American Mathis

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American Mathis Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1930
resolution 1931
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Lansing , Michigan , USA
management William Durant
Branch Automobiles

American Mathis was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William Durant of Durant Motors founded the company in Lansing , Michigan in 1930 . Edward Ver Linden was also involved. In 1931 the production of automobiles began. The license came from SA Mathis from France. The brand name was Mathis . In January 1931 there were vehicles on the New York Automobile Show . Plans totaled 100,000 vehicles annually. Bankruptcy began in April 1931 . In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles were based on the Mathis Type PY . They had a four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 1062 cm³ and an output of 12 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 244 cm . There was a choice of a coupe for 455 US dollars , a light delivery van for 445 dollars and a roadster .

One source suggests that this small European-sized car was too small for American buyers.

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. 939 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 974 (English).

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. 939 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 974 (English).