that were...
(1992–2010) - OaklandOakland automobileThe Oakland was a brand of automobile manufactured between 1907–1909 by the Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan, and between 1909 and 1931 by the Oakland Motors Division of General Motors Corporation. Oakland's principal founder was Edward M...
(1907–1931)- PontiacPontiacPontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...
(1926–2010)
- Pontiac
- OldsmobileOldsmobileOldsmobile was a brand of American automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory...
(1897–2004)- VikingViking automobileViking was an automobile manufactured by General Motors' Oldsmobile division for model years 1929 to 1931.Viking was part of Alfred Sloan's companion make program introduced to help span gaps in General Motors’ pricing structure, and was marketed through GM's Oldsmobile division...
(1929–1931)
- Viking
- RainierRainier Motor Car CompanyRainier Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer founded in 1905 by John T. Rainier in Flushing, New York. The company specialized in manufacturing large and luxurious automobiles. In 1909, the company was bought by General Motors who maintained the brand until...
(1905–1911) - Saturn (1990–2010)
- Scripps Booth (1913–1923)
- SheridanSheridan (automobile)The Sheridan was a brand of American automobile manufactured from 1920-1921. Manufacture of the car was based in Muncie, Indiana.The Sheridan nameplate has the distinction of being the first automotive brand started from scratch by General Motors...
(1920–1921) - Welch (1903–1911)
- Welch-Detroit (1910–1911)
- Buick
Minor current US automakers
- AC PropulsionAC PropulsionAC Propulsion is a San Dimas, California, USA company founded in 1992 by Alan Cocconi that specialises in alternating current-based drivetrain systems for electric vehicles. Tom Gage is currently the company's CEO. The company produces goods such as electric vehicle drive systems and their top of...
http://www.acpropulsion.com/ (1997–present) - Advanced Automotive Technologieshttp://www.aatcars.com/
- AnterosAnteros Coachworks Inc.Anteros Coachworks Inc. is an American sports car manufacturer based in California. The Anteros is based on the C6 Corvette and produces 500+ supercharged horsepower....
http://www.rogerhector.com/anteroscoachworks.html (2005–present) - Aurica MotorsAurica MotorsAurica Motors, LLC is a start-up based out of Santa Clara, California that develops a proprietary electronic power train called the Aurica Recurve for electric cars. The company has stated its intention to partner with other investors to manufacture electric cars that utilize its electronic power...
(2010–present) - AvantiStudebaker AvantiSee also Avanti cars The Studebaker Avanti was a sports coupé built by the Studebaker Corporation at the direction of its president Sherwood Egbert between June 1962 and December 1963...
http://www.avantimotors.com/ (1965–1991; 2000–present) - Berrien Buggyhttp://www.berrienbuggy.com/ (1968–present)
- Blasthttp://www.blastautomotive.com/
- Callawayhttp://www.callawaycars.com/ (1984–present)
- Carbon Motors Corporationhttp://www.carbonmotors.com/ (2003–present)
- CommuterCommuter CarsCommuter Cars is a Spokane, Washington based company founded by Rick Woodbury and his son Bryan. They are beginning production of the first of their line of ultra-narrow electric sports cars, the Tango T600...
http://www.commutercars.com/ (2004–present) - DevonDevon Motor WorksDevon Motorworks is a Los Angeles, California-based industrial design house, currently specializing in the development of premium specialty vehicles, with an eye toward additional lifestyle products in the future.- Company :...
http://www.devonmotorworks.com/ (2008–present) - Dragonhttp://www.dragonmotorcars.com (2002–present)
- Electrohttp://www.electroauto.com/
- E-Z-Gohttp://www.ezgo.com/ (1954–present)
- Formula1 Streethttp://www.formula1street.com/
- FiskerFisker CoachbuildFor the manufacturer of the Fisker Karma, see Fisker AutomotiveFisker Coachbuild is a car design firm based in Orange County, California. The company produces custom sportscars. Its current models are the Tramonto and Latigo CS...
http://www.fiskercb.com/ (2005–present) - Idahttp://www.robidaconcepts.com/page/page/1916736.htm
- Mosler (originally named Consulier) (1993–present)
- Next Autoworks (originally named V-Vehicle)
- Oka
- PanozPanozPanoz Auto Development is an American manufacturer of high-performance automobiles founded in 1989 by Dan Panoz, son of pharmaceutical and motorsport mogul Don Panoz. The company is located in Braselton, GA. Panoz products have included the Panoz Roadster and AIV Roadster, and the Panoz Esperante...
http://www.panozauto.com/ (1989–present) - Polaris IndustriesPolaris IndustriesPolaris Industries is a manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATV, and neighborhood electric vehicles. Polaris is based in Medina, Minnesota, USA. The company also manufactures motorcycles through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary and through the Indian Motorcycle subsidiary which it purchased in April...
(1954-present) - RDC (2007–present)
- Shelby AmericanCarroll Shelby InternationalCarroll Shelby International was formed in 2003 from custom performance vehicle manufacturer Shelby American when, founder and owner, Carroll Shelby took the company public, and additionally forming Shelby Automobiles as a subsidiary from which to continue manufacturing vehicles and parts...
(1992–present) - SSC (2004–present)
- Studebakerhttp://www.studebakermotorcompany.com/
- TeslaTesla MotorsTesla Motors, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components. It was the only automaker building and selling a zero-emission sports car, the Tesla Roadster, in serial production...
http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php (2007–present) - Vectorhttp://www.vectormotors.com/
- ZimmerZimmer (automobile)Zimmer is the name of a U.S. neo-classic automaker, based in Syracuse, New York. The company was founded in 1978 as Zimmer Motorcars Corporation by Paul Zimmer and failed shortly after his death in 1988....
http://www.zimmermotorcars.com/ (1980–1988; 1998–present)
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- Abbott-DetroitAbbott-DetroitThe Abbott-Detroit was an American luxury automobile manufactured between 1909 and 1919. It was considered powerful and well-designed, and had a Continental engine. Production of the auto began in Detroit, Michigan and was moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1916 at which time the automobile name was...
(1909–1916) - ABCABC (1906 automobile)The ABC was an American high wheeler automobile built by A B Cole in St. Louis, Missouri, USA from 1906 to 1910.Known as the Autobuggy from 1906 to 1908, it was billed as "the cheapest high-grade car in America", and was available with two-cylinder and four-cylinder engines, friction drive, and...
(1906–1910) - AbleAble (1917 automobile)The Able was an American car produced in Mount Vernon, New York between 1917 and 1919. It was a small production car, featuring its own engines, though other components were proprietary. In 1920 the car became the Vernon....
(1917–1919) - A Car Without A Name (1909)
- AceAce (1920 automobile)The Ace was an American-assembled car made in Ypsilanti, Michigan by Apex Motor Corp., which emphasized "square" coachwork lines. It was built between 1920 and 1922, and used Continental and Herschell-Spillman six-cylinder engines, as well as a Gray four....
(1920–1922) - AcmeAcme (automobile)The Acme was a model of chain-driven touring car made by the Reber Manufacturing Co in Reading, Pennsylvania, from 1903 to 1911.-History:...
(1903–1911) - Adams-FarwellAdams-FarwellAdams-Farwell was a brass era American automobile manufacturer from Dubuque, Iowa, founded by Herbert and Eugene Adams and Fay Oliver Farwell at the end of the 19th century....
(1905–1911) - AdriaAdria (automobile)The Adria was an American assembled car that was promoted though not actually mass-produced. The address of the makers was given as Batavia, New York. About 20 to 40 prototypes were built from 1921 to 1922, but that was as far as the project went...
(1921–1922) - AerocarAerocar (1905 automobile)The Aerocar was an American automobile built from 1905 to 1908 in Detroit, Michigan. Backed by Henry Ford's former partner, coal merchant Alexander Malcomson, the short-lived company offered an air-cooled 24 hp four-cylinder luxury car which sold for $2800.The factory was sold to Hudson Motor Car...
(1905–1908) - Aerocar (1946)
- AirscootAirscoot (1947)The Airscoot was a quite unusual car made by the Wichita, Kansas-based company Aircraft Products in 1947 to fit the need for a small car that could commute to and from airports then be folded up and put aboard private aircraft. It was able to attain this goal by weighing a mere , and measuring only...
(1947) - AirwayAirway (automobile)The Airway was an American microcar with two seats, made by Everett Miller and T. P. Hall between 1949 and 1950 in San Diego, California. It had an all-aluminum body and chassis and an air-cooled 10 hp Onan engine mounted at the back...
(1949–1950) - AjaxAjax (1914 automobile)The Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington, produced a car available in three different wheelbase lengths. It sported a 6-cylinder engine that was available in either sleeve-valve or conventional poppet form, and could be changed "from one to the other at comparatively little...
(1914–1915) - AjaxAjax (1921 automobile)The Ajax was an American assembled 5 seat touring car automobile that never went beyond the prototypical stage. It was to have a Continental 7-R six-cylinder engine with a wheelbase, and had been slated to begin production in 1921....
(1920–1921) - Ajax (1925–1926)
- AlandAland (automobile)The Aland was an advanced four cylinder 2.5liter 16-valve, single ohc automobile with four-wheel internal expanding brakes and aluminum pistons. It was made in Detroit, Michigan, USA and was built between 1916 and 1917. Two and five seater bodied versions were available for $1500....
(1916–1917) - AlbanyAlbany (1907 Automobile)The Albany was an American car produced in Albany, Indiana, from 1907 to 1908.It was produced as a Surrey and a runabout, and were early vehicles with false hoods and solid rubber tires. The single- and 2-cylinder air-cooled motors produced 6/7 hp and 18/20 hp, respectively.The car was...
(1907–1908) - AlcoAmerican Locomotive CompanyThe American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...
(1909–1913) - AldoAldo (1910 Automobile)The Aldo was a two-passenger motor buggy made by Albaugh-Dover Co. of Chicago, Illinois from 1910 to 1911. It featured an air-cooled, opposed 2-cylinder engine, planetary transmission with double chain drive, and tiller steering.-References:...
(1910) - Alena (1922)
- All-SteelAll-SteelThe All-Steel was an automobile produced by the All-Steel Motor Car Co. of St. Louis from 1915 to 1916. Also known as the Alstel, it had a rather conventional 4-cylinder engine, but had a unique narrow platform backbone frame that enclosed the propeller shaft and gearbox...
(1915–1916) - AllenAllen (1913 Philadelphia automobile)The Allen was a short-lived United States automobile manufactured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1913 to 1914.The early models featured a two-cylinder engine, while later ones had a water-cooled four-cylinder version...
(1913–1914) - AllenAllen (1913 Ohio automobile)The Allen was an American automobile, built at Fostoria, Ohio between 1913 and 1921. The company used 3.1 litre side valve Sommers four-cylinder engines, and acquired that company in 1915. The 1920 Allen 43 was a handsome craft, featuring bevel-sided touring coachwork and a high-shouldered radiator...
(1913–1921) - Allen KingstonAllen KingstonThe Allen Kingston was an American automobile manufactured by the New York Car & Truck Company for motor agent Walter C. Allen of New York City. The car was designed on European lines, featuring runningboard-mounted spare tires and an early boat-tailed body, but was meant for American manufacture...
(1907–1909) - AlliedAllied (automobile)The Allied automobile was a car produced in the 1930s. Founded in 1932 in Elkhart, Indiana, the Allied Cab Manufacturing Co continued producing automobiles only until 1934 under the Allied brand....
(1932–1934) - AllstateAllstate (automobile)The Allstate was an American automobile offered for sale through the Allstate auto accessory chain of Sears, Roebuck during the 1952 and 1953 model years.-History:...
(1952–1953) - AlpenaAlpena (automobile)The Alpena was an American automobile manufactured between 1910 and 1914 in Alpena, Michigan. The Alpena Flyer was designed for speed using unit engine/gearbox construction with three-point suspension...
(1910–1914) - AlsaceAlsace (automobile)The Alsace was an American automobile manufactured by Piedmont between 1920 and 1921 for Automotive Products Co of New York, made with right-hand drive for export purposes....
(1920–1921) - AlterAlter (automobile)The Alter Motor Car Company, of Plymouth, Michigan, produced over 1,000 automobiles between 1914 and 1916.The company was organized on January 26, 1914, by Guy Hamilton, F.M. Woodward, and other local residents. Construction of the factory started in the spring of 1914. Soon after, they started...
(1915–1917) - AlthamAltham (car)The Altham was an American automobile manufactured in Fall River, Massachusetts from 1896 to 1899. George J. Altham was a pioneer in the creation of "hydro-carbon carriages"...
(1896–1899) - AltmanAltman (automobile)The Altman was an early automobile produced in 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio by Henry J. Altman. Altman built the car at his home at 11 Pier Street. The car was used by the Altmans. In 1909 Altman converted the tonneau body to a roadster before selling the car to a local paperhanger. Whether Altman...
(1901) - AluminumAluminum (automobile)The Aluminum was an American automobile built by the Aluminum Manufacturers, Inc. of Cleveland, from 1920 to 1922. The car was manufactured primarily as an experiment, in an attempt to prove that aluminum could be used in the construction of automobiles...
(1920–1922) - AmalgamatedAmalgamated (1917 automobile)The Amalgamated was made by the Amalgamated Machinery Corp of Chicago, Illinois, from 1917 to 1919. The Amalgamated Six used a special engine which featured positively-opened poppet valves. Instead of disc cams that would only lift, grooved cylindrical cams of the type similar to those in machine...
(1917–1919) - AmbassadorYellow Cab AmbassadorAmbassador was an automobile produced by the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., between 1921 and 1925.- History :Initially sold for use as a taxicab, the Model D-1 was introduced as a "drive-yourself" model in 1924....
(1921–1925) - AmcoAmcoThe Amco was an American automobile manufactured primarily for the export market, designed by D.M. Eller and built by American Motors Incorporated of New York City....
(1917–1922) - AmericaAmerica (1911 New York automobile)The America was built by the Motor Car Co. of America, New York City, New York in 1911. It was available in five models, all with an L-head 4-cylinder engine giving off . The torpedo, capable of holding two passengers, had a long, low silhouette and a rounded aft-section. Unusually, these cars had...
(1911) - AmericanAmerican (1899 automobile)The American was an American automobile manufactured by the American Automobile Company of New York City in 1899. It was a "hydro-carbon carriage" which could be started from the seat by its chain-and-sprocket gearing....
(1899) - AmericanAmerican (1902 automobile)The American was a wheel-steered gas buggy manufactured in Cleveland from 1902 to 1903. It was the second of three American automobile marques to bear this name....
(1902–1903) - AmericanAmerican (1911 automobile)The American was produced by the American Automobile Manufacturing Co, New Albany, Indiana. It had a two-stroke engine from 1911 to 1912. After that, there is no record of passenger cars made by the company, though it made trucks into 1913...
(1911–1912) - AmericanAmerican (1914 automobile)The American was made by American Cyclecar Co of Detroit, Michigan in 1914. It had a 4-cylinder engine of 1.2 liters, and featured a friction transmission and chain drive. The headlights were inserted into the fenders, a feature later associated with the Pierce-Arrow.The make was superseded by the...
(1914) - AmericanAmerican (1916 automobile)The American was an American automobile, built in Plainfield, New Jersey, manufactured from 1917 to 1924. The company also used names American Balanced Six or American Six, "Balanced" referred to its chassis, not the engine...
(1917–1924) - American Austin (1930–1934) (later American Bantam) (1938–1941)
- American ChocolateAmerican ChocolateThe American Chocolate later known as Walter was an American assembled car manufactured by a noted vending machine company from 1903 to 1906. The cars were built from imported components, and were 30, 40, and 50hp models. Production was supervised by Swiss engineer William Walter, who began...
(1903–1906) - American ElectricAmerican Electric (1899 automobile)The American Electric was an American automobile manufactured in Chicago from 1899 to 1902 and Hoboken, New Jersey in 1902. The company built a wide range of electric carriages - some bodied as high, ungainly-looking dos-a-dos four-seaters - these were claimed to be capable of running from to...
(1899–1902) - American ElectricAmerican Electric (1913 automobile)American Electric was a short-lived American automobile manufacturer that built cars from 1913 to 1914. It was an amalgamation of three electric car companies: Argo Electric, Borland Electric, and Broc....
(1913–1914) - American Locomotive CompanyAmerican Locomotive CompanyThe American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...
(ALCO) (1909–1913) - American Motors (AMC) (1966–1987)
- American PopulaireAmerican Automobile and Power CompanyThe American Automobile and Power Company was an American Brass Era car manufacturer, incorporated in Sanford, Maine, in 1903. They produced the American Populaire during 1904 and 1905....
(1904–1905) - American SimplexAmerican SimplexNot to be confused with S&M Simplex/Simplex/Crane-SimplexBilled as "a motor-car symphony", the American Simplex was an American automobile manufactured in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA, from 1906 to 1915 by the Simplex Motor Car Company; the company shortened its product's name to Amplex in 1910 to avoid...
(1906–1910) (see also Amplex) - American SteamAmerican Steam CarThe American Steam Car was a product of the American Steam Automobile Co, West Newton, Massachusetts, from 1924 to 1942. It was built by Thomas S. Derr, a former faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
(1924–1942) - American SteamerAmerican SteamerThe American Steamer was an American steam car manufactured by the American Steam Truck Co. of Elgin, Illinois from 1922 to 1924.The American Steamer was typical of the steam cars which flooded the market in the early 1920s. It featured a twin-cylinder compound double-acting motor deemed capable of...
(1922–1924) - American Tri-CarAmerican Tri-CarThe American Tri-Car was made by the Tri-Car Co of America, Denver, Colorado, United States in 1912. It was a three-wheeler, with the solitary rear wheel being both the drive wheel and the sole braked wheel. It was powered by a 13 hp, air-cooled 2-cylinder engine and used a planetary...
(1912) - American UnderslungAmerican UnderslungThe American Underslung was an American automobile, the brainchild of Harry Stutz and designer Fred Tone, manufactured in Indianapolis from 1905 to 1914 by American Motor Car Company.- Design :...
(1905–1914) - American WalthamAmerican WalthamThe American Waltham was produced from 1898 to 1899 by the American Waltham Manufacturing Co. , a bicycle firm based in Waltham, Massachusetts. It was a typical light steam buggy, with a 2-cylinder engine under the seat, tiller steering and cycle-type wheels...
