List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
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This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out.
A
[edit]- A Automobile Company (1910–1913)
'Blue & Gold, Red John, model[1] - Abbott-Detroit (1909–1918)
Moved to Cleveland and renamed to 'Abbott' in 1917.[2] - Abeln-Zehr (1911–1912)
Renamed to 'Zehr' after departure of S. Abeln in 1912.[3] - AC Propulsion (1997–2003)
tzero model - Apex Motor Car Company (1920–1922)
Ace model - Acme Motor Car Company (1903–1911)
- Adams Company (1905–1912)
'Adams-Farwell' model - Anger Engineering Company (1913–1915)[4]
- Aerocar Company (1905–1908)
- Aerocar International (1946–1987)
- Aircraft Products (1947)
Airscoot model - Airway (1949–1950)[5]
- Ajax Motors Co. (1914–1915)
Based in Seattle - Ajax Motor Vehicle Company (1901–1903)
Based in New York City - Aland Motor Car Company (1916–1917)
- Albany Automobile Company (1907–1908)
- Alden Sampson Company (1904)
Sampson model - Albaugh-Dover Co. (1910–1911)
Also known as Aldo - All-Steel Motor Car Co. (1915–1916)
- Allen Motor Company (1913–1922)
Based in Ohio[6] - Allen Iron & Steel Company (1913–1914)
Based in Philadelphia[7] - Alpena Motor Company (1910–1914)[8]
- Alter Motor Car Company (1914–1917)
- Altham (1896–1899)
- Alcoa (1920–1922)
'Aluminum' model[9] - Amalgamated Machinery Corp (1917–1919)
- Ambassador (1921–1925)[10][11]
- American Automobile Manufacturing Company (1911–1912)[10]
Jonz and American models. Based in Indiana. - American Automobile and Power Company (1904–1905)
Populaire model - American Automobile Co. (1899–1901)[10]
Based in New York - American Cyclecar Co. (1914)[10]
- American Austin (1929–1941)
Renamed to 'American Bantam' in 1935[10] - American Beauty (1918–1920)[12]
- American Electric (1913–1914)
Based in Michigan - American Electric Vehicle Co. (1896–1902)
Based in Chicago - American Locomotive Automobile Company (1908–1913)[10]
Also known as Alco - American Metal Wheel & Auto Co (1907)
Juvenile model - American Mors (1906–1909)[10]
- American Motor Car Company (1906–1914)
- American Motor Carriage Co. (1902–1904)[10]
- American Motor Vehicle Co. (1916–1920)
Junior model - American Motors (1954–1987)
Also known as AMC - American Motors Co. (1906–1924)[10][13]
Balanced Six model. Based in New Jersey - American Motors Incorporated (1917–1922)
Amco model. Based in New York - American Power Carriage (1899–1900)[10]
- American Simplex (1906–1913)
Renamed to Amplex in 1910 - American Steam Automobile Co. (1924–1931)
Based in Massachusetts - American Steam Truck Co. (1922–1924)
Based in Illinois - American Voiturette (1913–1914)[3]
Car-Nation models - American Waltham (1898–1899)
- American Wheelock[14][when?]
- Ames, F.A. Co. (1910–1922)
Renamed to 'Ames Body Corporation' in 1915[10][15] - Ams-Sterling (1917)[10]
- Anchor Buggy & Carriage Co. (1910–1911)
- Anderson Automobile Co. (1916–1925)[10]
- Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Co. (1907–1910)[16]
- Anderson Machine Co. (1906)[16]
- Anger Engineering Company (1912–1915)[17]
Also known as A.E.C. - Angus (1907–1910)[10]
Fuller model - Anheuser-Busch (1905)[18]
Built in St. Louis by the beer company - Anhut (1909–1910)[19]
- Ansted (1926–1927)
- Ansted-Lexington (1922)
- Anthony (1899–1900)[10]
- Apperson (1902–1926)
- Apple Automobile Company (1917–1918)
- Arabian (1915–1917)[20]
- ArBenz (1911–1918)[10]
- Ardsley Motor Car Co. (1905–1906)
- Argo Electric Vehicle Co. (1912–1916)
Based in Saginaw, Michigan. - Argo Motor Co. (1914–1916)
Based in Jackson, Michigan. - Ariel Company (1905–1907)
- Aristos[10][when?]
- Armstrong Electric (1885–1902)
- Arnolt, S.H. Inc. (1953–1954)[5]
- Artzberger (1904)[21]
- Atlas Automobile Co. (1906–1907)
Based in Pittsburgh - Atlas Motor Car Co. (1907–1913)
Based in Massachusetts. Renamed to 'Atlas-Knight' in 1912. - Auburn Automobile Co. (1900–1936)
Based in Indiana - Auburn Motor Chassis (1912–1915)[22]
- Aultman (1901)
- Aurora Automobile Co. (1905–1906)[10][22]
Formerly 'Aurora Carriage Top Company' - Aurora Automatic Machinery Co. (1907–1909)[22]
- Austen[10][when?]
- Austin Automobile Company (1901–1921)[10]
- Auto-Bug (1909–1910)[10]
- Auto Cub (1956)
- Auto Cycle (1906–1907)[10]
- Auto Dynamic (1900–1902)[10]
- Autoette Electric Car Co. (1948–1970)
- Automatic Transportation Co. (1921)[10]
- Automobile Fore Carriage (1900)[23]
- Automobile Voiturette[10][when?]
- Automotor (1901–1904)[10]
- Autoparts Manufacturing Co. (1910)
King-Remick model - Auto Tricar (1914)[10]
- Auto Vehicle[10][when?]
- Avanti Motor Co. (1963–2007)
- Avery Company (1891–1928) Tractor, truck and car manufacturer
B
[edit]- Babcock, H.H. Company (1909–1913)[10]
- Babcock Electric Carriage Co. (1906–1912)
- Baby Moose (1914)
- Bachelle Electric (1900–1903)[10]
- Bacon (1901, 1919–1920)[10]
- Badger (1910–1911)[24]
Based in Wisconsin - Bailey (1907–1910)[10]
- Baker Electric (1899–1916)[25]
Based in Cleveland - Balboa (1924–1925)[10]
- Baldner (1900–1903)[10]
- Baldwin (1899–1901)[10]
- Ball Steam (1868, 1902)[10]
- Balzer (1894–1900)
- Banker (1905)[10]
- Bantam (1914)[12]
Distinct from American Bantam - Barbarino (1923–1925)[10]
- Barley Motor Car Co. (1916–1929)
- Barrows Electric (1895–1899)[26]
- Bates Automobile Company (1904–1905)
- Bauer (1914–1916)[10][where?]
- Bay State (1907–1908)[10]
- Bean-Chamberlain Manufacturing Co. (1901–1902)
Hudson model - Beardsley (1914–1917)[10]
- Beechcraft (1946)[5]
- Beggs (1919–1923)[10]
- Belden (1907–1911)[10]
- Bell Motor Car Company (1916–1922)[27]
Based in Pennsylvania - Belmont Electric Auto Co. (1909–1910)
- Belmont (1916)[10][where?]
- Bendix (1908–1909)[10]
- Benham Manufacturing Co. (1914)
- Ben Hur (1917–1918)[25]
Based in Cleveland - Benner (1909)[10]
- Berg (1903–1905)[2]
Based in Cleveland - Bergdoll (1910–1913)[10]
- Berwick Auto Car Co. (1904)
- Berkshire (1905–1912)[10]
- Berliet[10][when?]
- Bertolet (1908–1910)[10]
- Bethlehem[18][when?]
- Beverly (1904)[10]
- Bi-Autogo (1908–1912)[28]
- Biddle (1915–1922)
- Beisel Motorette Company (1914)
- Bimel (1916–1917)[10]
- Binghamton Electric (1920)
- Binney & Burnham (1901–1902)
- Birch Motor Cars (1916–1923)[12]
- Birmingham Motors (1921–1923)[10]
- Black (1893, 1896–1900)[where?]
- Black Motor Company (1908–1910)[29] Renamed to 'Black-Crow' in 1909
- Blackhawk (1903)[10]
- Blackhawk (1929–1930)
- Bliss (1906)
- B.L.M. (1906–1907)[10]
- Blomstrom (C.H.) Motor Co. (1902–1903)[10][where?]
- Blomstrom Manufacturing Co. (1907–1908)[10]
Gyroscope model, based in Michigan. - Blood Brothers Auto and Machine Company (1902–1906)
- BMC (1952)[5]
Distinct from the British brand - Boardman (1946)[5]
- Bobbi-Kar (1945–1947)[5]
- Boisselot (1901)[10]
- Borbein Electric (1900, 1904–1909)[10]
- Borland Electric (1910–1916)[10]
- Boss Steam Car (1897–1909)[30]
- Boston-Amesbury (1902–1903)[10]
- Boston High Wheel (1907)[10]
- Bour-Davis Co. (1915–1922)
- Bournonville[10][when?]
- Bowman Motor Car Company (1921–1922)[10]
- Bramwell (1904–1905)[10][where?]
- Bramwell-Robinson (1899–1902)[10][where?]
- Brasie (1914–1916)[10]
- Brazier (1902–1903)[10]
- Brecht (1901–1903)[30]
- Brennan (1902–1908)[10]
- Brew-Hatcher (1904–1905)
- Brewster & Co. (1915–1925, 1934–1937)
- Briggs and Stratton (1919–1923)[10]
Smith Flyer model - Briggs-Detroiter Motor Car Co. (1912–1917)
- Brightwood[10][when?]
