Autocar Company

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Autocar Company

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founding 1900
resolution 1953
Reason for dissolution Takeover by White Motor Company
Seat Ardmore , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Autocar from 1903
Autocar from 1904
Autocar trucks

Autocar Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

Lewis S. Clark, who started manufacturing automobiles for the Pittsburgh Motor Vehicle Company in 1897 , founded the company in April 1900. The seat was in Ardmore , Pennsylvania . In 1901 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Autocar . In 1907 commercial vehicles were added. Passenger car production ended in 1912 . Trucks were built until 1953. Then White Motor Company took over the company and incorporated it into their group as the Autocar Division, White Motor Company . 1987 was the last year in which the cab introduced in 1950 was installed. In 1997, the 100th anniversary was celebrated, but in 2000 Volvo discontinued the Autocar brand and sold it, including the Xpeditor model, to GVW Group LLC in 2001. Autocar, LLC has been manufacturing service trucks in Hagerstown, Indiana since 2003 .

vehicles

Car

The cars were given the model name Type and a number between 5 and 25, written in Roman numerals , with gaps. The model range for 1909 is not known.

The Type V (Roman for 5) from 1901 was the first model. It had a two-cylinder engine with 6 hp . The choices were Runabout and Phaeton .

The Type VI (Roman for 6) from 1902 had a slightly more powerful two-cylinder engine with 8.5 hp. It was available as a runabout, canopy runabout, and dos-à-dos .

The Type VII (Roman for 7) followed in 1903 . Here the two-cylinder engine developed 10 hp. A tonneau is mentioned .

The Type VIII (Roman for 8) existed in 1904 and 1905. Its two-cylinder engine is specified with 12/14 hp in the first year and 12 hp in the second year. The chassis had a 193 cm wheelbase . The model is also available as a tonneau.

The Type X (Roman for 10) was in the range from 1904 to 1906. For its two-cylinder engine, initially 10/12 hp and in the third year 12 hp are transmitted. The wheelbase was initially 178 cm and in 1906 193 cm. The only body shape was a runabout.

The first model with a four-cylinder engine was the Type XI (Roman for 11) from 1905. Its engine is specified with 16/20 hp. The wheelbase was 244 cm. It was bodied as a tonneau with side entry.

The first Type XII (Roman for 12) existed from 1906 to 1907. It had a four-cylinder engine with 24 hp and a chassis with a 254 cm wheelbase. In the first year it was available as a touring car and limousine , in the second year as a limousine and landaulet .

The second Type XII from 1908 was the only model with a six-cylinder engine . It made 60 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 325 cm. 10- and 16-seat sedans have been handed down.

The Type XIV (Roman for 14) from 1907 and 1908 had a four-cylinder engine with 30 hp. In the first year there was only one touring car with a 277 cm wheelbase. In the following year, the wheelbase was extended to 284 cm. Touring cars, sedans and roadsters were now available.

The Type XV (Roman for 15) was available as a runabout in 1907 and as a roadster in 1908. Its two-cylinder engine developed 12 hp. The wheelbase was 204 cm.

The Type XXII (Roman for 22) was the only model from 1910. It was specified as a four-cylinder model with 26/30 hp and 259 cm wheelbase. It was available as a touring car.

The Type XXIV (Roman for 24) followed in 1911 . It also had a four-cylinder engine but had an output of 30 hp. Touring cars and four-door touring cars with a 297 cm wheelbase were on offer.

The last model Type XXIV-B from 1912 corresponded to the previous year's model.

Trucks

The first model was already a forward control . A two-cylinder boxer engine was mounted under the driver's seat. Models with four-cylinder engines and a payload of up to 5 tons followed in 1911 . In 1929 six-cylinder engines and 1935 diesel engines from Waukesha Engines were added.

Car model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1901 Type V 2 6th Runabout, Phaeton
1902 Type VI 2 8.5 Runabout, Canopy Runabout, Dos-à-Dos
1903 Type VII 2 10 Tonneau
1904 Type VIII 2 12/14 193 Tonneau
1904 Type X 2 10/12 178 Runabout
1905 Type VIII 2 12 193 Tonneau with rear entry
1905 Type X 2 10/12 178 Runabout
1905 Type XI 4th 16/20 244 Tonneau with side entry
1906 Type X 2 12 193 Runabout
1906 Type XII 4th 24 254 Touring car, limousine
1907 Type XII 4th 24 254 Limousine, landaulet
1907 Type XIV 4th 30th 277 Touring car
1907 Type XV 2 12 204 Runabout
1908 Type XII 6th 60 325 10- and 16-seater sedans
1908 Type XIV 4th 30th 284 Touring cars, limousines, roadsters
1908 Type XV 2 12 204 Roadster
1910 Type XXII 4th 26/30 259 Touring car
1911 Type XXIV 4th 30th 297 Touring car, touring car 4-door
1912 Type XXIV-B 4th 30th 297 Touring car, touring car 4-door

Car production figures

year Production number
1901 163
1902 197
1903 217
1904 523
1905 627
1906 713
1907 823
1908 523
1909 673
1910 715
1911 613
total 5787

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. 83-85 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 113-114. (English)
  • Halwart Schrader , Jan P. Norbye: The truck lexicon. All brands 1900 to today. Schrader Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-613-01837-3 , p. 16.

Web links

Commons : Autocar 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. 83-85 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 113-114. (English)
  3. ↑ https://www.autocartruck.com/history/