(1898–1899) - American Voiturette (see Car-Nation)
- AmesAmes (automobile)The Ames was an American automobile manufactured in Owensboro, Kentucky from 1910 to 1915. A beetle-backed "gentleman's roadster" and a five-passenger tourer were the first models offered for sale by the company....
(1910–1915) - Amplex (1910–1913) (see also American SimplexAmerican SimplexNot to be confused with S&M Simplex/Simplex/Crane-SimplexBilled as "a motor-car symphony", the American Simplex was an American automobile manufactured in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA, from 1906 to 1915 by the Simplex Motor Car Company; the company shortened its product's name to Amplex in 1910 to avoid...
) - AnahuacAnahuac (automobile)The Anahuac was a short-lived United States automobile styled after a contemporary Polish car and manufactured in 1922 in Indianapolis by the Frontenac Motor Corporation Intended for the export market , the car had a wheelbase of ; only four were ever completed....
(1922) - Anchor BuggyAnchor BuggyThe Anchor Buggy was a short-lived United States automobile manufacturer; the High wheeler was manufactured by the Anchor Buggy and Carriage Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States in 1910 and 1911.-External links:*...
(1910–1911) - AndersonAnderson (Carriage)The Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company in Anderson, Indiana, began building automobiles in 1907, and continued until 1910. The cars were known as "Anderson"....
(1907–1910) - AndersonAnderson (automobile)The Anderson was a United States automobile; considered the most successful automobile ever built in the U.S. South, it was manufactured by a carriage works from 1916 to 1925 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Started by John Gary Anderson, the company sold cars through a national dealer network...
(1916–1925) - Anderson Electric (see Detroit ElectricDetroit ElectricDetroit Electric was an automobile brand produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. Nowadays, a Chinese British entrepreneur is leading Detroit Electric to develop affordable and high quality pure electric vehicles in mainland Europe...
) - AnhutAnhut Motor Car CompanyThe Anhut was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, by the Anhut Motor Car Company from 1909-1910.-Biography:The company was founded by Michigan politician John Nicholson Anhut and the factory was located at 510 Howard Street in Detroit. Their vehicle, known as the Anhut 6, used a...
(1909–1910) - Ann ArborAnn Arbor (automobile)The Ann Arbor was an automobile manufactured in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by the Huron River Manufacturing Company from 1911-12. The Ann Arbor was a dual-purpose vehicle, which could be converted from a private car, to a small pickup. Automotive production, however, never succeeded in Ann Arbor...
(1911–1912) - AnstedAnstedThe Ansted was an American automobile; successor to the Lexington and the Ansted-Lexington, it was manufactured from 1926 to 1927. Following the sale of the Lexington plant in Connersville, Indiana to Auburn, the company marketed its last cars as Ansteds. They were the same as Lexingtons,...
(1926–1927) - Ansted-LexingtonAnsted-LexingtonThe Ansted-Lexington, also known as the Ansted, was an American automobile manufactured in 1922. The car was actually a custom-designed Lexington roadster marketed under the Ansted emblem, sporting an Ansted six as its engine. The sport car was luxuriously appointed, and cost $4500....
(1922) - ApolloApollo (1906 automobile)The Apollo was made by the Chicago Recording Scale Co, of Waukegan, Illinois, from 1906 to 1907. The only model by that manufacturer was a five-seater with a Roi-des-Belges body. Power came from a water-cooled four-cylinder engine by way of a three-speed transmission and shaft drive....
(1906–1907) - ApolloApollo (1962 automobile)The Apollo was a United States-built sports car/personal automobile manufactured from 1962 to 1964 in Oakland, California.Engineered by Milt Brown with designed by Ron Plescia it featured Italian handmade aluminum bodywork with a choice between two-seater convertible or fastback styles. Power came...
(1962–1964) - AppersonAppersonThe Apperson was a brand of American automobile manufactured from 1901 to 1926 in Kokomo, Indiana.-Company history:The company was founded by the brothers Edgar and Elmer Apperson shortly after they left Haynes-Apperson; for a time they continued to use a FR layoutont-mounted flat-twin engine,...
(1902–1926) - AppleApple (automobile)The Apple was a short-lived American automobile manufactured by Apple Automobile Company in Dayton, Ohio from 1915 to 1917. Agents were assured that its $1150 Apple 8 model was "a car which you can sell!"...
(1917–1918) - ArBenzArBenz (automobile)The ArBenz was an automobile manufactured in Ohio from 1911 until approximately 1918.Fred Arbenz and Nand Arbenz formed the Scioto Car Company in 1911, named for the Scioto River flowing through Chillicothe, Ohio, where the car was made. It was manufactured in the factory of the former family...
(1911–1918) - ArdsleyArdsley (automobile)The Ardsley was a short-lived American automobile designed by W. S. Howard and manufactured from 1905 to 1906 in Yonkers, New York by the Ardsley Motor Car Company.-History:The company salesrooms were located at 50th Street and Broadway in Yonkers....
(1905–1906) - ArgoArgo (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....
(1914–1918) - Argo ElectricArgo ElectricThe Argo Electric Vehicle Company operated in Saginaw, Michigan, from 1912 to 1916. The Argo Electric used a 60 volt system with Westinghouse motors. They claimed to be capable of . It had 6 forward and 6 reverse speeds, had 36 x 4 cushion tires and used an steering wheel on the left...
(1912–1916) - ArgonautArgonaut (automobile)The Argonaut was an American automobile manufactured from 1959 to 1963, or at least the company is listed as being in existence during those years. The Argonaut Motor Machine Corporation was based in Cleveland, Ohio. The company's president was Richard S...
(1959–1963) - ArgonneArgonne (automobile)The Argonne was an American automobile manufactured by the Jersey City Machine Co. of Jersey City, NJ from 1919 to 1920; only 24 were produced before the company folded. The prototype car was a sports roadster with an aluminum body crafted by the Schutte Body Co. of Lancaster, PA. powered by a...
(1919–1920) - ArielAriel (American automobile)The Ariel was made by the Ariel Co, Boston from 1905 to 1906, then Sinclair-Scott Co, Baltimore, Maryland in 1906. They were available in either air-cooled or water-cooled engines of 30 hp using a single overhead camshaft...
(1905–1906) - Armstrong ElectricArmstrong ElectricArmstrong Electric was a manufacturer of electric automobiles in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The company was founded by inventor, William Armstrong, and produced cars from 1885 through 1902....
(1901–1902) - ArnoltArnoltSH Arnolt Inc. of Chicago and Warsaw Indiana sold four different manufacturer's cars with Bertone bodies during the period 1953 to 1968.Stanley H. "Wacky" Arnolt was a Chicago industrialist, who began importing foreign cars in the 1950s to the United States. Though sold as American cars, the cars...
(1953–1963) - ArrowArrow (automobile)The Arrow was a cyclecar marketed as a light car manufactured in M.C. Whitmore Co, Dayton, Ohio, in 1914. The Arrow had a four-cylinder,1 ½ liter water-cooled engine, and sold for $395....
(1914) - AsardoAsardoManufactured by the American Special Automotive Research and Design Organization of Bergen, New Jersey between 1959 and 1960, the Asardo was an American sport coupe which featured an Alfa Romeo four-cylinder engine and four-speed gearbox. The automobile's fiberglass body was mounted on a...
(1959–1960) - AstraAstra (1920 automobile)The Astra was an American automobile manufactured in 1920. The car was built by a subsidiary concern of Dorris Motors Corporation, and was shown that year in its native St. Louis, Missouri. It featured a wheelbase, a Le Roi four-cylinder engine, and a slightly pointed radiator...
(1920) - AtlasAtlas (automobile)There were numerous cars, makes and models, named Atlas.An Atlas car was built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1906–1907; another came from Springfield, Massachusetts from 1907-1911 ; and an Atlas Motor Buggy was built in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1909.No production of an actual vehicle is proven...
(1907–1911) - Atlas-KnightAtlas (automobile)There were numerous cars, makes and models, named Atlas.An Atlas car was built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1906–1907; another came from Springfield, Massachusetts from 1907-1911 ; and an Atlas Motor Buggy was built in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1909.No production of an actual vehicle is proven...
(1912–1913) - AuburnAuburn AutomobileAuburn was a brand name of American automobiles produced from 1900 through 1936.-Corporate history:The Auburn Automobile Company grew out of the Eckhart Carriage Company, founded in Auburn, Indiana, in 1875 by Charles Eckhart...
(1900–1936) - AultmanAultmanThe Aultman was a 1901 American automobile manufactured in Canton, Ohio; the light steam carriage, whose makers also built a four-wheel-drive steam truck, was built for only a few short years.-History:...
(1901) - AuroraAurora (1957 automobile)The Aurora was an American automobile manufactured by Father Alfred A. Juliano, a Catholic priest, from 1957 to 1958. The Aurora is arguably the first Experimental Safety Vehicle ever made, even before the coinage of the ESV acronym. This safety car was to be available with a Chrysler, Cadillac,...
(1957–1958) - AustinAustin Automobile CompanyThe Austin was a brass era American automobile manufactured in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1901 to 1921. The company, founded by James E. Austin and his son Walter Austin, built large, expensive and powerful touring cars with an unusual double cantilever rear spring arrangement placing the rear...
(1901–1921) (note: this is different from both the UK AustinAustin Motor CompanyThe Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles. The company was founded in 1905 and merged in 1952 into the British Motor Corporation Ltd. The marque Austin was used until 1987...
and American Austin) - Auto Red BugAuto Red BugThe Auto Red Bug automobiles were manufactured in Lafayette, Indiana, by the American Motor Vehicle Company, from 1916-1920.-External links:*...
(1916–1920) - AutocarAutocar CompanyThe Autocar Company is a Hagerstown, Indiana specialist manufacturer of cabover vocational trucks, mainly for refuse applications. Started in 1899 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania as a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles, and from 1907, trucks. The last cars were produced in 1912, but the company...
(1901–1912) - Auto CubAuto Cub (1956)An extremely simple vehicle, the Auto Cub was a one-passenger, open-cab automobile produced in 1956 by Randall Products of Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. The body was constructed of plywood and featured flat sides. Red was the only body color offered. Steering was performed with a tiller...
(1956) - AutoetteAutoette (1910 automobile)The Autoette was an automobile manufactured in Manistee, Michigan, by the Manistee Motor Car Company from 1910-13. The Autoette was one of the first cyclecars. It had a single cylinder, 5-hp engine that was 0.4L in size, and a friction transmission. The two-seater roadster cost $300, and was...
(1910–1913) - AutoetteAutoetteThe Autoette was a microcar created and manufactured from 1948 to 1970's by Royce Seevers, owner of the Autoette Electric Car Company Inc. of Long Beach, California. The two-seat, three-wheeled microcar was electric powered by specially made batteries from Trojan battery Co., and motive power...
(1948–1970) - Automatic ElectricAutomatic (automobile company)Automatic is a defunct American automobile company. The company was based in Buffalo, New York and was active in 1921 only making a range of small electric cars and delivery vehicles.-See also:* List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers...
(1921)
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- Babcock ElectricBabcock Electric Carriage CompanyThe Babcock Electric Carriage Company was an early 20th century United States automobile company, making electric vehicles under the Babcock brand from 1906 through 1912....
(1906–1912) - Bailey Electric (1907–1916)
- Baker Electric (1899–1916)
- BalzerBalzer (automobile)The Balzer Automobile Company of Bronx, New York, was founded in 1894 by Stephen M. Balzer.- History :In 1894, Balzer built his first prototype. It was less than 6' long. It had a rotary, air-cooled, 3-cylinder engine, and a 3-speed manual transmission By 1897, he had built three cars. He also made...
(1894–1900) - BarleyBarley Motor Car Co.Barley Motor Car Co. was a manufacturer of automobiles in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Streator, Illinois. It manufactured the Roamer automobile and, briefly, the Barley , and the Pennant ....
(1923–1924) - Barrows Electric (1895–1899)
- BatesBates (automobile)The Bates was an automobile manufactured in Lansing, Michigan, by the Bates Automobile Company from 1903-05. The Bates was the brainchild of M.F. Bates, who was vice-president of the company. The company was organized on May 27, 1903...
(1903–1905) - Bay State (1922–1926)
- Beaver (1912)
- Beggs (1919–1923)
- BellBell Motor Car CompanyBell Motor Cars Company was an American automobile company, based in York, Pennsylvania. They were also built under license in Barrie, Ontario...
(1916–1922) - BelmontBelmont (automobile)The Belmont was an electric car manufactured in Wyandotte, Michigan, by the Belmont Electric Auto Company in 1916. They produced four- and six-seater electrical limousines, along with other commercial electric vehicles.-References:*...
(1916) - BendixBendix (Automobile)The Bendix Company manufactured the Bendix automobile in Logansport, Indiana from 1908 until 1909....
(1908–1909) - BenhamBenham (automobile)The Benham was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, by the Benham Manufacturing Company from 1914-17. Approximately 60 units were produced. Benham Manufacturing was the successor to the S & M . The Benham had a Continental engine....
(1914–1917) - BergBerg AutomobileBerg Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Cleveland, Ohio from 1903 to 1904. The New York Bergs were made by the Worthington Automobile Co....
(1903–1905) - Bergdoll (1910–1913)
- Berkshire (1905–1912)
- Berwick ElectricBerwick (automobile)The Berwick was an electric car manufactured in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by the Berwick Auto Car Company in 1904. The Berwick was an electric two-seater runabout selling for $750. It had three speed positions, was tiller operated, and had a top speed of ....
(1904) - BiddleBiddle Motor Car CompanyThe Biddle Motor Car Company manufactured luxury automobiles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1922."Information, rather than Persuasive Sales Talk" was the advertising slogan of the company. It was noted for conservative advertising...
(1916–1923) - BieselBieselThe Biesel was a cyclecar manufactured in Monroe, Michigan, by the Biesel Motorette Company in 1914. The Biesel used a four-cylinder water-cooled Prugh 1.5L engine and had a friction transmission connected to the rear wheels by drive belts. The wheelbase was , and had a track width of . The...
(1914) - Binghamton ElectricBinghamton ElectricThe Binghamton Electric was an American automobile manufactured only in 1920. An electric car from Binghamton, New York, the car was made by the Binghamton Electric Truck Co. Only two or three two-passenger coupes were produced....
(1920) - Binney & BurnhamBinney & BurnhamThe Binney & Burnham was an American automobile built in Boston from 1901 to 1902 by James L. Binney and John Appleton Burnham. It was a twin-cylinder steam car....
(1901–1902) - BirminghamBirmingham MotorsBirmingham Motors was a United States based automobile company. Organized in 1920, it was tentatively in business only from 1921 through 1923....
(1920–1923) - Birch (1916–1923)
- BlackBlack (Automobile)The C.H. Black Manufacturing Company built the Black phaetons, dos-à-dos and business waggons in 2½ to 8 HP models in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1896-1900. There is some evidence that they built a vehicle as early as 1891....
(1896–1900) - BlackBlack Motor CompanyThe Black was a brass era United States automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.It was a high wheeler buggy priced at a surprisingly low US$375-$450, when Gale's Model A was US$500, the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout went for US$650, and the Ford "Doctor's Car" was...
(1908–1910) - Black CrowBlack Crow (automobile)Black Crow automobiles were manufactured from 1909-1911 by the Crow Motor Car Company in Elkhart, Indiana and sold by the Black Motor Company .-Sources:*Wise, David Burgess. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. ISBN 0-7858-1106-0...
(1909–1911) - BlackhawkBlackhawk (automobile)The Blackhawk was an automobile manufactured by the Stutz Motor Car Company in Indianapolis from 1929 to 1930.The Blackhawk was not as powerful, nor as expensive as contemporary Stutzes, which is most likely why it was marketed as a separate make. The year previously, there was a Stutz model...
(1929–1930) - BlakelyBlakely Auto WorksBlakely Auto Works was a manufacturer of automobiles and of kit cars, working from premises located in a series of US midwest communities including Princeton, Wisconsin in the 1970s and 1980s...
(c.1972–1987) - BlissBliss (automobile)The E. W. Bliss Company of Brooklyn, New York, was manufacturer of the Bliss automobile. The company was founded in 1867 and diversified into automobile manufacturing for a short stint in 1906.-History:...
(1906) - BloodBlood (automobile)The Blood was an automobile manufactured in Kalamazoo, Michigan, by the Blood Brothers Auto & Machine Company from 1902-05. They produced a five-seater tonneau with a two-cylinder opposed engine, costing $1,800. The drive system had a four-speed transmission and transferred power to the rear axle...
(1902–1905) - Bobbi-Kar (1945–1947)
- Borland Electric (1910–1916)
- Bour-DavisBour-DavisBour-Davis was an American automobile manufactured from 1915 until 1922. Production of the Bour-Davis was originally in Detroit, Michigan. The car used six-cylinder Continental engines...
(1915–1922) - BrennanBrennan Motor Manufacturing CompanyBrennan Motor Manufacturing Company of Syracuse, New York was an early manufacturer of automobile engines. From 1902 until 1908, the company produced the Brennan automobile however, after the demise of the automobile enterprise, the company again turned their focus to automobile engines and later...
1902–1908) - Brew-HatcherBrew-HatcherThe Brew-Hatcher or B & H was an American automobile introduced in January 1904 at the Chicago Automobile Show and manufactured from 1904 until 1905....
(1904–1905) - BrewsterBrewster & Co.Brewster & Company was an American coachbuilder, active from 1810-1937. Their first known bodywork on an automobile was in 1896, on an electric car, and a gasoline powered car in 1905, on a Delaunay-Belleville chassis. Eventually they would use chassis from a variety of makers...
(1915–1925, 1934–1935) - Briggs-DetroiterBriggs-DetroiterThe Briggs-Detroiter was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Briggs-Detroiter Motor Car Company from 1912 to 1917. It was planned to be a bigger and better version of the Brush Runabout....
(1912–1917) - BriscoeBriscoeThe Briscoe was an American automobile manufactured at Jackson, Michigan by a group headed by Benjamin Briscoe.A few months after his departure from the United States Motor Company in 1913, Benjamin Briscoe established a manufacturing plant at Billancourt, France to design and manufacture the first...