- Briscoe Motor Co. (1913–1923)
- Bristol (1903–1904)[30]
- Broc Electric (1909–1916)[25]
Based in Cleveland - Brogan (1946–1950)[5]
- Brook (1920–1921)[10]
- Brooks Steamer (1927)[10]
- Brown (1914)[10]
- Brownie (1916)[31]
- Browniekar (1908–1911)[31]
- Brush Motor Car Company (1907–1912)
- Bryan Steam Car (1918–1923)
- Buckeye (1895)[32]
Based in Indiana - Buckmobile (1903–1905)
- Buffalo Automobile and Auto-Bi Company (1900–1902)[10]
- Buffalo Electric (1912–1915)
- Buffum (1901–1907)
- Buggy Car Company (1908–1909)[10]
- Bugmobile (1907–1909)[33]
Based in Chicago - Burdick (1909)[31]
- Burg (1910–1913)[31]
- Burns (1908–1912)[31]
- Burrows (1914–1915)
- Burtt Manufacturing Co. (1902–1906)[10]
Cannon model - Bush (1916–1924)
C
[edit]- C-A-C (1914–1915)
- Cady Automobile Company (1899)[34]
- California (1900–1902, 1910)[35]
- Caloric (1903–1904)
- Camelot Motors (1981)[34]
- Cameron (1903–1920)[36]
- Campbell (1918–1919)[31]
- Canda (1900–1902)[31]
- Cannon (1902–1906)
- Cantono Electric (1904–1907)[31]
- Car de Luxe (1906–1910)
- Carbon Motors Corporation (2003–2013)
- Cardway (1923–1924)[31]
- Carhart (1871)[31]
- Carhartt Automobile Company (1910–1912)
- Carlson (1904)[31]
- Carrol[31][when?]
- Carroll (1908)[31]
Distinct from Carrol - Carroll Six (1921–1922)
- Carter Twin-Engine (1907–1908)
- Cartercar (1905–1916)
- Carthage (1914–1915)[31]
- Case (1911–1927)[37]
Based in Wisconsin - C.B (1917–1918)[31]
- Ceco (1914–1915)[38]
Based in Chicago - Centaur (1902–1903)[31]
- Central (1905–1906)[31]
- Century (1900–1903)[31]
'Tourist' model - Century Motor Company (1911–1915)[31]
Renamed to 'Century Electric Car Company' in 1915 - Century Steamer (1906)[30]
- Cornish-Friedberg Motor Car Co (1907–1909)
- Chadwick Engineering Works (1904–1916, 1960)[31]
- Chalfant (1905–1912)[31]
- Chalmers-Detroit (1908–1914)
Renamed to Chalmers in 1911 - Champion (1916)[31]
- Chandler (1913–1929)
- Chapman Electric (1899–1901)[31]
- Charles Abresch Company (1899–circa 1965)
- Chase (1907–1912)[31]
- Checker Motors Corporation (1922–1982)
- Chelsea (1914)[31]
- Chicago (1902)[39]
- Chicago Electric (1899–1901)[31]
- Chicago Motor Buggy (1908)
- Chicago Recording Scale Co (1906–1907)
Apollo model - Chicago Steam Car (1905–1907)[31]
- Chief (1908)[12]
- Christie (1904–1910)[31]
- Christman (1901–1905, 1907)[31]
- Church-Field (1912–1913)
- Church Manufacturing Co (1903–1904)
Lenawee model - Cincinnati Steamer (1903–1904)[30]
- CinO (1910–1913)[31]
- Citicar (1974–1976)
- Clark (1901)[30]
- Clark Electric (1903–1905)[31]
- Clark & Company (1903–1904)[40]
Clarkmobile model - Classic (1916–1917, 1920)[31]
- Cleburne[31][when?]
- Clénet Coachworks (1975–1980)
- Clermont[30][when?]
- Cleveland (1902–1904)[2]
Built in Cleveland - Cleveland (1905–1909)
- Cleveland (1914)[2]
- Cleveland (1919–1926)[2]
- Climber (1919–1924)[41]
- Clinton E. Woods Electric (1897–1901)[42]
- Clipper (1956)[43][44]
- Clough Steamer (1869)[42]
- Cloughley (1896–1903)[31]
- Club Car (1910–1911)[31]
- Clyde Special[31][when?]
- Clymer (1908)[33]
Based in Missouri - Coates-Goshen (1908–1910)
- Coats Steam Car (1921–1923)
- Coda (2009–2013)
- Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company (1913–1917)
- Coggswell (1910–1911)[31]
- Colburn (1906–1911)[45]
Based in Denver - ColbyDenver (1911–1914)[31]
- Cole Motor Car Company (1909–1925)[46]
Based in Indianapolis - Colonial Motors Corporation (1921–1922)[31]
- Colonial Electric Car Company (1912)
- Colt (1907)[47]
Based in New York - Columbia (1897–1913)
- Columbian Electric[31][when?]
- Columbia Motors (1916–1924)[31]
- Columbian Electric (1914–1917)[31]
Distinct from 'Columbia Electric' - Columbus Buggy Company (1907–1908)[31]
- Columbus Electric (1903–1915)[48]
Based in Ohio - Comet (1917–1922)[31]
Based in Illinois - Comet (1946–1951)[5]
- Commerce (1907–1908)[31]
- Commercial Motor Truck Company[49][when?]
Based in Ohio - Commodore Motors Corporation (1921–1922)[31]
- Commonwealth (1917–1922)[31]
- Commuter Cars (1998)
- Comuta-Car (1979–1982)[50]
- Conrad (1900–1903)[30]
- Continental (1907–1908)
- Continental (1914)[51]
Based in Minneapolis and Chicago - Continental (1933–1934)[31]
- Continental (1956–1957)
- Corbin (1904–1912)
- Corbin (1999–2003)
- Corbitt (1907–1914)[31]
- Cord (1929–1932,1936–1937)
- Corinthian (1922–1923)[31]
- Cornelian (1914–1915)[31]
- Cornish-Friedberg[31][when?]
- Correja (1909–1914)
- Corwin (1905–1906)[52]
Gas-au-lec model - Cosmopolitan (1907–1910)[31]
Distinct from the Nash Cosmopolitan - Cotta Steam (1901–1903)[30]
- Country Club (1903–1904)[31]
- Courier (1904–1905)
- Courier (1909–1911)[31]
- Courier Car Co (1912)
'Clermont' model - Covert (1902–1907)
- Coyote Special (1909–1910)
- C.R. Patterson and Sons (1915–1939), maker of the Patterson-Greenfield automobile and later buses and trucks.[53]
- Craig-Toledo (1907)[31]
- Crane (1912–1920)[31]
Renamed to Crane-Simplex in 1915 - Crane & Breed (1912–1917)
- Crawford (1904–1923)
- Crescent (1913–1914)[31]
- Crestmobile (1901–1905)
- Cricket Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)
- Criterion[31][when?]
- Crompton (1902–1905)[30]
- Crosley (1939–1952)
- Crouch (1894–1900)[30]
- Crow-Elkhart (1911–1923)[54]
- Crowdus Electric (1899–1902)[31]
- Crown (1905–1907)[31]
- Crowther (1915–1917)[31]
Renamed to 'Crowther-Duryea' in 1917 - Croxton-Keeton (1909–1914)[55]
Renamed to 'Croxton' in 1911 - Cruiser (1917–1919)[31]
- Culver (1905)[31]
- Cunningham (1907–1936)[31]
- Cunningham Sports Cars (1951–1955)[5]
- Clark-Carter Automobile Co (1909–1913)
Renamed to Cutting Motor Car Company in 1911; defunct c. 1912; last model year 1913. - C.V.I. Motor Car Co (1907–1908)[31]
D
[edit]- Detroit Air-Cooled Car Company (1922–1923)
- Dagmar (1922–1927)
- Dale (1974)
- Daniels (1916–1924)[56]
- Dan Patch (1910–1911)[57]
- Darby Motor Car Company (1909–1910)[58]
- Darling (1901–1902)[59]
- Darrin (1946, 1955–1958)[5]
- Davenport (1902)[12]
- Davis (1908–1929)
- Davis Cyclecar Company (1914)
- Davis (1947–1949)[5]
- Davis Steam Car (1921)[60]
- Davis Totem (1921–1922)
- Dawson (1904)[31]
- Dawson Auto-Mobile (1899–1901)[61]
- Day Automobile Company (1911–1914)
- Dayton (1914)
- Dayton Electric (1911–1915)[62]
- Deal (1905–1911)[63]
- Decatur (1910–1911)[64]
- Decatur (1914–1915)[65]
- Decker (1902–1903)[31]
- Deere-Clark (1906; Deere 1907)[66]
- Deering Magnetic (1918–1919)[31]
- Defiance Motor Truck (1915–1920)/>
- De La Vergne (1895–1896)
- Delling (1924–1927)[30]
- Delmore (1921–1923)[31]
- DeLorean Motor Company (1975–1982)
- De Luxe Motor Car Company (1906–1908)
- De Mars Electric (1905–1906; Blakeslee Electric 1906; Williams Electric 1906–1907; Byrider Electric 1907–1910)[2]
- DeMot or DeMotCar (1910–1911)[31]
- De Motte (1904)
- Denneed (1916)[2]
- Derain (1908–1911)[67]
- Desberon (1901–1904)[31]
- De Schaum (1908–1909)
- Des Moines (1902)
- De Soto Motor Car Company (1913–1914)[68]
- DeSoto (1928–1961)[69]
- De Tamble (1908–1913)[31]
- Detroit Automobile Company (1899–1901)
- Detroit Automobile Manufacturing Company (1905)[53]
- Detroit Auto Vehicle Company (1904–1908)
- Detroit Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)
- Detroit-Dearborn Motor Car Company (1910–1911)
- Detroit Electric (1907–1939)
- Detroiter (1912–1917)[31]
- Detroit-Oxford Motor Car Company (1905–1906)
- Detroit-Speedster (1913–1914; Saginaw Speedster 1914)[31]
- Detroit Steam Motors Corporation (1922)
- De Vaux-Hall Motors Company (1931–1932; Continental-De Vaux 1932)
- De Vaux Continental (1932–1934)
- DeWitt (1909–1910)
- Dewabout (1900–1901)[31]
- Dey Electric (1917–1919)[31]
- Dey Griswold (1895–1898)[70]
- Diamond (1914–1915)[71]
- Diamond T (1905–1967)
- Diana (1925–1928)
- Dile (1914–1917)
- Dingfelder Motor Company (1903)
- Disbrow (1917–1918)[2]
- Dispatch (1910)[31]
- Dixie (1908–1910)[72]
- Dixie (1916)[31]
- Dixie Flyer (1916–1923)[31]
- Doble steam car (1914–1918, 1922–1931)
- Dodge (A.M.) Company (1914–1915)
- Dodgeson Motors (1926)
- DODO (1912)[18]
- Dolson (J.L.) & Sons (1904–1907)
- Dorris Motors Corporation (1906–1926)
- Dort Motor Car Company (1915–1924)
- Douglas (1918–1919)[31]
- Downing Motor Company (1913–1915)[2]
- Dragon Automobile Company (1906–1908)
- Drake (1921–1922)[31]
- Drexel (1916–1917)[31]
- Driggs-Seabury (1915; Driggs 1921–1923)[31]
- Drummond (1916–1917)[31]
- Dual-Ghia (1956–1958)[5]
- Duck (Jackson model)[73]
- Dudly Tool Company (1913–1915)[31]
- Dudgeon Steam (1857, 1866)[30]
- Duer (1907–1910)[31]
- Duesenberg (1920–1937)
- Dumont[74][when?]
