Automotor Company

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Automotor Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1904
Seat Springfield , Massachusetts , USA
management Hinsdale Smith
Branch Automobiles

Automotor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Hinsdale Smith founded the company in Springfield , Massachusetts in 1901 . The predecessor is Springfield Cornice Works with the Meteor brand. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Automotor . Production ended in 1904.

vehicles

The first model had a four-cylinder engine that was specified with 16/20 hp. The maximum speed was given as 72 km / h. Such vehicles have been used successfully on a half mile drive from New York City to Boston and back, as well as a 160-mile drive without stopping. The Springfield Metal Body Company made the four-seat tonneau body out of aluminum .

There were also two smaller models. Single cylinder engines from De Dion-Bouton with either 3.5 HP or 5 HP powered the vehicles. They were bodied as a runabout .

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. 89-90 (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 , p. 117 (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. 89-90 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 117. (English)