(1914–1921) - Broc Electric (1909–1916)
- Brogan (1946–1952)
- Brook (1920-1921)
- BrushBrush Motor Car CompanyThis article is about a USA auto-maker. For the British rail-locomotive company, see Brush TractionBrush Motor Company, or the "Brush Runabout Company," based in Detroit, Michigan, was founded by Alanson Partridge Brush , who designed a light car with a wooden chassis This article is about a USA...
(1907–1912) - BryanBryan Steam CarThe Bryan Steam Car was an American steam car manufactured from 1918 until 1923. It was produced by Bryan Steam Motors of Peru, Indiana, a company which built mainly steam-driven tractors and trucks. A total of six vehicles, all touring cars, were built under this badge; most, if not all, were...
(1918–1923) - BuckmobileBuckmobileThe Buckmobile was an American automobile manufactured between 1903 and 1905 in Utica, New York by the Buckmobile Company. The automobile was a 15-horsepower, twin-cylinder roadster.-Advertisements:-References:...
(1903–1905) - BuffaloBuffalo (1901 automobile)The Buffalo was a United States automobile manufactured from 1900 until 1902, by the Buffalo Automobile and Auto-Bi Company of Buffalo, New York.Two models were made, the Junior with a 3.5 hp, and the Senior with 6 hp single-cylinder engines....
(1900–1902) - Buffalo ElectricBuffalo Electric CarriageBuffalo Electric Carriage Company was a Brass Era manufacturer of electric automobiles in Buffalo, New York.The 1904 Buffalo Stanhope was a stanhope model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for US$1650. The single electric motor produced 2.5 hp . The car weighed 1800 lb .The 1904...
(1901–1906, 1912–1915) - BuffumBuffumThe Buffum was an American automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1906. A product of Abington, Massachusetts, it is chiefly remembered for its flat-eight model, which appeared in 1904...
(1901–1906) (1910–1913) - BushBush (1916 automobile)The Bush was a mail-order car made by the Bush Motor Company of Chicago from 1916 to 1924. Bush Motors did no manufacturing but bought in cars from other makers. Lycoming and Continental motors were often used for the 4- and 6-cylinder versions of the car. Amongst others, cars were made by Huffman...
(1916–1924)
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- CameronCameron (automobile)The Cameron was an automobile manufactured by the Cameron Car Company of Rhode Island from 1902 to 1906, then in Brockton, Massachusetts from 1906 to 1908, then in Beverly, Massachusetts from 1909 to 1915, Norwalk, Connecticut in 1919, and finally in Stamford, Connecticut in 1920. No cars were...
(1903–1920) - CannonCannon (automobile)The Cannon was an automobile manufactured in Kalamazoo, Michigan, by the Burtt Manufacturing Company from 1902-06. They made several different tonneau models, with both two- and four-cylinder engines, up to 6.5L displacement....
(1902–1906) - Car de LuxeCar de LuxeThe Car de Luxe was an American automobile manufactured from 1906 until 1910. A sister marque to the Queen, the Car de Luxe had overhead valves which were operated by one rocker per cylinder. The 40/50 hp, 6755 cc car was actuated by a "push-pull" rod and an unusual back axle; the load...
(1906–1910) - Car-NationCar-NationThe Car-Nation was a brand of automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, by the American Voiturette Company from 1913 to 1914....
(c.1912–1915) - CarharttCarhartt (automobile)The Carhartt was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, by the Carhartt Automobile Company from 1910–11. They offered two models, the '25–30' and the '30–35' which were available in a runabout & tourer body....
(1910–1911) - Carter Twin-EngineCarter Twin-EngineThe Carter Twin-Engine was an American automobile manufactured between 1907 and 1908. Predecessor to the Washington, it featured two separate 35hp internal combustion power units....
(1907–1908) - CaseCase CorporationCase Corporation was a manufacturer of construction and agricultural equipment. In 1999 it merged with New Holland to form CNH Global, a Fiat Group division...
(1911–1927) - CavacCavacThe Cavac was an American automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan in 1910. It was a four-cylindar car with an underslung chassis....
(1910) - Ceco (1914-15)
- CenturyCentury Motor Vehicle CompanyCentury Motor Vehicle Company was a manufacturer of electric and steam automobiles in Syracuse, New York. The company switched to gasoline-fuelled internal combustion engine-powered automobiles in January 1903, and went out of business later that year.-History:Century Motor Vehicle Company was...
(1899–1903) - Century ElectricCentury (automobile)The Century was produced by the Century Motor Company from 1911-13 and later renamed to the Century Electric Car company from 1913-15. Both companies operated out of Detroit, Michigan. The Century was an electric car with an underslung chassis. It had tiller-operated steering, and the customer...
(1911–1915) - Chadwick (1904–1916)
- ChandlerChandler Motor CarThe Chandler Motor Company produced automobiles in the United States of America during the 1910s and 1920s.-Corporate strategy:It was incorporated in 1913, with Frederick C. Chandler as President, headquartered and with its factory in Cleveland, Ohio. Chandler was a former designer for the Lozier...
(1914–1929) - Chapman Electric (1899–1901)
- CheckerChecker Motors CorporationChecker Motors Corporation was a Kalamazoo, Michigan based vehicle manufacturer and tier-one subcontractor that manufactured taxicabs used by Checker Taxi...
(1922–1982) - Chicago Electric (1913–1916)
- Christie (1904–1910)
- Church
- Church-FieldChurch-FieldThe Church-Field was an electric car manufactured in Sibley, Michigan, by the Church-Field Motor Company from 1912-1913. The Church-Field had an underslung chassis, and used a two-speed transmission...
(1912–1915) - CiticarCiticarThe CitiCar was produced between 1974 and 1977 by a U.S. company called Sebring-Vanguard, Inc., based in Sebring, Florida. The CitiCar and variants are the most produced electric car in American automobile history...
(1974–1983) - ClevelandCleveland (automobile)The Cleveland Motor Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was manufacturer of the Cleveland automobile. The company was founded in 1904 by E. J. Pennington.-History:...
(1904-1909) - Cleveland (1919–1926)
- Cleveland Electric (1909–1910)
- ClenetClénet CoachworksClénet is an automobile series with old retro styling, mixed with modern technology. Each limited-production model was conceived, designed, and produced by a small team of men and women in Santa Barbara County, California in the 1970s and 1980s. The automobile's distinctive styling was based on the...
(1976–1986) - ClimberClimber (automobile company)In the flood of cars that appeared after World War I, the Climber Four-Forty was one that was short lived, because the Little Rock, Arkansas company only produced vehicles for four years ending in 1923. The engine was a four cylinder made by Herschell-Spillman which produced 40 bhp...
(1919–1924) - ClipperClipper (automobile)Clipper was a stand-alone make of automobile produced by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1955–1956 for the 1956 model year only. Clipper was aimed at the middle price field of American automobiles which included Dodge, Oldsmobile, and Mercury....
(1955–1956) - Coates-GoshenCoates-GoshenThe Coates-Goshen was an American automobile produced from 1908 until 1910 by Joseph Saunders Coates in Goshen, New York. The cars had four-cylinder engines of 25-hp and 32-hp. In 1910, larger 45 and 60-hp models were added...
(1908–1910) - Coats SteamerCoats Steam CarThe Coats Steam Car was an American steam automobile produced from 1921 until 1923 first in Columbus and later in Bowling Green, Ohio.The car was designed by George A. Coats, but few were built. It was popular with circuses because many clowns could fit on the wide seat...
(1921–1923) - CoeyCoeyThe Coey was an American automobile manufactured from 1913 to 1917. The Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company was based in Chicago, Illinois, and produced the Coey Bear cyclecar and the six-cylinder Coey Flyer sporting car, which was built specifically for Coey's nationwide chain of driving schools...
(1913–1917) - Colby (1911–1914)
- ColeCole Motor Car CompanyThe Cole Motor Car Company was an early automobile maker based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Cole automobiles were built from 1908 until 1925. They were quality-built luxury cars. The make is a pioneer of the V-8 engine.- Early years :...
(1909–1925) - ColonialColonial (1921 automobile)The Colonial was an American automobile manufactured in Boston from 1921 until 1922.Although the company pledged to produce "in excess of 100 cars" during its first year in business, no more than a dozen are believed to have left the factory. Each car had a 130-inch wheelbase and a six-cylinder...
(1921–1922) - Colonial Six (1917)
- Colt (1907)
- Columbia Electric (1897–1913)
- Columbia SixColumbia MotorsColumbia Motors was a Detroit, Michigan, United States based automobile manufacturer which produced automobiles from 1917-1924.Columbia Motors was incorporated in 1916, with J. G...
(1916–1924) - Columbus Electric (1903–1915)
- Comet (1917–1922)
- Commerce (1922)
- Commonwealth (1917–1922)
- Consolidated (see Moyea)
- ContinentalContinental Automobile Manufacturing CompanyThis article handles the Continental automobile built in New Haven, Connecticut, from 1907-1908. For other Continental automobiles refer to the List of U.S. cars....
(1907-1908) - Continental (1910-1914)
- Continental (1933–1934)
- Continental (1914)
- Continental Roadster (1907)
- CorbinCorbin (automobile)The Corbin was an American automobile manufactured from 1904 to 1912 in New Britain, Connecticut. Early cars were air-cooled, but the company later added water-cooling.-History:...
(1904–1912) - CorbinCorbin SparrowThe Myers Motors NmG is a single-passenger, three-wheeled, battery electric vehicle designed specifically for commuting and city driving. It was initially produced by Corbin Motors and now by Myers Motors...
(1999–2003) - CordCord AutomobileCord was the brand name of a United States automobile, manufactured by the Auburn Automobile Company from 1929 through 1932 and again in 1936 and 1937....
(1929–1932, 1936–1937) - CorrejaCorrejaThe Correja was an American automobile produced from 1908 to 1915. Built by Vandewater & Co. of Iselin, New Jersey, the car was a shaft-driven 40 hp four of 5808 cc....
(1908–1915) - CourierCourier (automobile)The Courier was a brass era manufactured by Sandusky Automobile Company in Sandusky, Ohio in 1904 and 1905.The 1904 Courier was a runabout model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for US$650, making it one of the lowest-priced cars on the market at the time. The flat-mounted single-cylinder...
(1904–1905) - CourierCourier Car CoThe Courier Car Co. was an automobile manufacturer formed in 1909 by the Stoddard-Dayton Company in Dayton, Ohio, to produce smaller, lighter and lower-priced models than the luxury automobiles produced by Stoddard Dayton....
(1910–1912) - CourierCourier (automobile)The Courier was a brass era manufactured by Sandusky Automobile Company in Sandusky, Ohio in 1904 and 1905.The 1904 Courier was a runabout model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for US$650, making it one of the lowest-priced cars on the market at the time. The flat-mounted single-cylinder...
(1923) - CovertCovert (automobile)B. V. Covert and Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Lockport, New York from 1901 to 1907. The company started as a manufacturer of steam-powered cars, but later switched to gas-powered vehicles. Some Coverts were exported to England as Covert-Jacksons.-History:The 1904 Covert was a...
(1902–1907) - CoyoteCoyote (automobile)The Coyote was an American automobile built in Redondo Beach, California from 1909 until 1910. The car was a sporty two seat roadster with a 50 hp Straight-8 engine, which was claimed to reach 75mph. Many parts, such as the axles and steering gear was from the Franklin Auto Company. Only two...
(1909–1910) - Crane (1912–1914)
- Crane & BreedCrane & BreedThe Crane & Breed was an American automobile manufactured between 1912 and 1917. A product of Cincinnati, the company produced a 48hp six in 1912, before turning its attention mainly to the crafting of ambulances and hearses....
(1912–1917) - Crane-SimplexCrane-SimplexNot to be confused with American SimplexCrane-Simplex is a defunct car manufacturer, operating in New York City, USA at the beginning of the 20th century.-History:...
(1922) - CrawfordCrawford AutomobileThe Crawford Automobile was a highly regarded small-production car made in Hagerstown, Maryland throughout the 1910s and early 1920s. The company also made a sporting version of the Crawford, called the Dagmar, starting in 1922. The last Crawfords were sold in 1923, but the Dagmar continued until...
(1905–1923) - CrestmobileCrestmobileCrest Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The 1904 Crestmobile was a touring car model, notable for its removable tonneau. With the tonneau in place, it could seat 4 passengers and sold for US$850. The vertical-mounted single-cylinder engine,...
(1901–1905) - CricketCricket (1914 automobile)The Cricket was a cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Cricket Cyclecar Company in 1914. It was a small cyclecar driven by a two-cylinder engine with a two-speed transmission. The vehicle sold for $385 . The company combined late in 1914 with the Motor Products Company who...
(1914) - Crofton (1959–1961)
- CrosleyCrosleyThe Crosley was an automobile manufactured by the Crosley Corporation and later by Crosley Motors Incorporated in the United States from 1939 to 1952.-History:...
(1939–1952) - Crow-Elkhart (1911–1923)
- Crown (1905–1907)
- Croxton (1909–1910)
- Croxton-Keeton (1909–1910)
- CunninghamCunningham automobileThe Cunningham automobile has its roots in a firm named the James Cunningham, Son & Company of Rochester, N.Y. Incorporated in 1882, it was taken over after James' death in 1886 by his son, Joseph. Production was now focused on fine carriages...
(1907–1936) - Cunningham (1951–1955)
- Curtiss (1920–1921)
- CuttingCutting (automobile)The Cutting was an automobile manufactured in Jackson, Michigan by the Clark-Carter Automobile Company from 1909-11, and the Cutting Motor Car Company from 1911-12. The Cutting was a powerful automobile using engines from Milwaukee, Model, and Wisconsin ranging from 30-60 hp. Cuttings have...
(1909–1912) - CVICVI (automobile)The C.V.I. was an automobile manufactured in Jackson, Michigan by the C.V.I. Motor Car Company from 1907-08. The C.V.I. had a common chassis shared between a roadster or their touring car. The car had a four-cylinder, 4.2L engine, with a three-speed selective transmission and shaft drive. The...
(1907–1908)
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- DACDAC (automobile)The D.A.C. was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Detroit Air-Cooled Car Company from 1922-23. The air-cooled car had a six-cylinder engine. Only a few D.A.C. touring cars were produced....
(1922–1923) - DagmarDagmar (automobile)The Dagmar was a sports version of the Crawford Automobile, made by the same highly-regarded small-production company in Hagerstown, Maryland throughout the 1910s and early 1920s. This firm was a small car producer, but was also the world's largest builder of pipe organs, the M.P. Moller company...
(1922–1927) - DanielsDaniels Motor CompanyDaniels Motor Company was a pioneer brass era American automobile company, founded in 1916 by George E. Daniels in Reading, Pennsylvania....
(1916–1924) - Darrin (1955–1958)
- DavisGeorge W. Davis Motor Car CompanyThe George W. Davis Motor Car Company made Davis brand automobiles in Richmond, Indiana from 1908 to 1929.George W. Davis had made wagons for some time by the time he announced in 1908 that he would build a car, named after himself. The earliest cars were motorized buggies...
(1908–1929) - DavisDavis (automobile)The Davis was a cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Davis Cyclecar Company in 1914. The car used a two-cylinder Spacke air-cooled engine. There was a three-speed selective transmission and a double chain drive. The tandem two-seater cost $425....
(1914) - DavisDavis (automobile)The Davis was a cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Davis Cyclecar Company in 1914. The car used a two-cylinder Spacke air-cooled engine. There was a three-speed selective transmission and a double chain drive. The tandem two-seater cost $425....
(1947–1949) - Davis Steam (1921)
- DayDay (automobile)The Day Utility was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Day Automobile Company from 1911-14. The Day used a four-cylinder, engine and shaft drive. Removal of the rear seat and doors allowed the car to be converted from a five-seater touring car to a light truck in one minute....
(1911–1914) - Dayton ElectricDayton ElectricThe Dayton Electric was an American electric car manufactured in Dayton, Ohio from 1911 until 1915; the company offered a complex range of vehicles.-See also:*List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers*History of the electric vehicle...
(1911–1915) - De La VergneDe La VergneThe De La Vergne was an American automobile manufactured between 1895 and 1896. Derived from the Benz and built by the New York Refrigerating Company, it was powered by a single-cylinder engine of 2234 cc. Its designer, one La Vergne, was building cyclecars in 1914....
(1895–1896) - De LuxeDe LuxeThe De Luxe was an American automobile manufactured in 1908 by the De Luxe Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. The De Luxe was a high-priced vehicle for its day, retailing for around $5000. De Luxe took over the factory belonging to the Kirk Manufacturing Company, maker of the Yale automobile...
(1910) - De MotDe MotThe De Mot was an American automobile manufactured only in 1910. A product of Detroit, it was a two-seater with a two-cylinder engine. Its name was derived from its origins, and stood for "DEtroit MOTor"....
(1910) - De SchaumDe SchaumThe De Schaum was an American automobile manufactured in Buffalo, New York from 1908 to 1909. The company offered a 7 hp High wheeler called "Seven Little Buffaloes"....
(1908–1909) - De Tamble (1908–1913)
- De VauxDe VauxThe De Vaux was an automobile produced by the De Vaux Motors Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Oakland, California ....
(1931) - De Vaux ContinentalDe Vaux ContinentalThe Continental De Vaux was an automobile produced by the Continental-De Vaux Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan from February, 1932 until November, 1932....
(1932) - DealDeal (automobile)The Deal was an automobile manufactured in Jonesville, Michigan by the Deal Motor Vehicle Company from 1905-11. The vehicle was a small four-seater motor buggy that had solid rubber tires....
(1905–1911) (1949) - Delling (1924–1927)
- Demotcar (1910–1911)
- DesberonDesberonThe Desberon was an American automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1904. The company initially built steam trucks, and later branched out into making 4hp gas-driven "pleasure carriages" built along "French lines". Later still, 6·2 liter 12 hp models were produced....
(1901–1904) - DetroitDetroit Automobile CompanyThe Detroit Automobile Company was an early American automobile manufacturer founded on August 5, 1899, in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first venture of its kind in Detroit. Automotive mechanic Henry Ford attracted the financial backing of three investors; Detroit Mayor William Maybury, William...
(1899–1902) - DetroitDetroit (Wheeler Manufacturing)The Detroit was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Wheeler Manufacturing Company in 1904. The Detroit was a five-seater tonneau with an entrance in the rear. It had a 35 hp opposed two-cylinder engine, claimed to produce . It had a removable wood top, and was offered in...