- Dunn (1916–1918)[31]
- Duplex (1908–1909)[31]
- Du Pont (1919–1931)
- Duquesne (1904–1906)[31]
- Durant Motors (1921–1931)
- Durocar (1906–1911)[31]
- Duryea (1893–1917)
- Dyke (or St Louis) (1899–1901; Dyke-Britton 1904)[75]
- Dymaxion (1933)[76]
E
[edit]- Eagle (1905–1909)[59]
- Eagle (1988–1998)
- Eagle Electric (1915–1916)[31]
- Eagle Rotary (1914–1915; Eagle-Macomber 1916–1918)[31]
- Earl Motors Incorporated (1907–1908)[77]
- Earl (1921–1923)
- Eastman (1898–1900)[30]
- Eastman (1901–1902)[78]
- Eaton Electric (1898–1900)[79]
- Eck[31][when?]
- Eclipse Steam (1900–1903)[30]
- Economy (1916–1919; Economy-Vogue 1920; Vogue 1921–1922)[31]
- Eddy Electric (1900–1901)[31]
- Edsel (1958–1960)
- Edwards-Knight (1912–1913)[31]
- Edwards (1954–1955)[5]
- E.H.V. (see Compound)[31]
- Eichstaedt (1898–1902)[31]
- Eisenhuth (1904–1908)
'Compound' model - Elberg[80]
- Elberon (Columbia model)[30]
- Elbert (1914–1915)[31]
- Elcar (1915–1931)
- Elco (1915–1917)[81]
- Eldredge (1903–1906)
- Electra (1914–1915)[31]
- Electric Vehicle (1897–1907)
- Electronomic[31]
- Elgin (1916–1924)[31]
- Elite[82][when?]
- Elite (1901–1902)[30]
- Elkhart (see Crow-Elkhart or Komet)[83]
- Elliott (1897–1899)[83]
- Ellis[83]
- Ellsworth (1907)[83]
- Elmore (1893–1912)
- El Morocco (1956–1957)[5]
- Emancipator (1909)[83]
- Emerson (1917)[84]
- E-M-F (1909–1912)[83]
'Wayne' model - Empire (1901–1902)
- Empire (1910–1919)
- Empire Steam Car (1925–1927)
- Empire Steamer (1899–1902)
- Empire Steamer (1904)
- Endurance Steam Car (1922–1924)
- Enger (1909–1917)[85]
- Engler (W.B.) Cyclecar Company (1914–1915)
- Entz (1914)[83]
- Erie (1899–1902)[86]
- Erskine (1927–1930)[83]
- Eshelman (1953–1961)
- Essex (1906)[30]
- Essex Motor Company (1919–1932)
- Etnyre (1910–1911)
- Euclid (1908)[2]
- Eureka (1900)
- Eureka (1907–1909)
- Evansville[83]
- Everitt (1909–1912)
- Everybody's (1907–1909)[83]
- Ewing (1908–1910)[87]
- Excalibur (1965–1997)
- Excel (1914)
F
[edit]- Fageol (1900, 1917)[83]
- Fal-Car (1909–1914)[88]
Also known as F.A.L. - Falcon Engineering Company (1907–1909)[83]
Unrelated to Ford Falcon - Falcon-Knight (1927–1929)[83]
- Famous (1908–1909)[83]
- Fanning (1901–1903)[83]
- Farmack (1915–1916)[83]
- Farner (1922–1923)[83]
- Faulkner-Blanchard (1910)
- Federal (1907–1909)[83]
- Federal Steam (1901–1902)[30]
- Fenton (1913–1914)[83]
Unrelated to Fenton Headers - Ferris (1920–1922)[2]
- Fey Touring (1897–1906)[89][90]
- Fiberfab (1964–1983)
- Fidelia (1913–1914)[2]
- Field (1886, 1905)[30]
- Fina-Sport (1953–1954)
- Firestone-Columbus (1909–1915)[83]
- Fischer-Detroit (1914)
- Fisher (1901–1905)[83]
- Fisker Automotive (2007–2014)
- Flagler (1914)[91]
Based in Michigan - Flanders 20 (1910–1912)[83]
- Flanders Manufacturing Company (1912–1914)[92]
- Flanders (1913)
'Flanders Six' model - Flexbi (1904)[83]
- Flint (1923–1927)[83]
- Flyer Motor Car Company (1913–1914)
- Forest (1905–1906) Organized in Boston.[93]
- Forest City[47] (1905[93])
Manufactured as the Jewell beginning in 1906. Organized in Cleveland, Ohio, & named for the city nickname.[93] - Forsyth (circa 1896) Franklin, Minnesota; only a prototype built.[93]
- Forth (1905)
New York company, one of two of the same name, organized by Clarence Forth. No cars built.[94] - Forth (1910–1911)
Mansfield, Ohio, company, one of two of the same name, organized by Clarence Forth. Only one prototype car assembled; went bankrupt late 1911.[95] - Fort Pitt[83] (1908–1910, 1911)
Organized in New Kensington, Pennsylvania; moved to Pittsburgh 1911. Always known as the Pittsburgh Six[96] - Foster (1889,1901–1904)[30]
- Fostoria (1906–1907)[83]
- Fournier-Searchmont[97]
- Fox (1921–1923)[83]
- Franklin (1902–1934)
- Frayer-Miller (1904–1910)[83]
- Frazer (1946–1951)
- Frederickson (1914)[83]
- Fredonia (1902–1904)
- Fremont (1920–1922)[83]
- Friedman Automobile Company (1900–1903)[98]
- Friend Motors Corporation (1920–1921)
- Fritchle Electric (1905–1920)[83]
- Frontenac (1906–1913)
- Frontenac Motor Corporation (1921–1925)[83]
- Frontmobile (1917–1918)[83]
- F.R.P. (1914–1916)[83]
- F.S. (1911–1912)[83][99]
- Fuller (1908–1910)[83]
- F.W.D. (1910–1912)[37]
Based in Wisconsin
G
[edit]- Gabriel (1910–1912)[100]
- Gaeth (1902–1911)
- Gale (1905–1907)[101]
- Galloway (1908–1911)[102]
- Gardner (1920–1931)
- Garford (1908, 1911–1913)[83]
- Gas-au-lec (1905–1906)
- Gaslight (1960–circa 1961)
- Gasmobile (1899–1902)
- Gaylord Motor Car Company (1911–1913)
- Gaylord (1955–1956)
- Gearless (1907–1909)[103]
- Gearless Steamer[30][when?]
- Gem Motor Car Company (1917–1919)
- General (1902–1904)[100]
- General Electric (1891–1898, 1902–1903)[104]
- General Electric (1898–1900)[105]
- General Motors Corporation (1908–2009)
- Geneva (1901–1904)[106]
- German-American (1902–1903)[83]
- Geo (1989–1997)
- Geronimo (1917–1920)[83]
- Ghent (1916–1918)[83]
- Gillette (1916)[83]
- Gillig (1890)
- G.J.G. (1909–1914)
- Glasspar (1949–1953)[107]
- Gleason (1909–1913)[83]
- Glide (1903–1920)[83]
- Globe Four (1921–1922)[2]
- Glover (1920–1921)[83]
- Golden Eagle (1906)[108]
- Graham-Paige (1928–1930; Graham 1930–1941)
- Gramm (1902)[83]
- Granite Falls[83][when?]
