Centaur Motor Corporation

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Centaur Motor Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1983
resolution 1985
Seat Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
Branch Automobiles

Centaur Motor Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on April 11, 1983 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . It manufactured automobiles with the brand name Centaur . In contradiction to the founding date 1980, some sources indicate the start of production. Deviating from this, one source mentions American Classic Automobiles Corp. from the same place as the manufacturer. Production ended in 1985.

There was no connection with the Centaur Car Company , founded in 1984 , which used the same brand name between 1985 and 1986.

vehicles

The only model was a replica of a Mercedes-Benz 500 K from the 1930s. The chassis , engine and suspension were from General Motors . The V6 engine had a displacement of 3800 cc . An automatic transmission was standard.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Centaur (V).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 257. (English)
  3. ↑ bizapedia (English, accessed March 4, 2017)
  4. ↑ a b c Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 4, 2017)