(1904) - Detroit CyclecarDetroit CyclecarThe Detroit Cyclecar was a cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Detroit Cyclecar Company from 1913-14. The cyclecar was heavier than most cyclecars at . It was offered with a four-cylinder water-cooled engine of 1.5l, costing $375....
(1913–1914) - Detroit-DearbornDetroit-DearbornThe Detroit-Dearborn was an automobile manufactured in Dearborn, Michigan by the Detroit-Dearborn Motor Car Company from 1910-11. The Detroit-Dearborns used four-cylinder engines. Two notable models were the Minerva, which was a touring torpedo, and the Nike, which was a roadster....
(1910–1911) - Detroit ElectricDetroit ElectricDetroit Electric was an automobile brand produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. Nowadays, a Chinese British entrepreneur is leading Detroit Electric to develop affordable and high quality pure electric vehicles in mainland Europe...
(1907-circa 1939) - Detroit-OxfordDetroit-OxfordThe Detroit-Oxford was an automobile manufactured in Oxford, Michigan by the Detroit-Oxford Motor Car Company from 1905-06. The car used a two-cylinder, 16 hp boxer engine, that was water-cooled. The five-seater touring version of the vehicle was door-less....
(1905–1906) - Detroit SteamDetroit Steam Motors CorporationThe Detroit Steam Motors Corporation of Detroit introduced its first steam cars, called Trask-Detroits, in 1922. The Trask-Detroit was an assembled, or built-up car, with its boiler, engine and related parts manufactured by Schlieder Manufacturing Co., a Detroit valve manufacturer...
(1923) - DetroiterBriggs-DetroiterThe Briggs-Detroiter was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Briggs-Detroiter Motor Car Company from 1912 to 1917. It was planned to be a bigger and better version of the Brush Runabout....
(1912–1917) - DeWittDeWitt Motor CompanyThe DeWitt Motor Company produced automobiles in a factory in North Manchester, Indiana from about 1908 through 1910.The vehicles came in two models, a 2-seater runabout and a 2-seater light truck...
(c.1908–1910) - Diamond TDiamond TThe Diamond T was an American automobile manufactured in Chicago from 1905 until 1911 by the Diamond T Motor Car Company. It was a powerful touring car . The company later became known for its trucks...
(1905–1911) - DianaDiana Motors CompanyThe Diana Motors Company was an early United States automobile manufacturing company which produced automobiles from 1925 to 1928. The St. Louis based company was a subsidiary of the Moon Motor Car company....
(1925–1928) - DileDileThe Dile was an American automobile manufactured in Reading, Pennsylvania from 1914 until 1916. Marketed as "distinctively individual", it sold for $485....
(1914–1916) - DingfelderDingfelderDingfelder was an automobile brand produced by the Dingfelder Motor Company, which was located at 958 Jefferson Street in Detroit, and had an auto garage at 41-43 Washington Street .-Specification:The Dingfelder weighed 500 lb...
(1903) - Dispatch (1910)
- Dixie FlyerDixie Flyer (automobile)The Dixie Flyer was a vintage car built in Louisville, Kentucky from 1916 until 1923. Dixie Flyers were marketed under the slogan of "The Logical Car."...
(1916–1923) - DobleDoble steam carAny of several makes of steam-powered automobile in the early 20th century, including Doble Detroit, Doble Steam Car, and Doble Automobile, are referred to as a Doble because of their founding or association with Abner DobleFox Stephen...
(1914–1918, 1923–1931) - Dodge (1914–1915)
- DodgesonDodgesonThe Dodgeson was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by Dodgeson Motors in 1926. The Dodgeson was designed and engineered by John Duval Dodge who was the son of the John Francis Dodge, one of the original Dodge Brothers. The vehicle had a straight-8 rotary valve engine, with 3.2L of...
(1926) - DolsonDolsonThe Dolson was a brass era automobile manufactured in Charlotte, Michigan by the J.L. Dolson & Sons from 1904 to 1907. They later changed the company name to the Dolson Automobile Company. The Dolson was a large car with a 60-horsepower engine. They offered a seven-seater touring car, that in...
(1904–1907) - Dorris (1906–1925)
- DortDort (automobile)The Dort was an automobile built by the Dort Motor Car Company of Flint, Michigan from 1915 - 1924. Dort used Lycoming built engines to power their vehicles....
(1915–1924) - Downing-DetroitDowning-DetroitThe Downing-Detroit was a cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Downing Motor Company from 1913-15. The Downing was offered as two models. The first was a two-passenger air-cooled V-twin engine of 13 hp. The second model was a light car, with a water-cooled four-cylinder engine and a...
(1913–1915) - DragonDragon Automobile CompanyThe Dragon Automobile Company manufactured automobiles from 1906 to 1908, first in Detroit, Michigan, and then in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(1906–1908) - Drexel (1916–1917)
- Driggs (1921–1923)
- Driggs-Seabury (1915)
- Dual-GhiaDual-GhiaDual-Ghia is a rare, short-lived, automobile make, produced in the United States between 1956 and 1958. The idea for Dual-Ghia came from Eugene Casaroll, who formed Dual Motors in Detroit, Michigan to build an exclusive car at a moderate price....
(1956–1962) - Dudly BugDudly BugThe Dudly was a brass era, gas powered cyclecar manufactured in Menominee, Michigan, by the Dudly Tool Company from 1913-15. The Dudly had an ash-wood frame, two-seater open model, that was originally offered with a two-cylinder air-cooled engine...
(1913–1915) - DuesenbergDuesenbergDuesenberg was an Auburn, Indiana based American luxury automobile company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937, most famous for its high-quality passenger cars and record-breaking racing cars.-History:...
(1920–1937) - DuPontDu Pont MotorsDu Pont Motors was founded by E. Paul du Pont to produce marine engines for the Allied nations in World War I. After the war, the Du Pont Motor Company produced extremely high-end automobiles....
(1919–1931) - Durant (1921–1932)
- DuryeaDuryea Motor Wagon CompanyThe Duryea Motor Wagon Company, established in 1895, was one of the first American firms to build gasoline automobiles.Founded by Charles Duryea and his brother Frank, they built a one-cylinder "Ladies Phaeton", first demonstrated on September 21, 1893 in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Taylor...
(1893–1917) - DymaxionDymaxion carthumb|The Dymaxion car designed by inventor–architect [[Buckminster Fuller]].The Dymaxion car was a concept car designed by U.S. inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller in 1933. The word Dymaxion is a brand name that Fuller gave to several of his inventions, to emphasize that he considered them...
(1933–1934)
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- EarlEarl (automobile)The Earl was an automobile manufactured in Jackson, Michigan by Earl Motors Incorporated from 1921-23. The Earl was a continuation of the Briscoe. It was offered in both open and closed models with a four-cylinder engine. Approximately 2,000 vehicles were produced. When the Earl debuted in 1921,...
(1921–1923) - Eastman (1898–1900)
- Edwards (1954–1955)
- Eisenhuth (1896–1900)
- ElcarElcarThe Elcar was an American automobile manufactured from 1915 until 1931. The car was produced by the Elkhart Carriage Company of Elkhart, Indiana, which had been in business for over 30 years before producing its first car.-Production:...
(1915–1931) - EldredgeEldredge (automobile)The Eldredge was an American automobile manufactured from 1903 until 1906. A product of the National Sewing Machine Company of Belvidere, Illinois, it was a light, two-seater runabout with left-hand drive or two-row tonneau....
(1903–1906) - ElectricarElectricarThe Electricar was a French electric car manufactured from 1920 until 1921. An urban car, it used a ½hp electric engine manufactured by a M. Couaillet of Paris. It was a single-seat tricar with a single front wheel....
(1950–1966) - Electric Carriage (1896–1897)
- Electric VehicleElectric Vehicle Company-History:The Electric Vehicle Company was founded as a holding company of battery-powered electric automobile manufacturers made up of several car companies assembled by Isaac L. Rice beginning in 1897. It was taken over in 1899 by William C. Whitney and P. A. B...
(1897–1899) - ElectrobatElectrobatThe Electrobat was the first successful electric automobile. It was designed and built in 1894 by mechanical engineer Henry G. Morris and chemist Pedro G. Salom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both had backgrounds in battery streetcars and, as the battery streetcar business was fading, they teamed...
(see Morris & SalomMorris & SalomThe Morris & Salom was an American electric car manufactured in New York City from 1895 until 1897. It came in various models, including broughams; all were marketed as "electrobats"....
) - Elgin (1916–1924)
- Emerson (1917)
- E-M-FE-M-F CompanyThe E-M-F Company was an early American automobile manufacturer that produced automobiles from 1909 to 1912. The name E-M-F was gleaned from the initials of the three company founders: Barney Everitt , William Metzger , and Walter Flanders .- Everitt...
(1909–1912) - EmpireEmpire (1901 automobile)The Empire was an American automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1902. A product of Sterling, Illinois, it featured a vee-twin engine geared to its right-hand rear wheel.-References:*David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....
(1901–1902) - EmpireEmpire (1910 automobile)The Empire was an American automobile manufactured from 1910 until 1919. Marketed as "the little aristocrat", the Empire 20 was a four-cylinder shaft-driven runabout built in Indianapolis. The model "A" was a conventional runabout for three passengers with a rumble seat...
(1910–1919) - Empire SteamerEmpire Steamer (automobile)The Empire Steamer was a steam-driven car designed by William Tillerwinkler of the Empire Auto Company of Amsterdam, New York. Several experimental models were made from 1898 but production only started in 1904. The car had a two cylinder engine with boiler mounted centrally...
(1899–1900) - Endurance (1922–1924)
- Enger (1909–1927)
- EnglerEngler (automobile)The Engler was a cyclecar manufactured in Pontiac, Michigan by the W.B. Engler Cyclecar Company from 1914-15. The Engler was a two-seater cyclecar that used a DeLuxe air-cooled, a 1.2L two-cylinder engine. The vehicle had a friction transmission and belts, and cost $385....
(1914–1915) - ErskineErskine (automobile)The Erskine was an American automobile brand produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, USA, from 1926 to 1930. The marque was named after Albert Russel Erskine , Studebaker's president at the time....
(1927–1930) - EshelmanEshelmanEshelman was a marque of small American automobiles and other vehicles and implements including motor scooters, garden tractors, pleasure boats, aircraft, golf carts, snowplows, trailers, mail-delivery vehicles and more. The Cheston L...
(1953–1960) - EssexEssex (automobile)The Essex was a brand of automobile produced by the Essex Motor Company from 1918–1922 and Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1922 and 1932.-Corporate strategy:...
(1919–1932) - EtnyreEtnyreThe Etnyre was an American automobile manufactured by the Etnyre Motor Car Company in Oregon, Illinois from 1910 until 1911 .E.D. Etnyre had a road-building machinery business when he announced in late 1908 that he would soon build a modestly priced car...
(1910–1911) - EurekaEureka (1900 automobile)The Eureka was an American automobile manufactured only in 1900. A product of Ough & Waltenbough of San Francisco, it was a 4408 cc rear-inclined three-cylinder with its engine under the back seat.-References:...
(1900) - EurekaEureka (1907 automobile)The Eureka was an American automobile made from 1907 to 1909. It was a wheel-steered High wheeler from St. Louis, Missouri with a two-cylinder 10/12 hp air-cooled engine and conventional sliding gear transmission....
(1907–1909) - EverittEverittThe Everitt was an American automobile manufactured from 1909 until 1912. Produced by Everitt and Metzger after Studebaker took over the E-M-F Company, it was a 30 hp four with a so-called "thiefproof" gear lever lock. It was also built in Canada as the Tudhope....
(1909–1912) - ExcelExcel (automobile)The Excel was a cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Excel Distributing Company in 1914. The two-seater cyclecar was heavy at , and had a 1.5 L water-cooled four-cylinder engine. It was driven by a friction transmission with belts....
(1914) - ExcaliburExcalibur (automobile)The Excalibur automobile from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a car styled after the 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK by Brooks Stevens for Studebaker. Stevens subsequently formed a company to manufacture and market the cars, which were conventional under their styling....
(1965-1986)
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- Fal-CarFal-CarThe Fal-Car, originally known as A Car Without A Name, was an American automobile manufactured from 1909 until 1914 by a company that identified itself in advertisements only as Department C, 19 North May Street, Chicago. The address had previously been the location where the Reliable-Dayton...
(1909–1913) - Falcon-KnightFalcon-KnightFalcon-Knight was a brand of automobile produced between 1927 and 1928 by the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio.A separate company, the Falcon Motor Corporation was registered with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. The cars were built in a former Garford Truck plant in Elyria, Ohio...
(1927–1929) - Faulkner-BlanchardFaulkner-BlanchardThe Faulkner-Blanchard was a brass era automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Faulkner-Blanchard Motor Car Company in 1910. The vehicle was offered as a five-seater touring car with a six-cylinder engine at . The vehicle cost $2,500....
(1910) - Ferris (1920–1922)
- FiberfabFiberfabFiberfab was a kit car manufacturer founded by Warren "Bud" Goodwin in 1964. They got their start building street rod parts and body panels for Mustangs before moving on to kit cars....
(c.1964–1996) - Fina-SportFina-SportThe Fina-Sport was an American automobile manufactured from 1953 until 1954. The brainchild of Perry Fina, it used a Cadillac V-8 engine and Hydramatic transmission mounted on a Ford chassis. Styling of both convertibles and hardtops was by Vignale....
(1953–1954) - Firestone-Columbus (1909–1915)
- Fischer-DetroitFischer (automobile)The Fischer was a brass era automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the G.J. Fischer Company in 1914. It was a light car , built as a two- or four-seater model, including a sedan. It had a Perkins four-cylinder water-cooled 1.2L engine. It had a selective transmission and shaft drive. ...
(1914) - Flanders Electric (1912–1914)
- FlintFlint (automobile)The Flint was an automobile marque that was assembled by the Flint Motors Division, Flint, Michigan between 1923 and 1927. Flint Motors was a wholly owned subsidiary of Durant Motors Company .-Assembly:...
(1923–1927) - FlyerFlyer (automobile)The Flyer was a brass era automobile manufactured in Mt. Clemens, Michigan by the Flyer Motor Car Company from 1913-1914. The Flyer had a monobloc four-cylinder water-cooled engine with selective transmission....
(1913–1914) - Foster (1901–1904)
- Fostoria (1915–1916)
- Fox (1921–1923)
- FranklinFranklin (automobile)The Franklin Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York. Herbert H. Franklin, the founder, began his career in the metal die casting business before establishing his automobile enterprise.Franklin founded the H. H. Franklin...
(1902–1934) - Frayer-Miller (1904–1910)
- Frazen (1951–1962)
- FrazerFrazer (automobile)The Frazer was the flagship line of upper-medium priced American luxury automobiles built by the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation of Willow Run Ypsilanti, Michigan, and was, with Crosley, the first American car with new envelope body and fresh postwar styling.Named for longtime American automobile...
(1947–1951) - FredoniaFredonia (automobile)Fredonia Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Youngstown, Ohio.The 1904 Fredonia Runabout was a runabout model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for US$1000. The flat-mounted water-cooled single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 9 hp...
(1902–1904) - FriendFriend (automobile)The Friend was an automobile manufactured in Pontiac, Michigan by the Friend Motors Corporation from 1920-21. The Friend was equipped with artillery wooden wheels, and featured its own four-cylinder engine. The price of the five-seater touring car was $1,285. The vehicle was built in limited...
(1920–1921) - Fritchle Electric (1905–1920)
- FrontenacFrontenac Motor CorporationFrontenac Motor Corporation was the joint venture of Louis and Gaston Chevrolet. Louis returned to the Indy 500 racing circuit after leaving Chevrolet in 1915...
(1921–1925) - FRP (1914–1916)
- FS (1911–1912)
- FullerFuller (automobile)At least two different cars have been offered with the marque of Fuller, one in Nebraska and one in Michigan.-Nebraska car:From 1907 to 1910, Angus, Nebraska was the home of the Angus Automobile Company, employing forty craftsmen that produced over 600 Fuller cars in its short life. Only one car is...
(1907–1909)
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- GadaboutGadabout (automobile)The Gadabout was an unusual American automobile manufactured in Newark, New Jersey from 1913 until 1915. A four-cylinder cyclecar, it had a body woven from so-called "waterproof reeds"; Wise describes it as "looking like a mobile wastepaper basket"....
(1913–1915) - GaethGaethGaeth was an American steam automobile manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio from 1902 until 1911.Bicycle maker Paul Gaeth added stationary engines to his business, and made an experimental steam car in 1898. His gasoline cars were unusual in using a large 3-cylinder horizontal engine of 25/30 hp...
(1902–1911) - GaleWestern Tool Works (automobile company)Western Tool Works was a pioneering brass era automobile manufacturer in Galesburg, Illinois.Western in 1905 produced the Gale Model A, an open roadster, for sale at US$500, which was less than high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout, at US$650, the Ford "Doctor's Car" at US$850, or the Holsman high...
(1905–1907) - GardnerGardner (automobile)Gardner was an automobile maker based in St. Louis Missouri between 1920 and 1931.Without a dollar in his pocket, Russell E. Gardner left his home state Tennessee for St. Louis in 1879. Three-and-a-half decades later he was a millionaire several times over. Russell Gardner had made it big in St...
(1920–1931) - Garford (1908, 1911–1913)
- Gas-au-LecGas-au-lecThe Gas-au-lec was an American automobile manufactured by Corwin Manufacturing Company of Peabody, Massachusetts.During 1905 and 1906, Corwin produced this five-place side-entrance tourer with a copper-jacketed four-cylinder four-cycle gasoline engine of 40-45 hp...
(1905–1906) - GasmobileGasmobileThe Gasmobile, originally called the American, was an automobile first produced in 1899. It appeared at the New York Auto Show in 1900. One of its distinctive features were an automatic starting device. After producing about 140 units, the company folded in 1902....
(1899–1902) - GaylordGaylord (automobile)The Gaylord was an automobile manufactured in Gaylord, Michigan by the Gaylord Motor Car Company from 1911-12. The vehicles were built in many different styles, from a convertible four-seater private car, to a utility vehicle with rear space for package or goods...
(1911–1912) - GaylordGaylord (automobile)The Gaylord was an automobile manufactured in Gaylord, Michigan by the Gaylord Motor Car Company from 1911-12. The vehicles were built in many different styles, from a convertible four-seater private car, to a utility vehicle with rear space for package or goods...