- Grant (1913–1922)[109]
- Graves & Condon (1908–1910))[83]
- Gray Motor Corporation (1922–1926)
- Gray Light Car (1920)
- Great Eagle (1910–1918)
- Great Southern (1910–1914)
- Great Western (1910–1916)[33]
- Greenleaf Cycle Company (1902)
- Gregory (1920–1922)[83]
- Greyhound (1914–1916)[12]
- Grinnell Electric Car Company (1910–1915)
- Griswold Motor Car Company (1907)
- Grout (1900–1912)[110]
- Gurley (1899–1901)[83]
- G.V (1907)[111]
- Gyroscope (1908–1909)
H
[edit]- Haase (1902–1904)
- Hackett Motor Car Company (1916–1919)
- H.A.L. (1916–1918)[2]
- Hall (1903–1904)[83]
- Hall (1914–1915)
- Halladay (1905–1922)[112]
- Hamilton (1917)[83]
- Hamlin-Holmes (1919–1929; Hamlin 1930)[83]
- Hammer-Sommer (1902–1906)
Renamed to Hammer Motor Company for 1905–1906 - Handley Motors Incorporated (1921–1923; Handley 1923)[83]
- Hanger (1916)[113]
- Hanover (1921–1927)[83]
- Hanson (1918–1925)[83]
- Harding (1916–1917)[114]
- Hardy[83][when?]
- Harper (1907–1908)[83]
- Harrie (1925)[83]
- Harris (1910)[83]
- Harrison Wagon Company (1905–1907; Harrison Motor Car Company 1907)
- Harroun Motor Sales Corporation (1917–1922)
- Harry S. Houpt Manufacturing Company: (See Houpt (1909); The "New Departure Manufacturing Company" (Bristol, Connecticut)[115] forming of Houpt-Rockwell in 1910) Covered in the German Wikipedia[116]
- Hartley (1895–1899)[30]
- Hartman (1914–1918)[83]
- Harvard (1915–1921)[117]
- Harwood-Barley (1911–1915)[118]
- Hasbrouck (1900–1902)[83]
- Hatfield (1907–1908)[119]
- Hatfield (1916–1924)[120]
- Havers Motor Car Company (1908–1914)
- Hawk Cyclecar Company (1914)
- Hawkins Cyclecar (1914)[121]
Xenia model - Hawley (1906–1908)[83]
- Hay-Berg (1907–1908)[122]
- Haydock[83][when?]
- Haynes-Apperson (1896–1905; Haynes 1904–1925)
- Hayward (1913)[83]
- H.C.S. (1920–1925)[83]
- Healey (circa 1905–circa 1916)[83]
- Heine-Velox (1903–1908, 1921–1923)
- Hendel (1903–1904)[83]
- Henderson (1912–1914)[123]
- Henney (1921–1931)[83]
- Henney (1960–1964)
- Henry Motor Car Company (1910–1912)
- Henry J (1951–1954)
- Hercules (1914–1915)[83]
- Herff-Brooks (1915–1916)
- Herreshoff Motor Company (1909–1914)
- Hertel (1895–1900)[83]
- Hertz (1924–1927)[83]
- Heseltine (1916–1917)[83]
- Hewitt (1906–1907)[124]
- Hewitt-Lindstrom (1900–1901)
- Heymann (1898–1907)[83]
- Hidley Steam Car (1901)
- Highlander (1919–1922)[83]
- Hill (1904–1908)[83]
- Hines (1908–1910)[83]
- Hitchcock Motor Car Company (1909)
- Hobbie Accessible (1908–1909)
- Hoffman (1901–1904)[125]
- Hoffman (1931)
- Holden (1915)[126]
- Holland (1902–1903)[30]
- Holley (1900–1904)
- Hollier (1915–1921)
- Holly Six (1913–1915)[127]
- Holmes (1906–1907)[84]
- Holsman (1901–1911)
- Hol-Tan (1908)
- Holyoke (1899–1903)[128]
- Homer Laughlin (1916)[83]
- Hoosier Scout (1914)[83]
- Hoover (1913–1914)
- Hoskins (1920)[83]
- Houpt (1909; Houpt-Rockwell 1910)[83]
- House Steamer (1867)[129]
- Howard (1895–1903)[128]
- Howey (1907–1908)[83]
- Hudson Motor Car Company (1909–1957)
- Huffman (1919–1925)
- Hupp Motor Car Company (1909–1940)
- Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Company (1911–1919)
- Huron River Manufacturing Company (1911–1912)
- Hydromotor Car Manufacturing Company (1914–1917)[83]
I
[edit]- Illinois Electric (1897–1901)[130]
- Imp (1913–1914)[83]
- Imperial Motor Car Company (1907–1908)
- Imperial Automobile Company (1908–1916)[83][131]
- Imperial (1955–1975, 1981–1983)
- Imperial Electric (1903–1904)[83]
- Independent Harvester (1910–1911)[83]
- Indiana (1901)[12]
- Indianapolis (see Black)[83]
- International (1899) (see Strathmore)[132]
- International (1899)[133]
- International (1900)[134]
- International Cyclecar Company (1914)[31]
'Economy' model - International Motor Cars (Apollo; 1962–1964)
- International Power Company (1900)[133]
- International (1901–1903)[135]
- International Cyclecar Company (1914)[136]
- International Harvester (1907–1980)
- Inter-State (1909–1919)[83]
- Iroquois (1903–1907)[18]
J
[edit]- Jackson Automobile Company (1903–1923)
- Jacquet Motor Corporation (1921)
- Jaeger Motor Car Company (1932–1933)
- James (1909–1911)[83]
- Janney Motor Company (1906)
- Jarvis-Huntington (1912)[83]
- Jaxon Steam (1903)[137]
- Jeffery (1902–1917)
- Jenkins (1907–1912)[83]
- Jersey City Machine Co. (1919–1920)
Argonne model - Jewell (1906–1907; Jewel 1908–1909)[83]
- Jewett (1922–1927)
- Johnson (1905–1912)[138]
- Jones (1914–1920)[139]
- Jones-Corbin (1903–1907)[139]
- Jonz (1909–1912)[139]
- Jordan (1916–1931)
- J.P.L. Cyclecar Company (1913)[140]
- Julian (1918, 1925)[139]
- Junior R (1924)
K
[edit]- Kaiser-Frazer Corporation (1945–1955; Kaiser Motors 1951–1955)
- Kalamazoo (1908–1914)[139]
Michigan model - Kane-Pennington[139][when?]
- Kansas City (1906–1908; Kansas City Wonder 1909)[141]
- Kato (1907–1913)[139]
- Kauffman (1909–1912)[139]
- K-D (1912–1913)[139]
- Kearns (1909–1916)[139]
- Keene Steamobile (1900–1901)[30]
- Keeton Motor Company (1912–1914)[142]
- Keller (1948–1950)[5]
- Kelsey (1897–1902, 1920–1924)[143]
- Kenmore (1910–1912)[139]
- Kensington (1899–1904)[30]
- Kent (1916–1917)[139]
- Kent's Pacemaker (1900)
- Kenworthy (1920–1921)[139]
- Kermath Motor Car Company (1907–1908)
- Kessler Motor Company (1920–1921; Kess-Line 8 1922)
- Keystone (1899–1900)
- Keystone (1900)[144]
- Keystone (1914–1915)
- Kiblinger (1907–1909)[139]
- Kidder (1899–1903)[30]
- Kimball Electric (1910–1912)[139]
- King (1896, 1911–1923)[12]
- King Midget (1947–1970)[145]
- King-Remick (1910)
- Kinner[146][when?]
- Kirk (1901–1905)[147]
Yale model - Kissel (1906–1930)
- Kleiber (1924–1929)[139][148]
- Kline Kar (1910–1923)[139]
- Klink (1907–1910)[139]
- Klock (1900–1901)[139]
- Knickerbocker (1901–1903)[139]
- Knox (1900–1914)
- Koehler (1910–1912)[139]
- Komet (1911)
- Konigslow[139][when?]
- Koppin Motor Company (1914)
- Krastin Automobile Company (1901–1904), based in Cleveland[149] Produced Krastin Gasoline Automobile (1901)
- K-R-I-T Motor Car Company (1909–1915)
- Krueger (1905–1906)[139]
- Kunz (1902–1905)[150]
- Kurtis (1949–1950, 1954–1955)
- Kurtz-Automatic (1920–1925)[149]
L
[edit]- Laconia (1914)[139]
- Lad's Car (1912–1914)
- LaFayette (1919–1924)[139]
- La Marne (1919–1921)[149]
- Lambert (1906–1917)
- Lancamobile (1900–1901)[139]
- Lane (1900–1911)[137]
- Lanpher (1906–1916)[139]
- Lansden Electric (1901–1903, 1906–1910)[151]
- La Petite (1905)[139][when?]
- LaSalle (1927–1940)
- La Salle-Niagara (1905–1906)[152]
- Laurel (1916–1920)[139]
- Lauth (1905; Lauth-Juergens 1908–1909)[139]
- L. C. Erbes (1915–1916)[139]
- L & E (1924–1934)[139]
- Leach (1899–1901)[129]
- Leach (1920–1923; Leach-Biltwell))[139]
- Leader (1905–1912)[139]
- Lende (1902–1909)[139]
- Lenox (1911–1917)[139]
- Lenox Electric[139][when?]
- Leon Rubay (1923)[149]
- Lescina (1916)[139]
- Lewis (1914–1916)[153]
- Lewis Motocycle (1895)[154][155]
- Lexington (1909–1927)
- Liberty Motor Car Company (1916–1924)
- Light Steamer (1901–1902)[156][157]
- Light Motor Car Company (1914)
- Lincoln (1912–1913)[158] (see also Sears Roebuck)
- Lincoln Motor Car Company (1914)
- Lindsley (1908–1909)[139]
- Lion Motor Car Company (1909–1912)
- Liquid Air (1899–1902)
- Lit Motors (2010)
- Little Motor Car Company (1911–1913)
- Little Detroit Speedster (1913–1914)
- Littlemac (1930–1932)[139]
- Local Motors (2007–2022)
- Locke[30][when?]
