American Motor Company (New York)

American Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1895
resolution	around 1902
Seat	New York City , New York , USA
Branch	Automobiles

American Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles based in New York state .

Company history

The company was founded in 1895 as an engine manufacturer. The seat was in New York City . Development began in 1896 and production of automobiles around 1897. In the spring of 1898 it was announced that over 100 vehicles had already been built. The brand name was American . Vehicle production ended in 1898. Engines were still being made until around 1902.

There was no connection to the American Motor Company of the same name from Massachusetts .

Products

The first engines were similar to the single cylinder engines from De Dion-Bouton .

In 1898 the production of 100 motor tricycles and three quadricycles was announced. The amount actually produced was lower.

From 1899 to 1902 the engines were made for the Automobile Company of America , which first called their vehicles American Voiturette and later called gas vehicles .

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. 33 (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. 33 (English).