(1955–1956) - GemGem (automobile)The Gem was an automobile manufactured in both Jackson, Michigan and Grand Rapids, Michigan by the Gem Motor Car Company from 1917 to 1919. The company was incorporated in December, 1917, and early the next month it was announced that capitalization was to be $250,000, with $150,000 yet to be...
(1917–1919) - Geronimo (1917–1920)
- GJGGJGThe GJG was an American automobile manufactured from 1909 until 1914 by George John Grossman in White Plains, New York. It was assembled from imported components, which included a "Renault-type" 26 hp or 40 hp four-cylinder engine...
(1909–1914) - Glassic (1966–1976)
- GlassparG2 (Glasspar)The Glasspar G2 was a sports car body first manufactured by Bill Tritt in 1949. It is no longer built today. It was the first production all-fiberglass sports car body built by an American fiberglass manufacturer...
(1950–1954) - GlideGlide (automobile company)The Glide automobile was an American automobile manufactured by the Bartholomew Company in Peoria Heights, Illinois beginning in 1902. Founded by John B. Bartholomew, the company continued to produce automobiles until 1920, when the company began manufacturing trucks for the Avery Company, of which...
(1903–1920) - Globe Four (1921–1922)
- Gordon (1947)
- Graham (1930–1941)
- Graham-PaigeGraham-PaigeGraham-Paige was an American automobile manufacturer founded by brothers Joseph B. Graham and Robert C. Graham , and Canadian Ray Austin in 1927. Automobile production ceased in 1940, and its automotive assets were acquired by Kaiser-Frazer in 1947...
(1928–1930) - GrantGrant (automobile)The Grant Motor Co was a United States automobile manufacturing company which produced automobiles from 1913 to 1922. The company was based in Findlay, Ohio. The company produced several thousand four and six cylinder automobiles and even exported cars to England as the Whiting-Grant. In 1916,...
(1913–1922) - GrayGray (automobile)The Gray was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Gray Motor Corporation from 1922-26. The Gray Motor Company produced two models, the Star and Gray. They were an attempt to win a share of the mass market dominated by Ford Model T. Many of the employees of Gray, were former...
(1922–1926) - Great EagleGreat EagleThe Great Eagle was an American automobile manufactured from 1910 to 1918. The 5.8-liter four-cylinder car was a product of Columbus, Ohio....
(1910–1918) - Great SmithSmith Automobile CompanyThe Smith Automobile Company of Topeka, Kansas was an early United States automobile manufacturing company which produced the Veracity, Smith, and Great Smith lines of automobiles from 1902 to 1912. They were the first automobiles made west of the Mississippi River. The company's first automobile...
(1907–1911) - Great Southern (1912–1914)
- Great Western (1910–1916)
- GreenleafGreenleaf (automobile)The Greenleaf was an automobile manufactured in Lansing, Michigan by the Greenleaf Cycle Company in 1902. The Greenleaf was a light surrey that was powered by a two-cylinder horizontal engine that developed 10 hp at 700 rpm....
(1902) - Gregory (1920–1922)
- GrinnellGrinnell (automobile)The Grinnell was an electric car manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Grinnell Electric Car Company from 1910-13. The Grinnell was a five-seater closed coupe that sat on a wheelbase. The company claimed to have a range per charge. The vehicle cost $2,800...
(1910–1913) - GriswoldGriswold (automobile)The Griswold was an automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Griswold Motor Car Company in 1907. The Griswold was offered with three different chassis, with two-cylinder water-cooled engines rated at 10 hp, 15 hp, 20 hp. The track was an unusual size....
(1907) - GroutGrout (automobile)Grout Brothers was a manufacturer of steam-powered automobiles in Orange, Massachusetts. The three brothers, Carl, Fred and C.B. were set up in business by their father William H. Grout who had made sewing machines under the New Home name in partnership with Thomas H. White...
(1900–1912) - GyroscopeGyroscope (automobile)The Gyroscope was a brass era automobile built in Detroit, Michigan first by the Blomstrom Manufacturing Company in 1908, and then the Lion Motor Car Company in Adrian, Michigan in 1909. They Gyroscope was so named because of its engine, a horizontal, opposed two-cylinder engine, which had a...
(1908–1909)
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- HackettHackett (automobile)The Hackett was an automobile built in Jackson, Michigan, USA, by the Hackett Motor Car Company from 1916-19. The Hackett was a successor to the earlier Argo. It was an assembled car that had a four-cylinder G.B.&S. engine. From 1916-18, both a touring car and closed model were available. In 1919,...
(1916–1919) - H.A.L.HAL (automobile)The HAL was a Brass Era car made in Cleveland, Ohio from 1916 to 1918. HAL stands for the initials of the founder—Harry A. Lozier.Harry Lozier stated in June 1915 that "only an accident.....
(1916–1918) - HalladayHalladay (automobile)The Halladay Motor Car company was founded in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Ohio in 1917.- Origins :The company originally began in Anderson, Indiana with the Erie Motor Carriage & Manufacturing Company. It was bought-out in 1902 by Lou P. Halladay...
(1905–1922) - HammerHammer (automobile)The Hammer was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Hammer Motor Company from 1905-06. The Hammer was a light car built with a two-cylinder, 12 hp engine in 1905. This was replaced with a 24 hp, four-cylinder engine for 1906. The five-seater tonneau weighted 1,800 lbs, and came with a...
(1905–1906) - Hammer-SommerHammer-SommerThe Hammer-Sommer was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Hammer-Sommer Auto Carriage Company Ltd. from 1902-04. The Hammer-Sommer came only as a five-seater, detachable tonneau model. The vehicle came equipped with a 12 hp opposed two-cylinder engine, mounted beneath the body, and...
(1902–1904) - Handley-KnightHandley-KnightThe Handley-Knight was an automobile built in Kalamazoo, Michigan by Handley Motors Incorporated from 1921-23. From its inception to early 1923, it used the sleeve valve four-cylinder Knight engine. Thereafter, the Models 6/60 and the 6/40, used the Midwest and Falls six-cylinder engines...
(1921–1923) - Hanson (1918–1925)
- HarrisonHarrison (automobile)The Harrison was an automobile built in Grand Rapids, Michigan originally by the Harrison Wagon Company from 1905 through 1906. The company was renamed to the Harrison Motor Car Company in 1907.-History:...
(1905–1906) - HarrounHarrounThe Harroun was an automobile manufactured in Wayne, Michigan by the Harroun Motor Sales Corporation from 1917-22. The company bore the name of its founder, racing legend Ray Harroun, who in 1911 won the first Indianapolis 500 Sweepstakes...
(1917–1922) - HarvardHarvard (automobile)The Harvard was a Brass Era car built in Troy and Hudson Falls, New York and later in Hyattsville, Maryland over the course of the period 1915 to 1921....
(1915–1921) - HatfieldHatfield Motor Vehicle CompanyHatfield Motor Vehicle Company was a pioneer brass era American automobile company, built in Miamisburg, Ohio, in 1907 and 1908.The company was incorporated in 1906 by Charles B. Hatfield, Sr. and Jr., in Cortland, New York...
(1907–1908) - Hatfield (1916–1924)
- HaversHavers (automobile)The Havers was an automobile built in Port Huron, Michigan by the Havers Motor Car Company from 1908-14. The Havers were conventional in design, except they had a long chassis. Most were equipped with a six-cylinder engine, the 1914 engine being of 6.2L capacity producing 55 hp. The 1914 Model...
(1908–1914) - HawkHawk (cyclecar)The Hawk was a cyclecar built in Detroit, Michigan by the Hawk Cyclecar Company in 1914. The Hawk was belt-driven with a 9/13 hp V-twin engine. The vehicle was advertised for $390, and could seat two passengers side-by-side. It had a distinctive sloping bonnet line....
(1914) - HaynesHaynes Automobile CompanyThe Haynes Automobile Company was a United States automobile manufacturing company which produced automobiles in Kokomo, Indiana, from 1905 to 1924. The company was related to the Haynes-Apperson company which produced automobiles from 1896-1905...
(1905–1924) - Haynes-AppersonHaynes-AppersonHaynes-Apperson Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Kokomo, Indiana, from 1896 to 1905. It was the first automobile manufacturer in Indiana, and among the first in the United States...
(1896–1905) - HCS (1920–1925)
- Heine-VeloxHeine-VeloxHeine-Velox was a large, expensive luxury car made by Gustav Heine. Heine Piano Company was originally Bruenn Piano Company before Heine became owner...
(1905–1906, 1921–1923) - HenneyHenney KilowattThe Henney Kilowatt was an electric car introduced in the United States for the 1959 model year.-Corporate funding:The Henney Kilowatt was a project of National Union Electric Company, a conglomerate including Emerson Radio, and Henney Motor Company, which had purchased Eureka Williams in 1953. The...
(1960–1964) - HenryHenry (automobile)The Henry was an automobile built in Muskegon, Michigan by the Henry Motor Car Company from 1910-12. The first model built was a five-seat tonneau with a 35hp engine which sold for $1,750. Both 20hp and 40hp engines were made available in 1911, and these were available in five body styles. The...
(1910–1912) - Henry JHenry JThe Henry J was an American automobile built by the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation and named after its chairman, Henry J. Kaiser. Production of six-cylinder models began in July 1950, and four-cylinder production started shortly after Labor Day, 1950. Official public introduction was September 28, 1950....
(1951–1954) - Herff-BrooksHerff-Brooks CorporationHerff-Brooks Corporation was a short-lived automobile manufacturer based in Indianapolis, Indiana. It operated for about two years around 1915-1916. It was a successor to the failed Marathon Motor Works of Nashville, Tennessee, and operated with some of the same personnel and equipment.The name...
(1915–1916) - HerreshoffHerreshoff (automobile)The Herreshoff was an automobile built in both Detroit, Michigan and Troy, New York, by the Herreshoff Motor Company from 1909-14. The Herreshoff started as a small car with a 24hp four-cylinder engine, and was made with three different models. Later models were upgraded to six-cylinder engines up...
(1909–1914) - Hertz (1924–1927)
- Hewitt-LindstromHewitt-Lindstrom (automobile)Hewitt-Lindstrom was a United States automobile manufacturer which produced electric stanhope style automobiles from 1900 to 1901. The company was based in Chicago, Illinois....
(1900–1901) - HidleyHidley Steam CarThe Hidley Steam Car was an American steam car manufactured only in 1901. One was certainly built, and as many as four may have been produced at the factory in Troy, New York....
(1901) - HitchcockHitchcock (automobile)The Hitchcock was and automobile built in Warren, Michigan by the Hitchcock Motor Car Company in 1909. The Hitchcock was a small car, powered by a two-cylinder, two-stroke Speedwell engine of 20 hp. Very few Hitchcock models were produced....
(1909) - Hi-tech (1975-1998)
- H-M Free-WayHMV FreewayThe H-M-Vehicles Free-Way was a three wheel microcar manufactured in Burnsville, Minnesota, from 1979 to 1982. These small commuter cars had a single seat and were powered by a 12 or 16 horsepower gasoline engine or a 4 hp electric motor. A diesel engine was offered, but none were ordered with...
(c.1977–1985) - Hobbie AccessibleHobbie AccessibleThe Hobbie Accessible was an American automobile manufactured in Hampton, Iowa from 1908 until 1909. One of many High wheeler cars produced at the time, it featured a twin-cylinder air-cooled engine, tiller steering, and solid tires....
(1908–1909) - HoffmanHoffman (Cleveland automobile)The Hoffman Automobile and Manufacturing Company was founded in 1900 by French immigrant Louis Hoffman and based in Cleveland, Ohio. The first cars went on sale in 1902. The original versions ran on steam, but the business eventually accepted the internal combustion engine...
(1901–1904) - Hoffman (1931)
- Hol-TanHol-TanThe Hol-Tan was an American automobile manufactured in 1908.-History:The Hol-Tan company was established by G. P. Tangeman and Cornelius Hoagland Tangeman and E. R. Hollander in New York City in 1906 as an automobile dealership. This incorporation just switched their unofficial importation of...
(1908) - HolleyHolley Motor CarHolley Motor Car Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Bradford, Pennsylvania between 1900 and 1904. The company was sold in 1904 to a group of local investors who renamed it the Bradford Motor Works who seem to have sold off unused components to make cars in kit form.The 1904 Holley was a...
(1900–1904) - HollierHollierThe Hollier, also known as the Vincent-Hollier, was an automobile built in Chelsea and Jackson, Michigan by Charles Lewis, president of the Lewis Spring and Axle Company from 1915-21. The Hollier was available originally with a V-8 engine of their own design. A later offering, starting in 1917,...
(1915–1921) - Holmes (1918–1923)
- Holsman (1903–1910)
- Hoppenstand (1949–1950)
- Howard (1913–1914)
- Huber (1903–1907)
- Hudson (1901–1902)
- Hudson (1909–1957)
- HuffmanHuffman Bros. Motor CoHuffman Bros. Motor Co. was a small car manufacturing firm based in the town of Elkhart, Indiana, USA from 1919–1925. The company's first success was with the 'Huffman Truck' which was introduced on July 31, 1919. The company then went into the construction of motor cars until production ceased in...
(1920–1925) - HupmobileHupmobileThe Hupmobile was an automobile built from 1909 through 1940 by the Hupp Motor Company, which was located at 345 Bellevue Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Its first car, the Model 20, was introduced to the public at the Detroit Auto Show in February 1909...
(1909–1941) - Hupp-Yeats (1911–1916)
- Huselton (1911–1914)
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- Imp (1913–1914)
- ImperialImperial Automobile CompanyThe Imperial Automobile Company of Jackson, Michigan, was formed by the brothers T.A. and George N. Campbell in 1908, who also ran the Jackson Carriage Company. Imperial produced mid-size cars with four-cylinder engines; the bodywork and mechanicals were primarily off-the-shelf rather than bespoke...
(1908–1916) - International HarvesterInternational HarvesterInternational Harvester Company was a United States agricultural machinery, construction equipment, vehicle, commercial truck, and household and commercial products manufacturer. In 1902, J.P...
(1907–1911; 1956–1980) - Inter-StateInter-State (automobile)The Inter-State was a Brass Era car built in Muncie, Indiana by Inter-State Automobile Company from 1909 to 1919.-History:Thomas F. Hart announced in October 1908 the winning name of his new company, chosen via a contest. The Inter-State Automobile Company set up shop at 142 Willard Street...
(1909–1919) - IroquoisIroquois Motor Car CompanyIroquois Motor Car Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Syracuse, New York, and later, Seneca Falls, New York. The company was founded by John S...
(1903–1907) - JacksonJackson Automobile CompanyJackson Automobile Company was a brass era auto manufacturer that produced the Jackson from 1903 to 1923, as well as the Jaxon steam car during 1903, and the Orlo only in 1904. All these cars were produced in Jackson, Michigan.-Company Background:...
(1903–1923) - Jacquet FlyerJacquet FlyerThe Jacquet Flyer was an American automobile manufactured only in 1921. It was built in Belding, Michigan by the Jacquet Motor Corporation of America. A sports car which sold for a fairly high price, it had a wheelbase; wire wheels were standard...
(1921) - JaegerJaeger (automobile)The Jaeger was an automobile built in Belleville, Michigan by the Jaeger Motor Car Company from 1932-33. The Jaeger was powered by a six-cylinder Continental engine, rated at 70 bhp. Wire wheels were standard on the vehicle, with a V-radiator grille and three diagonal groups of four louvers on...
(1932–1933) - JanneyJanney (automobile)The Janney was a brass era experimental vehicle, assembled in Flint, Michigan by the Janney Motor Company in 1906. The Janney was a light car with a four-cylinder engine. The company was formed by William C. Durant, and occupied an old Buick plant in Flint. A total of four vehicles were built,...
(1907) - Jeannin (1908)
- JefferyJeffery (automobile)The Jeffery brand of automobiles were manufactured by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company in Kenosha, Wisconsin.-History:The company was founded by Charles T. Jeffery and Thomas B. Jeffery, and sold under the brand name Rambler between 1902 and 1913. On the death of the founder, Thomas Jeffery in 1910,...
(1914–1917) - JewellJewell (automobile)The Jewel Motor Car Company of Massillon, Ohio manufacturered the Jewel automobile from 1906 to 1909.-History:...
(1905–1907), Jewel (1908-1909) - JewettJewett (automobile)The Jewett was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company from March 1922 through December 1926. The Jewett was named after H.M. Jewett, president of Paige-Detroit. After the first 17 months of production approx. 40,000 vehicles were sold. The car was...
(1922–1927) - Johnson (1905–1912)
- Jones (1914–1920)
- Jordan (1917–1931)
- JPLJPL (cyclecar)The JPL was a cyclecar built in Detroit, Michigan by the J.P.L. Cyclecar Company in 1913. The JPL was designed by J.P. La Vigne who was an early and ubiquitous engineer in the industry. The cyclecar was equipped with a four-cylinder air-cooled engine with a sliding-gear transmission. The vehicle...
(1913)
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- Kaiser (1947–1955)
- KauffmanKauffman Motor Vehicle CompanyKauffman Motor Vehicle Company was a pioneer brass era American automobile company, built in Miamisburg, Ohio, from 1909 until 1912.The company was begun in 1906 as the Kauffman Buggy Company, providing bodies and chassis for Hatfield, located across town...
(1909–1912) - Kearns (1909–1916)
- KeetonKeeton (automobile company)Keeton Motor Company was a pioneer brass era automobile maker based in Detroit, Michigan.Keeton's 1913 48 was a six-cylinder five-passenger tourer with left-hand steering, 12½ in -diameter electric headlights, starter, and horn. There were four forward speeds, an 80 mph speedometer, and the choice...
(1912–1914) - KellerKeller (automobile)The Keller was an automobile produced by the Keller Motor Corp. of Huntsville, Alabama, United States, between 1948 and 1950. It was based on the earlier Bobbi-Kar produced by the Bobbi Motor Car Corp. of San Diego, California. Keller restyled the Bobbi-Kar and switched power from a four cylinder...
(1948–1950) - Kelsey (1920–1924)
- Kensington (1899–1904)
- Kent's PacemakerKent's PacemakerThe Kent's Pacemaker was an American automobile manufactured only in 1900. Offered by the Colonial company of Boston, it was a steam car which had one front steering wheel, and three rear wheels...