- Locomobile (1899–1929)
- Logan (1904–1908)[139][159]
- Logan (1903–1908)
- Logan (cyclecars; 1914)[160]
- Lone Star (1919–1922)
- Longest (1906)[139]
- Loomis (1900–1904)[30]
- Lordstown Motors (2018–2023)
- Lorraine (1920–1922)[139]
- Los Angeles (1914)[139]
- Lowell-American (1908–1909)[139]
- Lozier Motor Company (1900–1918)[161]
- L.P.C.[139]
- LuLu (1914–1915)
- Luverne (1904–1917)
- Lyman (1904)[139]
- Lyman & Burnham (1903–1905)[139]
- Lyons-Knight (1913–1915)[30]
M
[edit]- Mackle-Thompson (1903)[139]
- Macomber (1913)[139]
- Macon (1915–1917)[139]
- Madison (1915–1919)[139]
- Magic[139][when?]
- Mahoning (1904–1905)[139]
- Maibohm (1916–1922)[139]
- Malcolm (1900)[139]
- Malcolm Jones (or Malcolm) (1914–1915)
- Malden Steam (1898, 1902)[162]
- Manexall (1920)[139]
'Cyclomobile' model - Manistee Motor Car Company (1910–1913)[139]
Autoette model - Marathon (1906–1914)
- Marble-Swift (1903–1905)
- Marion (1901)
- Marion (1904–1915; Marion-Handley 1916–1918)
- Marion Flyer (1910)
- Marmon (1902–1933)
- Marlboro (1900–1903)[139]
- Marquette (1912)[163]
- Marquette (1930)
- Marr (1903–1904)
- Marsh (1920–1923)[164]
- Martin (1898–1900)[139]
- Martin Wasp[139][when?]
- Marvel Motor Car Company (1907)
- Maryland (1907–1910)
- Maryland Steamer (1900–1901)
- Mason (1898–1899)[30]
- Mason (1906–1914)[165]
- Massillon (1909)[139]
- Master (1907)[113]
- Matheson Motor Car Company (1903–1912)
- Maxim Motor Tricycle (1895; Maxim-Goodridge Electric 1908)[139]
- Maxwell-Briscoe (1904–1913; Maxwell Motor Company 1913–1925)
- Mayer (1899–1901)[139]
- Mayfair (1925)[139]
- Maytag-Mason (1910–1911)[166]
- McCue (1909–1911)[167]
- McCurdy (1922)[139]
- McFarlan (1909–1928)
- McGill (1917)[139]
- McIntyre (1909–1915)[139]
- McKay Steamer (1899–1902)[30]
- Mecca (1915–1916)[139]
- Med-Bow[139][when?]
- Media (1899–1900)[139]
- Mel Special (1918–1924)[139]
- Menominee Electric Manufacturing Company (1915)
- Mercer (1909–1919)
- Mercury Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)[139]
- Mercury (1939–2011)
- Merit Motor Company (1921–1922)[149]
- Merkel (1905–1907)[168]
- Merkur (1985–1989)
- Merz (1914)[139]
- Meteor (1904–1905)[169]
- Metropol (1913–1914)[139]
- Metropolitan (1922–1923)[170]
- Metz (1909–1921)[171]
- Metzger (see Everitt)[139]
- Michigan Automobile Company (1901)[172]
'Carter Steam' model - Michigan Automobile Company (1902)[42]
Later renamed Clipper Automobile Company - Michigan Automobile Company (1903–1908)
- Michigan Buggy Company (1908–1914)
- Michigan Steamer (1901)[172]
- Middleby (1909–1913)[139]
- Midland (1908–1913)[173]
- Midwest[139][when?]
- Mier (1908–1909)[139]
- Milac (1916)[139]
- Milburn Electric (1915–1923)[139]
- Miller Car Company (1911–1914)
- Mills (1876)[30]
- Milwaukee Steamer (1900–1902)[162]
- Minneapolis[139][when?]
- Mino (1914)[139]
- Mitchell (1903–1923)[174]
- Mitchell-Lewis (see Mitchell)[139]
- Mobile (1900–1903)[162]
- Model (1903–1907)[175]
- Modoc (1912–1914)[139]
- Mohawk (1903–1905)[139]
- Moline[176]
- Moline (1904–1913; Moline-Knight 1914–1919)
- Moller (1920–1922)[139]
- Monarch Motor Car Company (1914–1917)
- Mondex-Magic (1914–1915)[139]
- Monitor (1915–1922)[139]
- Monroe Motor Company (1914–1923)[12]
- Moon (1905–1930)
- Mora Motor Car Company (1906–1911)[2]
- Morgan (1900–1902)[177]
- Morris & Salom (1895–1897)
- Morriss-London (1919–1923)[139]
- Morse (1902)[178]
- Motor Bob (1914)
- Motorcar Company (1905–1907; Cartercar 1905–1915)
- Motorette (1911–1914)[139]
- Moyea (1903–1904)[139]
- Moyer (1911–1915)[139]
- Mount Pleasant Motor Company (MPM) (1914–1915)[139]
- Mutual Motors Company (1916–1919)
- Mueller (1896–1899; also Mueller-Benz)[179]
- Multiplex (1912–1913)[139]
- Muncie[139][when?]
'Warner' model - Muntz (1950–1954)[180]
- Murdaugh (1901–1903)[139]
- Murray Motor Car Company (1916–1921; Murray-Mac 1921–1929)[139]
N
[edit]- Nance (1911)[139]
- Napier Motor Car Company of America (1904–1912)
- Napoleon (1916–1919)[181]
- Nash Motors (1917–1957)
- Nash-Healey (1951–1954)
- National (1900–1924)
- Nelson (E.A.) Motor Car Company (1917–1921)[139]
- Neustadt-Perry (1901–1908, 1915)[139]
Also known as Neustadt. - New England Steamer (1898–1899)[162]
- New Era (1901–1902)[139]
- New Era (1916)
- New Era (1933–1934)[182]
- New Home (1899–1901)[139]
- New York Car & Truck Company (1907–1910)
Allen Kingston model - Niagara (1903–1905)[183]
- Nichols Shepard (1910–1911)[139]
- Nielson Motor Car Company (1906–1907)[184]
- Noble (1902)[149]
- Noma (1919–1923)[139]
- Northern Manufacturing Company (1902–1908)[185]
- Northway (1921–1922)[139][160]
- Northwestern[139]
'Haase' and Logan models - Norton (1901–1902)[185][186]
- Norwalk Underslung (1910–1922)[139][187]
- Nu-Klea Automobile Corporation (1959–1960)
- Nyberg (1911–1913)[185]
O
[edit]- Oakland Motor Car Company (1907–1931)
- Oakman-Hertel (1899–1900)[53]
- Ogren (1915–1917, 1919–1923)[188]
- Ohio (1900–1902) (see Packard)[189]
- Ohio (1909–1912)
- Ohio Electric Car Company (1910–1918)[190]
- Ohio Falls[53][when?]
- Okey (1896–1907)[53]
- Oldsmobile (1897–2004)
- Olympian Motors Company (1917–1921)
- Omaha (1899)[53]
- Omar (see Browniekar)[53]
- Only (1909–1913)[53]
- Orient (1899–1908)
- Orlo (1904)
- Ormond Steamer (1904–1905)[162]
- Orr (1915)
- Orson (1910–1912)[53]
- Otto (1910–1911; Ottomobile 1912)[53]
- Otto-Kar (1902–1904)[191]
Also known as Ottokar - Otto-mobile (1899)[53]
- Overholt[162][when?]
- Overland (1903–1926, 1939)
- O-We-Go (1914)
- Owen (1899–1901)[192]
- Owen Motor Car Company (1910–1911)
- Owen Magnetic (1915–1922)
- Owen Schoeneck[53][when?]
- Owen Thomas (1908–1910)[53]
- Oxford (1900)[162]
P
[edit]- Paccar (1905)
- Pacific Motor Vehicle Company (1900–1904)[53]
- Packard (1895–1898)[193]
- Packard Motor Car Company (1899–1958)
- Paige-Detroit (1908–1911; Paige 1911–1928; Graham-Paige 1928–1930)
- Palmer (1905–1906)[149]
- Palmer-Singer (1908–1914)[53]
- Pan (1919–1921)[53]
- Panam (1902–1903)[53]
- Pan-American (1917–1922)[53]
- Paragon (1906)
- Parenti (1920–1922)[53]
- Parry (1910; New Parry 1911–1912)[194]
- Parsons Electric (1905–1906)[149]
- Partin (1913; Partin-Palmer 1913–1917)[195]
- Paterson (W. A.) Company (1909–1923)
- Pathfinder (1912–1917)[53]
- Pawtucket (1901–1902)[162]
- Payne-Modern (1907–1908)[53]
- Peerless (1900–1933)
- Peerless Steam (1901)[196]
- Pence Automobile Company (circa 1905)[197]
- Penn (1901)[198]
- Penn (1908)[198]
- Penn (1910–1913)[198]
- Pennant (1924–1925)
- Pennington (1894–1900)[199]
- Pennsy (1916–1918)[53]
- Pennsylvania (1907–1911)[12]
- People's (1900–1902)[200]
- Perfection (1907–1908)[53]
- Perfex (1912–1913)[53]
- Peter Pan (1914–1915)[73]
- Petrel (1909–1912)[201]
- Phelps (1903–1905)
- Phianna (1917–1922)[53]
- Phillips (1980–198?)[202]
- Phipps-Grinnell (1911; Phipps Electric 1912)[53]
- Pickard (1909–1912)[53]
- Piedmont (1917–1922)
- Pierce-Arrow (1900–1938)
- Pierce-Racine (1904–1911)[150]
- Piggins (1908–1910)
- Pilgrim (1911)
- Pilgrim Motor Car Company (1915–1918)
- Pilliod (1915–1916)[53]
- Pilot (1909–1924)[53]
- Pioneer (1907–1912)[53]
- Planche[53][when?]
