Aland Motor Car Company

Aland Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1916
resolution	1917
Seat	Detroit , Michigan , USA
management	RC Aland
Branch	Automobiles

Aland Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

RC Aland founded the company in Detroit , Michigan in 1916 . At the end of 1916, he began producing automobiles. The brand name was Aland . Production ended in 1917. In total, only a few vehicles were sold.

vehicles

Aland Touring (1916).

The only model was the 14 HP . The four-cylinder engine had a displacement of 2540 cm³ . The OHC valve timing and four valves per cylinder were unusual . The engine developed 65 hp , which was a lot for this displacement at the time. The vehicles had four-wheel brakes, which was also unusual for the time. The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm . There was a choice of a two-seat roadster and a five-seat touring car .

literature

• Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 22 (English).
• George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 23 (English).

Web links

Commons : Aland Motor Car Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 22 (English).
2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 23 (English).