(1899–1901) - Kenworthy (1920–1921)
- KermathKermathThe Kermath was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Kermath Motor Car Company from 1907-08. They built a small four-seater runabout with a tear-drop shaped radiator and bonnet. It was offered with a 26 hp, four-cylinder engine with a three-speed transmission and shaft drive...
(1907–1908) - Kess-Line 8Kess-Line 8The Kess-Line 8 was an American automobile manufactured only in 1922. A spin-off of the Kessler, probably only one car was actually built. This, a phaeton, featured an own-make eight-cylinder engine, wire wheels, and a wheelbase.-References:...
(1922) - KesslerKessler (automobile)The Kessler was an American automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1922, in Detroit, Michigan. It used an own-make four-cylinder 2L engine, but otherwise was a typical assembled touring car with wooden artillery wheels....
(1921–1922) - Keystone (1899–1900)
- Keystone (1914–1915)
- Kiblinger (1907–1909)
- Kimball Electric (1910–1912)
- KingKing (automobile)The King was an automobile built in Detroit from 1911 to 1923, and in Buffalo in late 1923, with an additional car built in Detroit in 1896....
(1896, 1911–1923) - King MidgetKing MidgetKing Midget was a kit car produced between 1946 and 1970 by the Midget Motors Corporation. Claud Dry and Dale Orcutt first sold the King Midget as part of their Midget Motors Supply operations in Athens, Ohio. By 1948, they began to use the name Midget Motors Manufacturing Co., too...
(1947–1969) - King-RemickKing-RemickThe King-Remick was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Autoparts Manufacturing Company in 1910. The King-Remick was a two-seat roadster with racy lines. It was powered by a six-cylinder engine, with shaft drive and a wheelbase of nearly . It was claimed this "gives perfect...
(1910) - KisselKissel Motor Car CompanyThe Kissel Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturing company founded by Louis Kissel and his sons, George and William, on June 5, 1906 in Hartford, Wisconsin. The company custom built high-quality automobiles, hearses, fire trucks, taxicabs, and utility vehicles from their plant at...
(1907–1931) - Kleiber (1924–1929)
- Kline KarKline KarThe Kline Kar was an American automobile built first in York, Pennsylvania , and then in Richmond, Virginia . Sometimes the car was just referred to as a Kline....
(1910–1923) - KnoxKnox AutomobileThe Knox Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States between 1900 and 1914. Knox also built trucks and farm tractors until 1924.-History:...
(1900–1914) - KometKomet (American automobile)The Komet was an American automobile manufactured only in 1911. A four-cylinder car, it was built by Sterling of Elkhart, Indiana....
(1911) - KoppinKoppinThe Koppin was a cyclecar built in Fenton, Michigan by the Koppin Motor Company in 1915. The Koppin was a two-seater cyclecar that used a two-cylinder air-cooled De Luxe engine of 1.2L capacity. It came equipped with a friction transmission. The vehicle was priced at $375. It was sometimes...
(1915) - K-R-I-TK-R-I-T Motor Car CompanyK-R-I-T was a small automobile manufacturing company based in Detroit, Michigan.-History:Its name probably originated from Kenneth Crittenden who provided financial backing and helped design the cars. The emblem of the cars was a swastika...
(or Krit) (1910–1915) - Kurtis KraftKurtis KraftKurtis Kraft was a designer and builder of race cars. The company was founded by Frank Kurtis.Kurtis Kraft designed and built midget cars, quartermidgets, sports cars, sprint cars and USAC Championship Cars....
(1949–1955)
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- LaFayetteLaFayette MotorsThe LaFayette Motors Corporation was a United States-based automobile manufacturer. Founded in 1919, LaFayette Motors was named in honor of the Marquis de la Fayette, and LaFayette autos had a cameo of the Marquis as their logo.-History:...
(1921–1924) - LambertLambert (automobile)The Lambert automobile and Lambert truck were built by the Lambert Automobile Company as an American vehicle from 1905 through 1916.The Lambert automobile motor in the early part of manufacturing moved around on the chassis. It was on the back of the chassis, then in the center, then to the front,...
(1905–1917) - Lane (1900–1911)
- Laurel (1916–1920)
- Leach (1920–1923)
- LenaweeLenaweeThe Lenawee was an American automobile manufactured by the Church Manufacturing Co of Adrian, Michigan from 1903 to 1904. It was a left hand drive, which was unusual at the time, and had a five seater tonneau body powereded by a horizontal single-cylinder engine beneath the front seat. About 15...
(1903–1904) - Lenox (1911–1917)
- Leon Rubay (1923)
- Lewis American Airways (1939)
- Lexington (1910–1927)
- LibertyLiberty Motor CarThe Liberty Motor Car Company was a United States automobile maker in Detroit, Michigan from 1916 to 1924.Only one model named Liberty Six was offered, propelled by a monobloc 3394 cc 6-cylinder engine. Late in 1923, the company was acquired by Columbia Motors....
(1916–1924) - LightLight (automobile)This article is about the car. For other uses, see Automotive lighting.The Light was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Light Motor Car Company in 1914. The Light was a conventional vehicle with a six-cylinder, 30 hp engine. It came as a touring model selling for $1,250....
(1914) - LincolnLincoln Motor Car WorksLincoln Motor Car Works was an automobile company in Chicago, Illinois. It produced cars for Sears Roebuck from 1908 until 1912. Nine models were offered, priced between US$325 and $475, with the Model L advertised at $495 complete. They were sold by mail, out of the Sears catalog...
(1912–1913) - Lincoln HighwayLincoln (1914 automobile)The Lincoln was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Lincoln Motor Car Company in 1914. The Lincoln was an unsuccessful light two-seater. It weighed , and sold for $595. This vehicle make was not associated with the Lincoln division of Ford....
(1914) - LionLion (automobile)The Lion was an automobile built in Adrian, Michigan, United States, by the Lion Motor Car Company from 1909-12. The Lion had a four-cylinder 40 hp engine, and was available in at least three body types. The 1912 model cost $1,600 and came equipped with internal expanding brakes with drums of ...
(1909–1912) - Liquid AirLiquid AirLiquid Air was the brand name of an unusual automobile produced by a joint American/English concern between 1899 and 1902.The first factory opened in Boston, Massachusetts in 1899, and its owners claimed that they could construct a car that would run a hundred miles on liquid air. By 1901 the...
(1899–1902) - LittleLittle (automobile)The Little was an automobile built in Flint, Michigan by the Little Motor Car Company from 1912-15. The Little first was available as a two-seater with a four-cylinder 20 hp engine, and had a wheelbase of . In 1914 a 3.6 L six-cylinder L-head engine was available in a later model that had a...
(1911–1913) - Little DetroitLittle Detroit SpeedsterThe Little Detroit Speedster was a cyclecar built in Detroit, Michigan by the Detroit Cyclecar Company from 1913-14. The cyclecar was a rather small cyclecar that came equipped with a four-cylinder water-cooled engine and a two-speed selective transmission and shaft drive. The bonnet front had a...
(1913–1914) - Little PrincessLittle Princess (automobile)The Little Princess was a cyclecar built in Detroit, Michigan, by the Princess Cyclecar Company from 1913-14. The Little Princess came in both two- and four-seater models and came equipped with a four-cylinder 1.5L air-cooled engine. A planetary transmission was used with a shaft drive. The design...
(1913–1914) - Locomobile (1899–1929)
- LoganLogan (automobile)The Logan Construction Company was founded in 1903 in Chillicothe, Ohio. They were manufacturers of the Logan automobile until 1908.-History:...
(1904–1908) - Lone StarLone Star (1920 automobile)The Lone Star was made by Lone Star Motor Truck and Tractor Corp., San Antonio, Texas, from 1920 to 1922. It was available as a 4-30 or 6-40, both utilizing Lycoming power units. Both open and closed models were listed for sale. The cars were manufactured for the Lone Star Corporation by Piedmont...
(1920–1922) - LorraineLorraine (automobile)The Lorraine was an automobile built in both Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan by the Lorraine Motors Corporation from 1920-22. The Lorraine was an assembled car that succeeded the Hackett. The vehicle was powered by a four-cylinder Herchell-Spillman engine and was available in both open and...
(1920–1922) - LozierLozierThe Lozier Motor Company was a brass era producer of automobiles in the United States of America. The company produced luxury automobiles from 1900 to 1915, with a factory at 3703 Mack Avenue, Detroit, Michigan....
(1898, 1901, 1905–1918) - LuLuLuLuThe LuLu was an American automobile manufactured only in 1914. Billed as "more than a cyclecar", it had a four-cylinder monobloc engine and three-speed gearing. It sold for $398....
(1914) - LuverneLuverne (automobile)Luverne was a United States automobile manufacturing company which produced automobiles from 1904 to 1917. Founded by carriage makers Al and Ed Leicher, the company was based in Luverne, Minnesota...
(1904–1917) - Lyons Atlas (1913–1915)
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- Madison (1915–1919)
- Maibohm (1916–1922)
- Majestic (1917)
- Malcolm Jones (1914–1915)
- MarathonMarathon Motor WorksMarathon Motor Works was an early automobile manufacturer, based in Tennessee. It grew out of an earlier company called Southern Engine and Boiler Works, founded in 1889, which made industrial engines and boilers in Jackson. As such, the firm had metal-working and powerplant experience which could...
(1908–1914) - Marble-SwiftMarble-SwiftThe Marble-Swift was an American automobile manufactured in Chicago from 1903 until 1905. It was a friction-drive two-seater with a 10 hp twin-cylinder engine....
(1903–1905) - MarionMarion (automobile)The Marion is a name that has been applied to at least four different automobile companies:* Marion, Marion, Ohio 1901* Marion, Indianapolis, Indiana 1904-1915** Marion-Handley, Jackson, Michigan 1916-1919* Marion Flyer Marion, Indiana 1910...
(1904–1915) - Marion FlyerMarion (automobile)The Marion is a name that has been applied to at least four different automobile companies:* Marion, Marion, Ohio 1901* Marion, Indianapolis, Indiana 1904-1915** Marion-Handley, Jackson, Michigan 1916-1919* Marion Flyer Marion, Indiana 1910...
(1910) - Marion-HandleyMarion-HandleyThe Marion-Handley was an automobile built in Jackson, Michigan by the Mutual Motors Company from 1916-19. The Marion-Handley was a continuation of the earlier Marion vehicle, and was a popular vehicle. Two models were available, a touring car and a four-seater roadster. The 6-40 model was built...
(1916–1919) - Marmon (1902–1933)
- MarrMarr (automobile)The Marr Autocar was an automobile built in Elgin, Illinois by the Marr Auto-Car Company from 1903-1904. The Marr was a two-seater runabout with a single-cylinder 1.7L engine, that was mounted under the seat. The vehicle had a tilt steering wheel and an overhead valve engine. Unfortunately the...
(1903–1904) - Martin (1928–1932)
- MarvelMarvel (automobile)The Marvel was an automobile built at 284-290 Rivard Street, Detroit, Michigan, United States, by the Marvel Motor Car Company in 1907. The Marvel was a two-seater runabout. It came equipped with a horizontal two-cylinder engine, with a planetary transmission and single chain...
(1907) - MarylandMaryland (automobile)The Maryland Automobile was built by the Sinclair-Scott Company of Baltimore, Maryland, in the years of 1907 to 1910.Sinclair-Scott was a maker of food canning machinery and in the early 1900s started to make car parts. One of their customers, Ariel, failed to pay and in recompense Sinclair-Scott...
(1907–1910) - Mason (1906–1914)
- MathesonMatheson (automobile)The Matheson was an American automobile manufactured from 1903 to 1912. The President of the company was Charles Walter Matheson , born Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 22, 1876. His brother, Frank F. Matheson served as company secretary....
(1903–1912) - McFarlanMcFarlan AutomobileMcFarlan is an American automobile manufactured in Connersville, Indiana from 1909 to 1928 as an outgrowth of the McFarlan Carriage Company founded in 1856 by English-born John B. McFarlan ....
(1910–1928) - McIntyre (1909–1915)
- Mecca (1915–1916)
- MenomineeMenominee (automobile)The Menominee was an electric automobile built in Menominee, Michigan by the Menominee Electric Manufacturing Company in 1915. This company mainly built commercial electric vehicles, but did make a limited number of electric cabriolets...
(1915) - MercerMercer (car)Mercer was an American automobile manufacturer from 1909 until 1925. It was notable for its high-performance cars, especially the Type 35 Raceabout.-Early history:...
(1910–1926) - MercuryMercury (cyclecar)The Mercury was a cyclecar built in Detroit, Michigan by the Mercury Cyclecar Company in 1914. The Mercury had a self-supporting body that eliminated the need for a chassis frame. The vehicle was equipped with a two-cylinder air-cooled 9 horsepower engine. It used a friction transmission and...
(1914) - Meteor (1915–1930)
- MetzMetz Company (automobile)The Metz Company was a pioneer brass era automobile maker in Waltham, Massachusetts.Claiming to be "winner of the Glidden Tour", the 1914 Model 22 was a two-seat roadster or torpedo. It had a 22½ hp four-cylinder water-cooled engine with Bosch magneto, full-elliptic springs front and rear...
(1909–1921) - Metzger (see EverittEverittThe Everitt was an American automobile manufactured from 1909 until 1912. Produced by Everitt and Metzger after Studebaker took over the E-M-F Company, it was a 30 hp four with a so-called "thiefproof" gear lever lock. It was also built in Canada as the Tudhope....
) - MichiganMichigan (1903 automobile)The Michigan was an automobile built in Kalamazoo, Michigan by the Michigan Automobile Company from 1903 to 1908.The men behind the company were the Fuller brothers, Charles D., and Frank D. They owned the Fuller Brothers Manufacturing Company that made washboards and other wood products...
(1903–1908) - MichiganMichigan (1908 automobile)The Michigan Buggy Company started out building high-wheeled buggies in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1911, they started producing low-built tourers and roadsters, which were powered by 33 hp or 40 hp four-cylinder engines. These were known by "Mighty Michigans" in company advertisements, but were...
(1908–1911) - MidlandMidland Motor CompanyMidland Motor Company was a pioneering American brass era automobile manufacturer in Moline, Illinois. The company formed from the remnants of the Deere-Clark automobile company after the John Deere company pulled out of the venture....
(1908–1913) - Milburn Electric (1915–1923)
- MillerMiller (automobile)The Miller was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Miller Car Company from 1912-13. The Miller was built as roadsters and five-seater tourers that were powered by 30 hp and 40 ho four-cylinder engines. These vehicles were priced from $1,250 to $1,450....
(1912–1913) - Mitchell (1903–1923)
- ModelModel Automobile CompanyThe Model Automobile Company was a veteran American automobile company located in Peru, Indiana.It sold a five-seater US$1250 "convertible", which allowed the body to be tilted upward from the rear for access to the frame, and provided for the rear seats to be removed as a unit...
(1903–1907) - MohsMohs (automobile)Mohs was an automobile make built by the Mohs Seaplane Corporation of Madison, Wisconsin . Bruce Mohs, the company founder, built limited-production automobiles on chassis built to custom specifications by the International Harvester Company...
(1967–1979) - MolineMoline-KnightThe Moline Automobile Company was an American brass era automobile manufacturer in Moline, Illinois known for the Moline-Knight.-Moline-Knight:...
(1904–1913) - Moline-KnightMoline-KnightThe Moline Automobile Company was an American brass era automobile manufacturer in Moline, Illinois known for the Moline-Knight.-Moline-Knight:...
(1914–1919) - MonarchMonarch (automobile)The Monarch was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Monarch Motor Car Company from 1913 to 1917.Joseph Bloom founded the company in the spring of 1913; by August, the company moved into the former Carhartt Motor Car Company factory. The car itself was designed by Bloom's brother-in-law...
(1914–1917) - Monitor (1915–1922)
- MonroeMonroe (automobile)The Monroe was a Brass Era and vintage car built in Flint, Michigan , Pontiac, Michigan , and Indianapolis, Indiana ....
(1914–1923) - MoonMoon Motor CarMoon Motor Car was a United States automobile company that was based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company had a venerable reputation among the buying public, as it was known for fully assembled, easily affordable mid-level cars using high-quality parts...
(1905–1929) - MooreMoore Automobile CompanyThe Moore Automobile Company of New York City, was manufacturer of the Moore automobile, known as "The Ball Bearing Car." The company was founded in 1906 and ended production in 1909.-History:...
(1906–1909) - Moore (1916–1920)
- Mora (1906–1911)
- Morris & SalomMorris & SalomThe Morris & Salom was an American electric car manufactured in New York City from 1895 until 1897. It came in various models, including broughams; all were marketed as "electrobats"....
(1894–1897) - Morse (1910–1916)
- Motor BobMotor BobThe Motor Bob was an American cyclecar manufactured in Buffalo, New York, only in 1914. A single-cylinder, 2½hp vehicle, it was sold for home assembly by "boys from 12 to 15".-References:...
(1914) - Moyea (1903–1904)
- MoyerH. A. Moyer (automobile)H. A. Moyer Automobile Company , a manufacturer of luxury automobiles in Syracuse, New York, was founded by Harvey A. Moyer of Clay, New York. The company began business in 1876 in Cicero, New York, as H. A. Moyer Carriage Company...
(1908–1915) - MPMMPM (automobile)The M.P.M. was an automobile built in Mount Pleasant, Michigan by the Mount Pleasant Motor Company from 1914-15. The M.P.M. was a medium-sized conventional car equipped with both a four- and eight-cylinder engine. The company had plans to move its manufacturing plant to either Alma or Saginaw at...
(1914–1915) - Munson (1896–1900)
- MuntzMuntz Car CompanyThe Muntz Car Company was created in Glendale, California, and was in existence from 1950 to 1954 by Earl "Madman" Muntz, a well known local used car dealer and electronics retailer...
(1951–1954) - Murray (1916–1921)
- Murray-Mac (1921–1929)
- Myers
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- NashNash MotorsAlso see: Kelvinator and American Motors CorporationNash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the United States from 1916 to 1938. From 1938 to 1954, Nash was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation...
(1917–1957) - Nash-HealeyNash-HealeyThe Nash-Healey is a two-seat sports car that was produced for the American market between 1951 and 1954. Marketed by Nash-Kelvinator Corporation with a Nash Ambassador drivetrain and a European chassis and body, it served as a halo vehicle for the automaker to promote the sales of the other Nash...