- Plass (1897)
- Playboy (1947–1951)
- Plymouth (1910)[53]
- Plymouth (1928–2001)[53]
- Pneumobile (1914–1915)[53]
- Pomeroy (1920–1924)[191]
- Ponder (1923)[53]
Renamed from Bour-Davis - Pontiac Spring and Wagon Works (1907–1908)[203]
- Pontiac (1926–2010)
- Pope-Hartford (1904–1914)[53]
- Pope-Robinson (1903–1904)
- Pope-Toledo (1903–1909)
- Pope-Tribune (1904–1908)[53]
- Pope-Waverley (1903–1908)
- Port Huron[53][when?]
Havers model - Porter (1900–1901)[204]
- Porter (1919–1922)[205]
- Portland (1914)[53]
- Postal (1906–1908)[53]
- Powell (1930s–1960s)
- Powell (1955–1956)[206]
- Powercar (1909–1911)[53]
- Pratt-Elkhart (1909–1911; Pratt 1911–1915)[53]
- Premier (1902–1926)
- Premocar (1920–1923)[53]
- Prescott (1901–1905)[162]
- Primo (1910–1912)[53]
- Princess Motor Car Company (1914–1918)[53]
- Princess Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)
- Prospect (1902, 1907–1908)[53]
- Pullman (1905–1917)[12]
- Pungs Finch (1904–1910)
- Puritan (1902–1905)[30]
Q
[edit]R
[edit]- Railsbach (1914)[53]
- Rainier (1905–1911)[53]
- Raleigh (1921–1922)[53]
- Rambler (1900–1914)
- Rambler (1958–1969)
- Randall (1902–1903)[53]
- Ranger (1907–1910)[207]
- Rapid Motor Vehicle Company (1902–1909)[53]
- Rauch & Lang (1905–1932)[53][208]
Also known as Raulang. - Rayfield (1911–1915)
- R.C.H (1912–1915)[53]
- Read Motor Company (1913–1914)[209]
- Reading (1910–1913)[210]
- Reading Steamer (1901–1903)[30]
- Real Cyclecar (1914; Real Light Car 1914–1915)[53]
- Reber (1902–1903)
- Red Bug (1924–1930)[211]
- Red Jacket (1904–1905)[53]
- Rees (1921)[53]
- Reeves (1896–1898, 1905–1912)[212]
- Regal Motor Car Company (1908–1918)[53]
- Regas (1903–1905)[53]
- Reliable Dayton (1906–1909)[53]
- Reliance Automobile Manufacturing Co (1904–1906)[53]
- Remington (1895, 1900–1904)[213]
- REO Motor Car Company (1905–1975)
- Renaissance Cars Inc (1994–1997)[214]
Also known as Zebra Motors Inc. - Republic (1910–1916)[53]
- ReVere (1918–1926)[53]
- Rex Motor Co (1914)[53]
- RiChard (1914–1919)[191]
- Richelieu (1922–1923)[53]
- Richmond (1902–1903)
- Richmond (1904–1917)[53]
- Rickenbacker Motor Company (1922–1927)
- Ricketts Automobile Co (1909–1911)[53]
- Riddle (1916–1926)[53]
- Rider-Lewis (1908–1911)[53]
- Riker Electric (1897–1902)[53]
- Ritz (1914–1915)[53]
- Riviera (1907)[53]
- R-O[53][when?]
- Roader (1911–1912)[53]
- Roamer (1916–1929)[53]
- Robe (1914–1915)[18]
- Robie Motor Car Co (1914)
- Robinson (1900–1902)[53]
- Robson (1909)[53]
- Rochester (1901)[215]
- Rock Falls (1919–1925)[53]
- Rockne (1932–1933)[53]
- Rockway (1910–1911)[53]
- Rockwell (1910–1911)[53]
- Rodgers (1921)[53]
- Roebling-Planche (1909)[53]
- Rogers (1899–1900)[216]
Steamobile model - Rogers Motor Car Co (1911–1912)[217]
- Rogers & Hanford (1899–1902)[149]
- Rollin (1924–1927)[149]
- Rolls-Royce (1921–1935)[53][218]
- Roosevelt (1929–1930)
- Roper (1860–1896)[53]
- Ross Steamer (1905–1909)
- Ross (1915–1918)
- Rotary (1921–1923)[53]
- Royal Motor Company (1904–1911)[149]
'Tourist' model - Rubay[53][when?]
- Rugby (1920s)
- Rushmobile[53][when?]
- Russell (1903–1904)[149]
- Rutenber (1902)
- Ruxton (1929–1930)
- R&V Knight (1920–1924)[53]
S
[edit]- Saginaw (1914)[53]
- Saginaw Eight (1916)[219]
- Salisbury (1895)[154][220]
- Salter (1909–1915)[53]
- Salvador (1914; S-J-R 1915–1916)[53]
- Sampson (1904, 1911)
- Sandusky (1902–1904)[53]
- Santos Dumont (1902–1904)[221]
- Saturn (1991–2010)
- Saxon Motor Car Company (1913–1923)
- Sayers (1917–1924)[53]
- Schacht (1904–1913)
- Schaum (1901–1905)[53]
- Schoening (1895)[154][222]
'Kerosine Carriage' model - Scott (1900–1901, 1903)[53]
- Scott-Newcomb (1920–1921)[30]
Standard Steam Car model - Scripps-Booth Corporation (1913–1923)
- Searchmont (1900–1903)[97]
- Sears (1905–1915)[223]
- Sebring (1910–1912)[224]
- Sekine (1923)[53]
- Selden (1907–1914)
- Sellers (1909–1912)[53]
- Senator (1912)[53]
- Seneca (1917–1924)[53]
- Serpentina (1915)[53]
- Serrifile (1921–1922)[53]
- Seven Little Buffaloes (1909)[225]
- Severin (1920–1921)[53]
- S.G.V. (1911–1915)[53]
- Shad-Wyck (1917–1923)
- Shain[53][when?]
- Sharon (1915)[53]
- Sharp (1908–1910)[226]
'Arrow' model - Shawmobile (1908–1930)
- Shawmut (1906–1908)[53]
- Shay (1979–1982)[227]
- Shelby (1903)[53]
- Sheridan (1920–1921)[53]
- Shoemaker (1906–1908)[53]
- Sibley (1910–1911)[53]
- Signet (1913–1914)[53] 'Fenton' model
- Silent-Knight (1905–1907)[53]
- Silent Sioux[53][when?]
'Fawick Flyer' model - Silver-Knight[53][when?]
'Silver' model - Simplex (1907–1919)[53]
- Simplicity (1907–1911)[53]
- Simplo (1908–1909)
- Sinclair-Scott (1904–circa 1907)
- Singer (1914–1920)[53]
- Single Center (1906–1908)
- Sintz (1899–1904)
- Skelton (1920–1922)[53]
- Skene (1900–1901)
- Skorpion (1952–1954)[5]
- S&M (1913)[53]
- Small Motor Car Company (1910)
- Smith Automobile Company (1902–1917)
Renamed to Great Smith for 1907–1911 - Smith & Mabley[53][when?]
Also known as S&M Simplex - Smith Flyer (1915–1919)
- Snyder (1908–1909)[53]
- Sommer (1904–1905)[53]
- Soules Motor Car Company (1905–1908)
- Southern (1908–1909)[53]
- Southern Motor Car Co (1908–1910)[228][229]
'Dixie Junior' and 'Dixie Tourist' models. - Sovereign (1906–1907)[53]
- Spacke (1919)[3]
- Spaulding (1902–1903)
- Spaulding (1910–1916)[3]
- Speedway (1904–1905)[3]
- Speedwell (1907–1914)
- Spencer (1921–1922)[230]
- Spencer Steamer (1862, 1901–1902)[231]
- Sphinx (1914–1916)[3]
- Spoerer (1908–1914)[3]
- Springer (1903–1905)[3]
- Springfield (1900–1901)[30]
Steam cars - Sprite (1914)[3]
- Squier (1899)[30]
- Stafford (1908–1915)[3]
- Stammobile (1900–1901)[3]
- Standard (1904–1908)
- Standard (1912–1923)
- Standard Six (1909–1910)
- Standard Steel Car Company (1912–1923)[3]
- Standard Electrique (1911–1915)[3]
Also known as Standard Electric - Standard Steam Car (1920–1921)[232]
- Stanley (1907–1910)[233]
- Stanley Steamer (1897–1927)
- Stanley Whitney (1899)[3]
- Stanton (1900–1901)[30]
- Stanwood (1920–1922)
- Star (1908–1909)[3]
- Star (1922–1928)[3]
- Starin (1903–1904)[3]
- States (1916–1918)[3]
- Staver (1907–1914)
- Steamobile (1900–1902)
- Stearns (1898–1911)
Became Stearns-Knight for 1912–1929. - Stearns Electric (1899–1903)[234]
Renamed to Stearns Steamer for 1901–1903 - Steco (1914)[3]
- Steel Swallow (1907–1908)[3]
- Stephens (1917–1924)[3]
- Sterling Steamer (1901–1902)[235][236]
- Sterling (1909–1911)[237]
- Sterling (1915–1916)[238]
- Sterling-Knight (1920–1926)[3]
- Stevens-Duryea (1901–1915,1919–1927)
- Stewart-Coats (1922)
- Stickney Motorette (1914)[3]
- Stilson (1907–1909)[3]
- St. Joe (1908)[3]
- St. Louis (1899–1907)[3]
- Stoddard-Dayton (1904–1913)
- Storck Steamer (1901–1902)[30]
- Storms Electric (1915)[3]
- Stout Motor Car Company (1932–1946)
- Strathmore (1899–1901)[30]
- Stratton (1909)[3]
- Streator (1905–1911)
Originally called Erie Motor Carriage Co.
Halladay model. - Stringer (1899–1902)[30]
- Strobel & Martin[3][when?]
- Strong & Rogers Electric (1900–1901)[149]
- Strouse[30][when?]
Also known as S.R.K. - Studebaker (1902–1963)[239]
- Studebaker-Garford (1903–1911)[30]
- Studebaker-Packard Corporation (1954–1962)
- Studillac (1953–1955)[240]
- Sturges Electric[241][when?]
- Sturtevant (1905–1907)[30]
- Stutz (1911–1935)
- Stutz (1968–1987)
- Stuyvesant (1911–1912)[149]
- Suburban (1911–1912)[242]
- Success (1906–1909)[243]
- Sultan (1908–1912)[3]
- Summit (1907–1909)[244]
- Sun (1916–1917, 1921–1922)
- Sunset (1900–1913)[3]
- Synnestvedt Electric (1904–1905)[3]
- Syracuse (1899–1903)[3]
T
[edit]- Tarkington (1922–1923)[3]
- Taunton (1901–1903)[30]
Steam cars - Templar (1917–1924)[245]
- Templeton-Dubrie (1910)[3]
- Terraplane (1932–1939)
- Terwilliger (1904)[30]
Empire Steamer model - Texan (1920–1922)[246]
- Thomas (1902–1919)[247]
- Thomas-Detroit (1906–1908)[3]
- Thompson (1901–1907)[30]
Steam cars - Thresher Electric (1900)[3]
- Tiffany Electric (1913–1914)[3]
- Tiger (1914–1915)[3]
- Tincher (1903–1909)[248]
- Tinker & Piper Steam (1899)[249]
- Tinkham (1898–1899)[3]
- Toledo (1901–1903)[250]
- Tonawanda[3][when?]
- Torbensen (1902–1906)[3]
- Touraine (1912–1916)[3]
- Tourist (1902–1910)[3]
- Tractmobile (1900–1902)[30]
- Trask-Detroit (1922–1923)[30]
- Traveler (1907–1908)[3]
- Trebert (1907–1908)[3]
- Trimoto (1900–1901)[3]
Also known as Tri-Motor - Trinity Steamer[30][when?]
- Triumph (1907–1912)[251]
- Trumbull (1914–1915)[3]
- Tucker (1946–1949)
- Tulsa (1918–1922)[3]
- Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation (1974–1978)
- Twin City (1914)[3]
- Twombly (1913–1915)
- Twyford (1899–1902, 1904–1907)[3]
U
[edit]- US Automobile (1899–1901)
- Union (1902–1905)
- United (1919–1920)[3]
- United States (1899–1903)[3]
Electric cars - United States Long Distance[3][when?]
- Unito (1908–1910)[149]
- Universal (1914)[3]
- Upton Machine Company (1902–1903)[3]
- Upton Motor Company (1905–1907)
V
[edit]- Van (1911–1912)[3]
- Van Wagoner (1899–1903)
- Vaughn (1909)[3]
- V.E. (1901–1906)[111][3]
Also known as V.E.C. Electric - Vector (1971–1999, 2006–2010)
- Velie (1908–1929)
- Vernon (Able 8; 1918–1921)[3]
- Victor (1905–1911)[252]
- Victor Page Motors Corp (1921–1924)[10][253]
- Victor Steamer (1899–1903)[30]
Previously Overman Steam (1895–1898) - Victormobile (1900–1901)[254]
'Steamer' model - Victory (1920–1921)[3]
- Viking (1907–1908)[3]
- Viking (1929–1931)[3]
- Virginian (1911–1912)
- Vixen (1914–1916)[150]
- Vulcan (1913–1915)[255]
W
[edit]- Waco (1915–1917)[3]
- Wagenhals (1910–1915)[3]
- Wahl (1913–1914)[256]
- Waldron (1908–1911)[3]
- Walker Motor Car Company (1905–1906)[3]
- Wall (1900–1903)[3]
- Walter (1902–1909)[3]
- Waltham Steam (1898–1902)[162]
- Waltham Manufacturing Co (1899–1910)[3]
'Orient' model - Walworth (1904–1905)[3]
- Ward (1913–1914)[257]
- Ward Electric (1914–1916)[258]
- Ware Steam Wagon (1861–1867)
- Warren (1910–1913)[3]
- Warwick (1901–1905)[3]
- Washington (1921–1924)
- Wasp (1919–1924)[3]
- Waterloo (1903–1905)[3]
- Watrous (1905)[3]
- Watt (1910)[3]
- Waukesha (1906–1910)[3]
- Waverley Electric (1898–1903, 1909–1916)[3]
- Webb Jay (1908)[30]
- Weidely Motor Company (1915–1917)
- Welch Motor Car Company (1901–1911)[3]
- Westcott (1909–1925)
- Westfield (1901–1903)[30]
- W.F.S. (1911–1912)[3]
- Whaley-Henriette (1898–1900)[3]
- Wharton (1922–1923)[3]
- Wheeler Manufacturing Company (1904)
- Whippet (1927–1931)[12]
- White Motor Company (1900–1918)[3]
- White Star (1909–1911)[3]
- Whiting Motor Car Co (1910–1912)[3][259]
- Whitmore, M.C. Co (1914)
Arrow Cyclecar model - Whitney (1896–1900)[3]
- Wilcox (1909–1910)[3]
- Wildman (1902)[3]
- Wills (C. H.) and Company (1921–1927)
- Willys (1916–1918, 1930–1942, 1953–1963)
- Willys-Knight (1914–1933)
- Willys-Overland (1912–1953)
- Wilson (1903–1905)
- Windsor (1929–1930)
- Wing (1922)[3]
- Winther (1921–1923)[3]
- Winton (1896–1924)
- Wolfe (1907–1909)[3]
- Wolverine (1904–1906,1927–1928)[3]
- Woodill (1952–1956)
- Woodruff (1902–1904)[3]
- Woods Electric (1899–1916)[260][3]
Renamed to Woods Dual Power for 1917–1918 - Woods Mobilette (1913–1916)[3]
- Worth (J.M.) Gas Engine Manufacturing Co (1902)[261]
- Worth (1906–1910)[3][261]
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[edit]See also
[edit]- List of automobile manufacturers
- List of automobile manufacturers of the United States
- List of motorcycle manufacturers
- List of pickup trucks
- List of American truck manufacturers
- List of truck manufacturers
Notes
[edit]- ^ Kimes and Clark, p. 11
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p. 190.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx Clymer, p. 210.
- ^ Clymer, p. 205; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 18
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Flory, J. "Kelly", Jr. American Cars 1946–1959 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Coy, 2008), p. 1016.
- ^ "Allen Touring Car 37 Fiche Info 1916". www.plandegraissage.org. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ "The Allen Automobile & The Allen Iron & Steel Company". american-automobiles.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ "Flyer". www.bessermuseum.org. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Kimes, p. 29
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz Clymer, p. 205.
- ^ "Another Flash In The Pan….The Shaw". www.theoldmotor.com. July 20, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Clymer, p. 170.
- ^ "The American Automobile & The American Motors Corporation". www.american-automobiles.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Clymer, p. 31.
- ^ "F.A. Ames Co., Ames Body Corp., Ames Speedster, Ames Buggy Co., Carriage Woodstock Co., Ford Model T, Ames Motor Car Co". www.coachbuilt.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ a b Kimes, p. 47
- ^ Clymer, p. 205; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 19
- ^ a b c d e Clymer, pp. 170-171.
- ^ Kimes, p. 50
- ^ Kimes, p. 57
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 205.
- ^ a b c Kimes, p. 74
- ^ Clymer, pp. 178, 205.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 153, 205.
- ^ a b c Clymer, pp. 190, 205.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 38, 205.
- ^ Clymer, p. 193.
- ^ Clymer, p. 115.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 5, 61, 205.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb Clymer, p. 23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz Clymer, p. 206.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 5, 190.
- ^ a b c Clymer, p. 178.
- ^ a b Suman-Hreblay, Marián (2000). Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland. p. 56. ISBN 9781476611402. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 16, 170, 206.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 206. One of three companies by this name.
- ^ a b Clymer, p. 153.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 252
- ^ Clymer, pp. 22, 178.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 25, 206.
- ^ Clymer, p. 178. Built in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- ^ a b c Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 331
- ^ Clipper Division, Studebaker-Packard Corp.; Packard, A History of the Motor Car and the Company (General edition), Beverly Rae Kimes, editor (1978), "Automobile Quarterly", ISBN 0-915038-11-0
- ^ Triumph and Tragedy: The Last Real Packards by Richard M. Langworth, in Collectible Automobile, September 1984 issue; pp. 6-25; (ISSN 0742-812X)
- ^ Clymer, p. 87.
- ^ Clymer, p. 104.
- ^ a b Clymer, p. 63.
- ^ Clymer, p. 145.
- ^ Clymer, p. 67.
- ^ "Electric car for the average Joe not far away". Wheels.ca. September 14, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 357
- ^ Clymer, p. 158.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt Clymer, p. 209.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 206.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 206.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 158, 206. One of two companies by this name.
- ^ Clymer, p. 178. Named for the horse, built in Minneapolis.
- ^ Clymer, p. 93. Built in St. Louis, Missouri.