(1951–1954) - National (1900–1924)
- Navajo (1953–1954)
- NelsonNelson (automobile)The Nelson was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the E.A. Nelson Motor Car Company. It was made from 1917-21. The Nelson was designed by Emil A. Nelson, who formerly worked for Oldsmobile, Packard, and Hupmobile. It was designed along European lines and was equipped with a 2.4 liter...
(1917–1921) - New ParryParry Auto CompanyThe Parry and New Parry were both Brass Era cars built in Indianapolis, Indiana by the Parry Auto Company.For almost two decades prior to the official release of his Parry car in 1910, David MacLean Parry experimented making other cars...
(1911–1912) - NiagaraWilson AutomobileWilson Automobile Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Wilson, New York between 1903 and 1905. Their automobile model was sold as the Niagara....
(1903–1905) - NielsonNielson (automobile)The Nielson was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Nielson Motor Car Company in 1907. The Nielson was built as a two-seater runabout equipped with a single-cylinder 12 hp air-cooled engine. The engine was located behind the sear, and was equipped with a friction transmission and...
(1907) - Noma (1919–1923)
- NorthernNorthern (automobile)Northern Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, automobiles designed by Charles Brady King.-History:...
(1902–1908) - Northway (1921–1922)
- Norwalk (1910–1922)
- Nu-KleaNu-Klea StarliteThe Nu-Klea Starlite was an electrically powered automobile built by the Nu-Klea Automobile Corporation from Lansing, Michigan, United States, from 1959-60. It was a two-seater electrically powered vehicle. It came with a plastic body with two motors driving the rear wheels....
(1959–1960) - NybergNyberg AutomobileNyberg was the name of an early American automobile manufacturing company, now defunct. Henry Nyberg of Chicago, Illinois, saw an opportunity in the nascent auto industry and purchased the Rider Lewis Motor Company of Anderson, Indiana, in 1910. The Nyberg company enlarged operations when it began...
(1911–1914) - O-We-GoO-We-GoThe O-We-Go was an American cyclecar manufactured in 1914. The tandem-seat automobile sold for $385; it was built in Owego, New York. At least one car is still known to survive....
(1914) - Ogren (1915–1917, 1920–1923)
- Ohio (1909–1912)
- Ohio Electric (1910–1918)
- OlympianOlympian (automobile)The Olympian was an automobile built in Pontiac, Michigan, USA, by the Olympian Motors Company from 1917-21. Two Olympian models were built, a touring car called the Tourist and a four-seat roadster called the Gypsy. They came equipped with a four-cylinder engine. Both models sold for $965....
(1917–1921) - OrientOrient (automobile)Waltham Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Waltham, Massachusetts between 1902 and 1908.-History:Their first car was a light model sold as the Orient Buckboard. It seated 2 passengers and sold for just US$425, making it the lowest-priced automobile available...
(1902–1908) - OrloOrloThe Orlo was a brass era automobile built in Jackson, Michigan by the Jackson Automobile Company in 1904. The Orlo was built as a five-seater, side-entrance model that was equipped with a 16/17 hp two-cylinder engine. The engine was located under the front seat and the drive was through a chain...
(1904) - OverlandOverland Automobile-History:The Overland Automobile "runabout" was founded by Claude Cox, a graduate of Rose Polytechnic Institute, while he was employed by Standard Wheel Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, in 1903. In 1905, Standard Wheel allowed Cox to relocate the Overland Automobile Company to Indianapolis,...
(1903–1926, 1939) - Owen MagneticOwen MagneticThe Owen Magnetic was a brand of hybrid electric luxury automobiles manufactured between 1915 and 1922. Car models of the brand were notable for their use of an electromagnetic transmission and were early examples of a electric series hybrid drivetrain. The manufacture of the car was sponsored by...
(1915–1922)
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- PackardPackardPackard was an American luxury-type automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana...
(1899–1958) - PaigePaige automobilePaige was a Detroit, United States based automobile company, selling luxury cars between 1908 and 1927.-History:The first car in 1908 was called a Paige-Detroit and was a two seat model powered by a 2.2 liter three cylinder, two stroke engine. In 1910 four stroke, four cylinder models took over and...
(1911–1928) - Paige-DetroitPaige automobilePaige was a Detroit, United States based automobile company, selling luxury cars between 1908 and 1927.-History:The first car in 1908 was called a Paige-Detroit and was a two seat model powered by a 2.2 liter three cylinder, two stroke engine. In 1910 four stroke, four cylinder models took over and...
(1909–1912) - Palmer-Singer (1908–1914)
- ParryParry Auto CompanyThe Parry and New Parry were both Brass Era cars built in Indianapolis, Indiana by the Parry Auto Company.For almost two decades prior to the official release of his Parry car in 1910, David MacLean Parry experimented making other cars...
(1910) - PartinPartin Manufacturing Company (automobile company)The Partin Manufacturing Company was a brass era American automobile manufacturer, based at 29 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois.In 1914, the Partin-Palmer 20 tourer was offered with a four-cylinder watercooled engine of 22 hp , with Gray and Davis generator, optional Gray and Davis electric...
(1913) - Partin-PalmerPartin Manufacturing Company (automobile company)The Partin Manufacturing Company was a brass era American automobile manufacturer, based at 29 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois.In 1914, the Partin-Palmer 20 tourer was offered with a four-cylinder watercooled engine of 22 hp , with Gray and Davis generator, optional Gray and Davis electric...
(1913–1917) - PatersonPaterson (automobile)The Paterson| was a Brass Era/Vintage car built in Flint, Michigan from 1909 until 1923.Canadian-born William A. Paterson set up the W. A. Paterson Company in Flint in 1869 to make carriages. Even though he entered the automobile field later than many of his fellow carriage makers, he was totally...
(1909–1923) - PathfinderPathfinder (1912 automobile)The Pathfinder was a Brass Era car built in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1912 to 1917.After the Parry Auto Company passed into receivership in 1910, the Motor Car Manufracturing Company was created by its creditors. That particular name was chosen as they had not decided what to name their new...
(1912–1917) - PeerlessPeerlessPeerless was a United States automobile produced by the Peerless Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio from 1900 to 1931. The company was known for building high-quality, precision luxury automobiles. Peerless' factory was located at 9400 Quincy Avenue in Cleveland...
(1900–1931) - PennPenn (automobile)Penn was the name of three American automobiles of the pioneer era:The Penn Auto Company of Philadelphia was the first company with the purpose of manufacturing automobiles enregistered in Pennsylvania. It was founded with a capital stock of 5,000$. The make is mentioned in the summer 1901 issue of...
(1910–1913) - Pennsylvania (1907–1911)
- Petrel (1909–1912)
- PhelpsPhelps Motor VehiclePhelps Motor Vehicle Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Stoneham, Massachusetts between 1903 and 1905.The 1904 Phelps was a touring car model. Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat 4 passengers and sold for US$2000. The vertically mounted water-cooled straight-3, situated at the front...
(1903–1905) - Phianna (1917–1922)
- PiedmontPiedmont (1917 automobile)The Piedmont was a car made by the Piedmont Motor Car Company, Inc, of Lynchburg, Virginia. It was produced in a variety of closed and open body shells and was powered by 4- and 6-cylinder Lycoming or Continental engines. The company also made cars for other companies, such as Alsace, Bush, and...
(1917–1922) - Pierce-ArrowPierce-ArrowPierce-Arrow was an American automobile manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York, which was active from 1901-1938. Although best known for its expensive luxury cars, Pierce-Arrow also manufactured commercial trucks, fire trucks, camp trailers, motorcycles, and bicycles.-Early history:The forerunner...
(1901–1938) - Pierce-RacinePierce-Racine (automobile)The Pierce Engine Company of Racine, Wisconsin, was manufacturer of the Pierce-Racine automobile. The company was founded in 1904 and production ended in 1909.-History:The Pierce Engine Company was founded in Racine, Wisconsin in 1904...
(1904–1911) - PigginsPigginsThe Piggins was an American automobile manufactured only in 1909 and a truck, which was marketed as the "Practical Piggins" and manufactured between 1911 and 1916. The passenger vehicle was a six-cylinder touring car of 36 hp or 50 hp....
(1909) - PilotPilot (automobile)There were at least three different cars called Pilot. There was a British car built 1909-1914 in London; a US car built 1909-1924 in Richmond, Indiana; and a German car built 1923-1925 in Werdau.-British car:...
(1909–1924) - Pittsburgh Six (1908–1910)
- PlassPlassThe Plass was an American automobile manufactured only in 1897. It was created by Reuben Plass, who claimed to have built his first car in the 1860s, and was a rear-engined phaeton with an L-shaped tiller designed to be steered by either hand or foot....
(1897) - PlayboyPlayboy Automobile CompanyPlayboy Motor Car Corporation was a Buffalo, New York-based automobile company, established in 1947. The company only produced 97 cars before going bankrupt in 1951....
(1947–1951) - Pope-Hartford (1904–1914)
- Pope-RobinsonPope-RobinsonPope-Robinson was part of the Pope automobile group of companies founded by Colonel Albert Pope manufacturing Brass Era automobiles in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. The company could trace its roots back to Bramwell-Robinson who started as paper box machinery makers going on to make some...
(1902–1904) - Pope-ToledoPope-ToledoThe Pope-Toledo was one of the makes of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Colonel AA Pope, and was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio between 1903 and 1909. The Pope-Toledo was the most expensive of the Pope range and was the successor to the Toledo of the International...
(1903–1909) - Pope-Tribune (1904–1908)
- Pope-WaverleyPope-WaverleyPope-Waverley was one of the brands of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Albert Augustus Pope and was a manufacturer of Brass Era electric automobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company was originally formed as the Indiana Bicycle Company in 1898 changing to the American Bicycle Company in...
(1903–1908) - PowellPowell Motor CompanyPowell Manufacturing Company was a company based in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It was best known for its line of motor scooters that peaked in popularity in the late 1940s. From September 1954 to March 1957, Powell manufactured "Sport Wagon" pickup trucks and station...
(1955–1956) - Pratt (1911–1915)
- PremierPremier (automobile)The Premier Motor Manufacturing Company was organized in 1903 by George A. Weidely and Harold O. Smith in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company built automobiles with air-cooled engines.-Vehicles:...
(1902–1926) - Princess (1914–1918)
- Publix (1947–1948)
- PullmanPullman automobileThe Pullman was an American automobile manufactured in York, Pennsylvania by the York Motor Car Company from 1905 to 1917. Total production is estimated at anywhere from 12,000 to 23,000 cars. The Pullman automobile was named by industrialist A. P...
(1905–1917) - Pungs FinchPungs FinchThe Pungs Finch was an American automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1904 to 1908. They were powerful touring cars built by a factory which made gas engines....
(1904–1908) - Pup (1948–1949)
- QuantumSaab QuantumSAAB Quantum was a series of 5 SAAB cars built in the USA. The earliest cars used Saab 93 two-stroke engines, transmissions and suspension. The later cars used Saab 96 drivetrains and suspension parts....
(1959-1965) - QueenQueen (American automobile)The Queen was an American automobile manufactured between 1904 and 1907 in Detroit, Michigan. Built by the C.H. Blomstrom Motor Company, Queens were chain-driven, and were one-, two-, or four-cylinder cars...
(1904–1907) - QuickQuick (automobile)The Quick was an American automobile produced from 1899 to 1900. Although in most ways a conventional car, it is memorable for being the first American car to use an overhead camshaft production unit. Its engine was twin-cylinder, and had a chain-driven overhead camshaft which could develop a...
(1899–1900) - QuinbyQuinby (automobile)The Quinby was an American automobile manufactured in 1899 in Newark, New Jersey. An electric "on the Leitner system", it used two 2½ motors which were geared to the rear wheels.- References :...
(1899)
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- RamblerRambler (automobile)Rambler was an automobile brand name used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914, then by its successor, Nash Motors from 1950 to 1954, and finally by Nash's successor, American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1969...
(1902–1913) - RamblerRambler (automobile)Rambler was an automobile brand name used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914, then by its successor, Nash Motors from 1950 to 1954, and finally by Nash's successor, American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1969...
(1958–1968) - RapidRapid Motor Vehicle CompanyThe Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was founded in 1902 in Pontiac, Michigan, by brothers Max Grabowsky and Morris Grabowsky, who built their first prototype in 1901. They went on to build one-ton trucks and were the beginning of GMC Truck division after they were acquired by General Motors in 1909...
(1902-1909) - Rauch & Lang (1905–1932)
- RayfieldRayfield (automobile)The Rayfield was an American automobile manufactured from 1911 until 1915 by the Rayfield Motor Car Co. Dashboard-radiatored 18 hp fours and 22 hp sixes were built in Springfield, Illinois.-References:...
(1911–1915) - ReberReberReber is a last name of German origin. It is derived from two sources: First, it is "an occupational name for a vine-dresser or vintner, from Middle High German rebe 'vine' + -er agent suffix." Second, it comes "from a Germanic personal name, Radobert, formed with rād, rāt 'counsel', 'advice' +...
(1902–1903) - Regal (1908–1918)
- Reliable Dayton (1906–1909)
- Reliance (1904–1906)
- ReoREO Motor Car CompanyThe REO Motor Car Company was a Lansing, Michigan based company that produced automobiles and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms.REO was initiated by Ransom E. Olds during August 1904...
(1905–1936) - Republic (1910–1916)
- ReVere (1918–1926)
- Richelieu (1922–1923)
- RichmondRichmond (automobile)At least 2 cars named Richmond were produced. The first was a steam car made by the Richmond Automobile Company in Richmond, Indiana from 1902 to 1903. The second was a car built by the Wayne Works in Richmond, Indiana from 1904 to 1917....
(1904–1917) - RickenbackerRickenbacker (car)Rickenbacker Motor Company was a US automobile manufacturer based in Detroit, Michigan from 1922 until 1928.The company was established by Eddie Rickenbacker , America's leading fighter ace during World War I. He used his World War I 94th Fighter Squadron emblem depicting a top hat inside a ring...
(1922–1927) - RikerRiker Electric Vehicle CompanyThe Riker was a veteran and brass era electric car founded in 1898 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.Designed by Andrew L. Riker, they were built in small numbers until the company was absorbed by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1901....
(1897–1902) - Riotte (1895; 1899)
- R-O (see Owen)
- Roader (1911–1912)
- RoamerBarley Motor Car Co.Barley Motor Car Co. was a manufacturer of automobiles in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Streator, Illinois. It manufactured the Roamer automobile and, briefly, the Barley , and the Pennant ....
(1916–1929) - Robe (1914–1915)
- Robie (1914)
- Robinson (1900–1902)
- Robson (1909)
- Roche (1924–1925)
- Rochester (1901)
- Rochester (1901–1902)
- Rockaway (1902–1903)
- Rockaway (1903–1904)
- Rocket (see Scripps-BoothScripps-BoothScripps-Booth was a United States automobile company based in Detroit, Michigan, which produced motor vehicles from 1913 through 1923.-History:...
) - Rock Falls (1919–1925)
- RockneRockneThe Rockne was an American automobile brand produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana from 1931-1933. The brand was named for University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne....
(1932–1933) - Rockway (1910–1911)
- Rockwell (1910–1911)
- Rodgers (1921)
- Roebling-Planche (1909)
- Rogers (1899–1900) (see also SteamobileSteamobileThe Steamobile was an American steam car manufactured in Keene, New Hampshire, from 1900 until 1902. A 7/9 hp twin-cylinder vehicle, it was designed by one Locke....
) - Rogers (1911–1912)
- Rogers & Hanford (1899–1902)
- Rogers & Thatcher (1903)
- Rollin (1924–1925)
- Rolls-Royce (1921–1935)
- Romer (1921)
- RooseveltRoosevelt (automobile)Roosevelt was a brand of American automobile that was manufactured by the Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, during model years 1929 and 1930....
(1929–1930) - Roper (1860–1896)
- RossRoss (automobile company)The Ross was a "Brass era" gasoline automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1915 to 1918. It had a Herschell-Spillman V-8 engine with body styles including sedans and town cars. The vehicles are now considered antiques.-References:...
(1915–1918) - Ross SteamerRoss (steam automobile company)The Ross was a brass era steam automobile built in Newtonville, Massachusetts from 1906 to 1909.-Louis Ross:Company founder Louis S. Ross gained national fame in the early 1900s racing his Stanley Steamer powered "Wogglebug" race car at Ormond-Daytona Beach. He was one of the first American...
(1905–1909) - Rotary (1903–1905)
- Rotary (1921–1923)
- Rovena (1926)
- Royal TouristRoyal Motor CarRoyal Motor Car Company was a Brass Era manufacturer of automobiles in Cleveland, Ohio, in business from 1904 to 1911. It was the result of a reorganization of the Hoffman Company.-History:...
(1904–1911) - RugbyRugby (automobile)The Rugby was a brand of automobile assembled by the Durant Motors Company of New York City, New York . Beside badges and right hand drive for some models, the vehicle was identical to Durant's Star car, and was assigned to export markets by Durant Motors, due to the name Star being under copyright...
(1922–1928) - RutenberRutenber Motor CompanyThe Rutenber Motor Company was established as the Rutenber Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois, USA, to manufacture a four-cylinder engine to the design of Edwin Rutenber....
(1902) - RuxtonRuxton (automobile)The Ruxton was a front-wheel drive automobile produced by the New Era Motors Company of New York, New York, USA during 1929 and 1930. The car was the brainchild of William Muller and was built in the Moon Motor Car factory in St. Louis, Missouri...
(1929–1930) - R&V Knight (1920–1924)
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- SampsonSampson (automobile)The Sampson was an early automobile manufactured by the Alden Sampson Manufacturing Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1904. It was based on the 1903 Moyea automobile for which the Alden Sampson Company had built the chassis...
(1911) - SamsonSamson TractorSamson Tractor was an American brand of tractors 1900 to 1923, of trucks from 1920 to 1923, and a General Motors brand from 1917 to 1923.- History :...
(1919, only one prototype) - SaxonSaxon Motor Car CompanyThe Saxon Motor Car Company was located in Detroit, Michigan, from 1914 to 1922. In 1917 28,000 cars were made making it the seventh largest car maker in the United States....