- ^ a b Clymer, pp. 5, 206.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 403
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 403–404
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 404–405
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 405
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 405–406
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 406
- ^ Clymer, p. 206. Distinct from the tractor.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 206. Built in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, p. 178. Built in Indiana. Distinct from DeSoto.
- ^ Clymer, p. 178. Distinct from DeSoto Motor Car Company.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 38, 205. Offered an electric phaeton before 1916.
- ^ Clymer, p. 206. Distinct from Diamond T.
- ^ Clymer, p. 206. Tourist was a model.
- ^ a b Clymer, p. 5.
- ^ Clymer, p. 206. By Alberto Santos-Dumont
- ^ Clymer, p. 206. Founder was later the author of Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia.
- ^ Conceived by Buckminster Fuller.
- ^ Clymer, p. 153. Built in Wisconsin, distinct from the Michigan company.
- ^ Clymer, p. 190. Steam and electric cars, built in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, p. 206. No connection to Eaton's.
- ^ Clymer, p. 38.
- ^ Clymer, p. 206. No connection to Electric Launch Company.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 207. Johnson model. Distinct from the Elite steam automobile company.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn Clymer, p. 207.
- ^ a b Clymer, pp. 170–171, 207.
- ^ Clymer, p. 104. Built in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- ^ Clymer, p. 207. Later Halladay or Streator, eventually Barley.
- ^ Clymer, p. 190. Car and truck maker, based in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, p. 104. Built in Chicago.
- ^ "Early American Automobiles 1904 Models". Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ Scriven, Hayes (March 19, 2008). "Northfield, a town with a past" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2012.
- ^ Clymer, p. 166.
- ^ Clymer, p. 40.
- ^ a b c d Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, p. 574.
- ^ Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, p. 574. Not counting the Blair-Forth, of 1908.
- ^ Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, pp. 574-575. Not counting the Blair-Forth, of 1908.
- ^ Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, p. 575.
- ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1289
- ^ Clymer, p. 16.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 593
- ^ a b Clymer, p. 190. Cars and trucks, built in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, p. 51.
- ^ Kimes and Clark (1996), p. 625.
- ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from the Gearless steamer.
- ^ Made by the multinational as experimental models.
- ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from the multinational.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 190. Gasoline and steam.
- ^ Flory, p. 1016, credits them only for 1950.
- ^ Clymer, p. 207. Supposedly from Atlanta, Georgia.
- ^ Clymer, p. 190. Cars and trucks, built in Cleveland 1916–1922.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 14, 22.
- ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1447
- ^ Clymer, p. 207. One of two companies by this name.
- ^ a b Clymer, p. 190. Truck maker, based in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 190.
- ^ Schwarzkopf, E.E. (1910). Automobile Topics. Vol. 19. p. 1456. Retrieved December 5, 2019. (Google books)
- ^ Sherron, Chas. B. (1907). American Vehicle: Devoted to the Interests of the Vehicle and Accessory Trades. Vol. 20. p. 26. Retrieved December 5, 2019. Google books: (Automobile Notes)
- ^ Clymer, p. 170. No relation to the school.
- ^ "Indiana Truck History Report". Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 652, 761
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 682 Distinct from Hatfield Motor Vehicle Company and the Hatfield Company truck manufacturer.
- ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1524
- ^ Clymer, p. 23. An air-cooled, built in Wisconsin, sold for US$2000.
- ^ Clymer, p. 112.
- ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from Hewitt-Lindstrom.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 190. Steam and gasoline, based in Cleveland.
- ^ Distinct from the Australian company.
- ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from Holley.
- ^ a b Clymer, pp. 23, 207.
- ^ a b Clymer, pp. 5, 23.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 207.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 742
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 769, 1407 In Boston.
- ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769 In New York City.
- ^ Clymer, p. 207; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769
- ^ Clymer, p. 23; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769. In Toledo, Ohio.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769 In Buffalo, New York.
- ^ a b Clymer, pp. 18, 23.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 153. Built in Wisconsin.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd Clymer, p. 208.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Not to be confused with Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- ^ Clymer, p. 53. Also sold commercial vans of 1, 2, 3, & 6 tons.
- ^ Clymer, p. 131.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. One of three companies by this name.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769
- ^ Flory, pp. 1011–12.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 774
- ^ Clymer, p. 158. Based in Toledo, Ohio.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 782
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Clymer, p. 190. Based in Cleveland.
- ^ a b c Clymer, p. 153. Built in Wisconsin.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Electrette was a model.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from LaSalle.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from Lewis Motocycle.
- ^ a b c Horseless Age 1895.
- ^ Clymer, p. 8. A four-wheeler, despite the name.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 828
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 635
- ^ Clymer, p. 90. Before 1912, the cars were called Sears.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 859–860
- ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1975, p. 1004
- ^ began with steam autos
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Clymer, p. 22.
- ^ Standard Catalogue of American Cars, p. 890
- ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 208. Based in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from the Mason steamer.
- ^ Clymer, p. 93. Built in Waterloo, Iowa.
- ^ Clymer, p. 84.
- ^ Clymer, p. 153. Built in Wisconsin by Joe Merkel, who later built the Merkel Motorcycle.
- ^ Clymer, p. 23. Distinct from the Meteor steamer and the Ford division.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from the Nash
- ^ Clymer, p. 145. Built in Waltham, Massachusetts.
- ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 929
- ^ Clymer, p. 93. Built in Moline, Illinois.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 36, 153. Built in Racine, Wisconsin.
- ^ Clymer, p. 57.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. One of two companies by this name, distinct from Moline-Knight.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Not to be confused with Moggie.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 22. 208.
- ^ Lewis, Mary Beth. "Ten Best First Facts", in Car and Driver, 1/88, p. 92.
- ^ Flory, p. 1016, dates it to 1950.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 178. Built in Traverse City, Michigan.
- ^ Not to be confused with the producers of the Ruxton.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 170–171, 208.
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Often misspelled as Neilson.
- ^ a b c Kimes & Clark 1975, p. 1003
- ^ Clymer, p. 208. Not to be confused with the motorcycle.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1975, p. 1005
- ^ Clymer, p. 153. Built in Milwaukee.
- ^ Catalog of American Cars 1805–1945 (1985), p. 1013
- ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 209.
- ^ a b c Clymer, pp. 190, 209. Based in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 209. Based in Cleveland. Distinct from Owen Magnetic.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1063 Built in Salem, Mass.; 1 gasoline & 2 electric cars
- ^ Clymer, p. 102. Built in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- ^ Clymer, p. 151. Built in Chicago.
- ^ Standard Catalogue of American Cars, p. 1125
- ^ Clymer, p. 42.
- ^ a b c Standard Catalogue of American Cars, p. 1126
- ^ Clymer, pp. 6, 153.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 5, 178, 190. Cars and trucks, built in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, p. 153. Friction-drive, built in Wisconsin.
- ^ Freund, Klaus, ed. (August 1981). Auto Katalog 1982 (in German). Vol. 25. Stuttgart: Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG. p. 165.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from the GM division.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 13, 23.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Porter Motor Company.
- ^ Flory, p. 1016. Distinct from Powell Manufacturing Company?
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from the pickup.
- ^ Clymer, p. 190. Cars & trucks, based in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, p. 149.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Reading Steamer.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Said to be the cheapest car ever built.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 122-124. Producer of four-axle Octoauto and twin rear axle Sextoauto in Columbus, Indiana.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. 1895 car produced by Remington Arms Company.
- ^ "Renaissance Cars Inc. / Zebra Motors Inc". Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 22, 209.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 209.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Rogers Steamobile. One of three companies by this name.
- ^ Rolls-Royce
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1273
- ^ Clymer, p. 8. A tricycle.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Also known as Dumont.
- ^ Clymer, p. 8.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 90, 209.
- ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Chrysler Sebring.
- ^ Clymer, p. 5. Built in Buffalo, New York.
- ^ Clymer, p. 88. Built by William H. Sharp.
- ^ "Shay Model A Roadster". shayhistory.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ Dixie Junior and Dixie Tourist (1908-1910- Retrieved October 28, 2018
- ^ The Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine, Volume 22- Retrieved October 28, 2018
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Unrelated to the steam car company.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 210.
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. One of two companies with this name.
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Stanley Motor Carriage Company.
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Stearns (automobile).
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 512
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1351
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. One of three companies by this name.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 210. Steam cars. One of three companies by this name.
- ^ Production was continued in Canada until 1966.
- ^ Flory, p. 1016. Fitting Cadillac V8s into Studebakers was common in the 1950s, under the nickname Studillac, as well as into Fords as Fordillacs; it appears Flory has mistaken it.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 38, 210.
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Not to be confused with models from Dodge, Plymouth, Studebaker, Nash Motors, Chevrolet, or GMC.
- ^ Clymer, p. 52.
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Unrelated to Summit Racing Equipment.
- ^ Clymer, p. 190, locates them in Cleveland.
- ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 210.
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 1417–1419
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 1423–1424
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 1463, 45
- ^ Clymer, p. 22; Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 769, 1472
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Unrelated to Triumph Motor Company sportscars or Triumph Engineering Co Ltd motorcycles.
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from the Victor steam cars.
- ^ "The Victor Page Automobile & The Victor W. Page Corp". www.american-automobiles.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Kimes, Beverly R. (editor), and Clark, Henry A. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1945. Krause Publications, 1985, p. 1455. ISBN 0-87341-045-9.
- ^ Clymer, p. 135. Built in Painesville, Ohio.
- ^ Detroit-based builder of "generic" cars without badges so dealers could badge them as desired. Clymer, p.146.
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Ward (electric automobile company).
- ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Ward (automobile company).
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1491
- ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1519
- ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1521
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