(1913–1922) - Sayers (1917–1924)
- Scarab (1958)
- SchachtSchacht (automobile)Schacht was an American maufacturer of automobile, trucks and fire trucks from 1904 to 1940. The company was started by William and Gustav Schact in Cincinnati, Ohio. Production of automobiles was from 1904 to 1914 with over 8,000 automobiles produced. The company was renamed the G.A...
(1904–1914) - Schaum (1901–1905)
- Searchmont (1900–1903)
- SearsSears, Roebuck and CompanySears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
(1908–1912) - SeldenSelden Motor Vehicle CompanyThe Selden Motor Vehicle Company was an early American manufacturer of automobiles. The Company, founded in 1905, was based in Rochester, New York.- History :...
(1909–1912) - Severin (1920–1921)
- SGV (1911–1915)
- Shad-WyckShad-WyckThe Shad-Wyck was an American automobile manufactured from 1917 until 1923 in Frankfort, Indiana.Run by the Shadburne Brothers of Chicago, the company's initial offerings seem to have been rebranded Bour-Davis cars. The company had been purchased by the brothers and production moved from Detroit...
(1917–1923) - Shawmobile (or Shaw)ShawmobileThe Shawmobile was a small two-seat buckboard type vehicle from the horseless carriage era powered by a front mounted gasoline engine with belt drive to the rear wheels. Wheels are of the wire bicycle type.-History:...
(1920–1930) - Simplex (1907–1919)
- SimploSimploThe Simplo was an American automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1909. A 10/12 hp twin-cylinder friction-drive runabout from St. Louis, it sold for $600 and featured a detachable rumble seat.-References:...
(1908–1909) - Sinclair-ScottSinclair-Scott (automobile)The Sinclair-Scott Co, of Baltimore, Maryland,USA, produced an automobile marketed as the Maryland by 1904, and produced cars as late as 1910....
(1904–1907) - Singer (1914–1920)
- Single CenterSingle CenterThe Simple Center was an American automobile manufactured from 1907 until 1908.A friction-drive 12/15 hp flat-twin-engined High wheeler from Evansville, Indiana, it was advertised as being "not a buggy but a racy-looking automobile runabout". Its top speed was up to ....
(1907–1908) - SintzSintzThe Sintz was an American automobile manufactured from 1899 to 1904. Products of the Sintz Gas Engine Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, cars came in numerous different styles; the company also produced rail cars and light trams. All were powered by an own-make two-stroke engine....
(1899–1904) - Skelton (1920–1922)
- SkeneSkene (automobile)The Skene was an American automobile manufactured from 1900 to 1901. A twin-cylinder 5 hp steam car, it was built in Springfield, Massachusetts. Despite its makers claims of "many points of superiority", the Skene seems to have been rather unremarkable....
(1900–1901) - SmithSmith Automobile CompanyThe Smith Automobile Company of Topeka, Kansas was an early United States automobile manufacturing company which produced the Veracity, Smith, and Great Smith lines of automobiles from 1902 to 1912. They were the first automobiles made west of the Mississippi River. The company's first automobile...
(1903–1907) - Smith FlyerSmith FlyerThe Smith Flyer was an American automobile manufactured by the A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee from 1915 until about 1919 when the manufacturing rights were sold to Briggs & Stratton and it was renamed to Briggs & Stratton Flyer. The Smith Flyer is a small, simple, lightweight, two-seat vehicle...
(1915–1919) - Soules (1905–1908)
- Spacke (1919-1920)
- SpauldingSpaulding (automobile)Spaulding was a name used for automobiles from two different companies. One company was based in Grinnell, Iowa and the other in Buffalo, New York.-Spaulding of Iowa:...
(1910–1916) - SpeedwellSpeedwell Motor Car CompanyThe Speedwell Motor Car Company was an early United States automobile manufacturing company established by Pierce Davies Schenck that produced cars from 1907 to 1914. The company's factory rented space for the Wright Company to build its airplanes from February to November 1910 while the Wright...
(1907–1914) - St. LouisSt. Louis Motor CompanySt. Louis Motor Carriage Company was a manufacturer of automobiles at 1211–13 North Vandeventer Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri founded by George Preston Dorris and John French in 1898, with French taking charge of marketing and Dorris heading engineering and production. St. Louis Motor Carriage was...
(1899–1907) - StandardStandard (1904 automobile)The Standard was an American automobile manufactured between 1904 and around 1908. Successor to the US Long Distance, it was a 25hp four with wooden side-entrance bodywork. It sold for $3500....
(1904–1908) - StandardStandard (1912 automobile)The Standard was an American automobile manufactured in Butler, Pennsylvania from 1912 until 1923. Produced by the Standard Steel Car Company, in a new factory claimed to have cost $2 million, the first cars used a six cylinder engine but from 1916 the company was among the first to offer a V-8...
(1912–1923) - StandardStandard Steel Car CompanyThe Standard Steel Car Company was a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock in the United States that existed between 1902 and 1934....
(1915–1923) - Standard Electric (or Standard Electrique) (1911–1915)
- Standard SixStandard SixThe Standard Six was an American automobile manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri by the St. Louis Car Company from 1909 until 1910. The company initially built Mors cars under license as the "American Mors", beginning in 1906; it turned out an overhead valve 50hp six of 6965 cc under its own...
(1909–1910) - Standard SteamStandard Steam CarThe Standard Steam Car was an American steam car manufactured by the Standard Engineering Company of St Louis, Missouri from 1920 until 1921. Also known as the Scott-Newcomb, it featured a front condenser that resembled a Rolls-Royce-shaped radiator and was similar in appearance to the Roamer. The...
(1920–1921) - Stanley (1896–1924)
- StanwoodStanwood (automobile)The Stanwood was an American automobile manufactured from 1920 until 1922 in St Louis, Missouri. An assembled car with Continental 7R six-cylinder engine, it was offered in a variety of open and closed body styles.-References:...
(1920–1922) - StarStar (automobile)The Star was an automobile marque that was assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928. Also known as the Star Car, Star was envisioned as a competitor against the Ford Model T...
(1922–1928) - StaverStaverThe Staver was an American automobile manufactured at 76th and Wallace Streets in Chicago, Illinois,Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 , p.104. by the Staver Carriage Company from 1907 until 1914...
(1907–1914) - SteamobileSteamobileThe Steamobile was an American steam car manufactured in Keene, New Hampshire, from 1900 until 1902. A 7/9 hp twin-cylinder vehicle, it was designed by one Locke....
(1900–1902) - StearnsStearns (automobile)F. B. Stearns and Company was a manufacturer of luxury cars in Cleveland, Ohio marketed under the brand names Stearns and Stearns-Knight.-History:...
(1900–1911) - Stearns-KnightStearns-KnightStearns-Knight was a luxury automobile produced in Cleveland, Ohio first by the F.B. Stearns Company from 1900 to 1925, and then under ownership by WillysOverland Company of Toledo, Ohio until 1929....
(1912–1929) - Stearns Automobile CompanyStearns Steam Carriage CompanyStearns Steam Carriage Company was a manufacturer of steam automobiles in Syracuse, New York, founded by Edward C. Stearns, an industrialist. Stearns built his first automobile in 1899, an electric which sold so few models through 1900 that the firm changed to steam power in 1901 when the company...
(1901–1904) - Stephens (1917–1924)
- Sterling-Knight (1920–1926)
- Stevens-DuryeaStevens-DuryeaStevens-Duryea was an American manufacturer of automobiles in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts between 1901 and 1915 and from 1919 to 1927.The company was founded after a falling-out between J. Frank Duryea and his brother Charles in 1898...
(1901–1927) - Stewart (1915–1916)
- Stewart-CoatsStewart-CoatsThe Stewart-Coats was an American automobile manufactured only in 1922. It was an offshoot of the Coats Steam Car, with its operations located in Columbus and Bowling Green, Ohio; only a pilot model was completed....
(1922) - Stoddard-DaytonStoddard-DaytonStoddard-Dayton was a high quality car manufactured by Dayton Motor Car Company in Dayton, Ohio, USA, between 1905 and 1913. John W. Stoddard and his son Charles G...
(1904–1913) - Stout-Scarab (1932–1936)
- StudebakerStudebakerStudebaker Corporation was a United States wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the...
(1902–1966) - Studebaker-GarfordStudebaker-GarfordStudebaker-Garford was an automobile produced jointly by the Garford Company of Elyria, Ohio and the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana from 1904 through 1911...
(1904–1911) - StutzStutz Motor CompanyThe Stutz Motor Company was a producer of luxury cars based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Production began in 1911 and continued through 1935. The marque reappeared in 1968 under the aegis of Stutz Motor Car of America, Inc., and with a newly defined modern retro-look. Although the company is...
(1911–1935) - SuccessSuccess Automobile Manufacturing CompanySuccess was a brass era United States automobile, built at 532 De Ballviere Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1906.It was a high wheeler buggy priced at an exceedingly low US$250...
(1906–1909) - Sultan (1908–1912)
- SunSun (automobile)The Sun automobile was made in Elkhart, Indiana from 1916 to 1917, and in Toledo, Ohio from 1921 to 1922.The Sun Motor Car Company was originally created in Buffalo, New York, but moved to Elkhart before production began. Their slogan was "The Sun Outshines Them All". Roscoe C. Hoffman designed a...
(1916–1917) - SunSun (automobile)The Sun automobile was made in Elkhart, Indiana from 1916 to 1917, and in Toledo, Ohio from 1921 to 1922.The Sun Motor Car Company was originally created in Buffalo, New York, but moved to Elkhart before production began. Their slogan was "The Sun Outshines Them All". Roscoe C. Hoffman designed a...
(1921–1922) - SaleenSaleenSaleen, Incorporated, commonly known as Saleen, was an American manufacturer of high-performance sports cars and high-performance automotive parts in Troy, Michigan, formerly based in Irvine, California...
http://www.saleen.com/ (1984–2009)
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- TemplarTemplar automobileTemplar was a manufacturer of automobiles in Lakewood, Ohio from 1917 to 1924. The company was named for the Knights Templar and used a Maltese Cross as an emblem....
(1917–1924) - TerraplaneTerraplaneThe Terraplane was a car brand and model built by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1932 and 1938. In its maiden year, the car was branded as the Essex-Terraplane; in 1934 the car became simply the Terraplane...
(1932–1938) - Texan (1920–1922)
- ThomasThomas Motor CompanyE. R. Thomas Motor Company was a manufacturer of motorized bicycles, motorized tricycles, motorcycles, and automobiles in Buffalo, New York between 1900 and 1919.-Motorized Bicycles, Tricycles, and Motorcycles:...
(1902–1919) - Thomas-Detroit (1906–1908)
- TincherTincherThe Tincher was a brand of automobile produced from 1903-1908 in Chicago, Illinois, and from 1908-1909 in South Bend, Indiana. The car was named after its developer, Thomas Luther Tincher, but built by the Chicago Coach and Carriage Company using components and body sections fabricated by the...
(1903–1909) - TotemDavis TotemThe Davis Totem was an American automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1922. As many as ten were built; they boasted friction drive similar to that found in their contemporaries, the Kelsey and the Metz. The cars used four-cylinder Herschell-Spillman engines. The touring car, which seated five,...
(1921–1922) - Towne Shopper (1948)
- Tourist (1902–1910)
- Trihawk (1983-c.1987)
- Twombly (1910)
- TwomblyTwombly (cyclecar)The Twombly was a cyclecar manufactured in the US by Driggs-Seabury between 1913 and 1915. The cars had water-cooled, four-cylinder engines, two seats in tandem, and an underslung body. Few of them are still in existence.- See also :...
(1913–1915) - Tucker (1948)
- Tulsa (1918–1922)
- UnionUnion (automobile)The Union automobile was based on Lambert's "horseless carriage" gasoline buggy. It had four wheels instead of his 1891 three-wheeled version. The automobile was made by the Union Automobile Company from 1902 through 1905...
(1902–1905) - Upton (1900–1904) - later named Beverly
- UptonUpton (automobile)The The Upton Motor Company of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was manufacturer of the Upton automobile, a five-passenger Touring Car. The company was founded in 1904 and ended production in 1907.This was the second automobile named Upton...
(1904–1907) - US AutomobileUS AutomobileThe US Automobile was an American automobile manufactured between 1899 and 1901. A 3 hp electric car, it used three speeds forward and two back.-References:David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....
(1899–1901) - Van WagonerVan WagonerThe Van Wagoner was an American electric automobile manufactured between 1899 and 1903 in Syracuse, New York, by the Syracuse Automobile Company...
(1899–1900) - VelieVelieVelie was a brass era American automobile brand produced by the Velie Motors Corporation in Moline, Illinois from 1908 to 1928. The company was founded by and named for Willard Velie, a maternal grandson of John Deere....
(1908–1929) - VirginianVirginian (automobile)The Virginian was an automobile produced briefly by the Richmond Iron Works of Richmond, Virginia. The automobile was manufactured in 1911 and 1912....
(1911–1912) - VulcanVulcan (automobile company)Vulcan Manufacturing Company was a brass era American automobile manufacturer based in Painesville, Ohio, founded in 1914.Vulcan's first products were the Model 27 speedster and five-passenger tourer. They ran on a 115 in wheelbase and had a 27 hp engine and left-hand drive...
(1913–1915)
W
- Wagenhals (1910–1915)
- Walter (1902–1909)
- Walker (1905–1906)
- Waltham (1905–1908, 1922)
- Ware Steam WagonWare Steam WagonThe Ware Steam Wagon was the first self-propelled American vehicle to be manufactured for export. Elijah Ware, of Bayonne, New Jersey, manufactured the Wagon between 1861 and 1867. In 1866 one of his vehicles was shipped to Rustico, Prince Edward Island, where it had been ordered by a Catholic...
(1861–1867) - Warren-Detroit (1910–1913)
- Wasp (1919–1924)
- WaterCarWaterCarWaterCar is an American company that builds modern car-based amphibious vehicles to order.Their prototypes were a Camaro-like convertible and a Jeep-like SUV—both of which use water-jet propulsion technology similar to the Gibbs Technologies Aquada amphibious vehicle.The company is currently taking...
- Waverley Electric (1898–1903, 1909–1916) (see also Pope-WaverleyPope-WaverleyPope-Waverley was one of the brands of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Albert Augustus Pope and was a manufacturer of Brass Era electric automobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company was originally formed as the Indiana Bicycle Company in 1898 changing to the American Bicycle Company in...
) - Wayne (1904–1908)
- WestcottWestcott automobileThe Westcott was an automobile produced in Richmond, Indiana and Springfield, Ohio in the United States between 1912 and 1925. The car company was named for its founder, Burton J. Westcott....
(1912–1925) - Whippet (1927–1931)
- WhiteWhite Motor CompanyWhite Motor Company was an American automobile and truck manufacturer from 1900 until 1980. The company also produced bicycles, roller skates, automatic lathes, and sewing machines. Before World War II, the company was based in Cleveland, Ohio.-History:...
(1900–1918) - Wills Sainte ClaireWills Sainte ClaireWills Sainte Claire was an automobile brand manufactured by the C. H. Wills and Company, in Marysville, Michigan, from 1921-1927. Childe Harold Wills, the company founder, was a perfectionist and his automobile company focused on very high quality cars...
(1921–1927) - WillysWillysWillys was the brand name used by Willys-Overland Motors, an American automobile company best known for its design and production of military Jeeps and civilian versions during the 20th century.-Early History:In 1908, John Willys bought the Overland Automotive Division of Standard Wheel Company...
(1916–1918, 1930–1942, 1953–1963) - Willys Knight (1914–1933)
- WilsonWilson AutomobileWilson Automobile Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Wilson, New York between 1903 and 1905. Their automobile model was sold as the Niagara....
(1903–1905) - WindsorWindsor (automobile)The Windsor was an automobile produced in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, from 1929 to 1930 by the Windsor Corporation.- History :The Windsor Corporation was a subsidiary of the Moon Motor Car company and shared all the same company officers as the parent company as well as the same manufacturing facility...
(1929–1930) - Winton (1896–1924)
- Winther (1921–1923)
- Wolverine (1927–1928)
- WoodillWoodill MotorsThe Woodill Wildfire was a sports car built by Dodge and Willys dealer Blanchard Robert "Woody" Woodill from 1952 to 1958 in Tustin California. The Wildfire used a Glasspar fiberglass body and is credited with being the first complete fiberglass car available with approximately 300 produced...
(1952–1956) - Woods ElectricWoods Motor VehicleWoods Motor Vehicle Company was a manufacturer of electric automobiles in Chicago, Illinois between 1899 and 1916. In 1915 they produced the Dual Power Woods Motor Vehicle Company was a manufacturer of electric automobiles in Chicago, Illinois between 1899 and 1916. In 1915 they produced the Dual...
(1899–1916)
X-Z
- XeniaXenia (automobile)The Xenia was an American cyclecar designed by P. E. Hawkins and manufactured in 1914. The automobile was built with the odd combination of an epicyclic gearbox and belt final drive; it was powered by an 1164 cc vee-twin Deluxe engine....
(1914) - YaleYale (automobile)Kirk Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio. Their automobile was marketed as the Yale.-History:...
(1902–1905) - YaleYale (1916 automobile)The Yale was a Brass Era car manufactured in Saginaw, Michigan from 1916 to 1918, not to be confused with the Yale from Toledo, Ohio.The man behind this Yale was Louis J. Lampke, who previously had been with Palmer-Singer and Lion. He then created a car he had designed himself, this was the MPM...
(1916–1918) - Yellow CabYellow Cab Manufacturing CompanyThe Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company was established in 1920 by John D. Hertz and was associated with the Yellow Cab Company which Hertz also owned.-History:The Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company was established in 1920 by John D...
(1915–1930) - ZAPZAP (motor company)ZAP is an electric vehicle company that designs, produces and markets vehicles including automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, scooters, personal watercraft, hovercraft, ATVs, neighborhood electric vehicles and commercial vehicles. The name stands for Zero Air Pollution...
- Zent (1900–1902, 1904–1906)
- Zimmerman (1908–1915)
- Zip (1913–1914)
- ZoeZoe MotorsZoe Motors, Inc., a subsidiary of Zoe Products Inc., was an early-1980s automotive company based in California and best known for its Zoe Zipper three-wheeled microcar. Zoe was publicly traded on the NASDAQ as ZOEP and later ZOEP.PK, although the company is no longer active today...