Centaur Motor Vehicle Company

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Centaur Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution after 1903
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
management
  • Fisher Atherton
  • JC Eccleston
  • HC Wilcox
Branch Automobiles

Centaur Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in the spring of 1902. The headquarters were in Buffalo , New York, United States . Fisher Atherton, JC Eccleston and HC Wilcox were involved. They made automobiles that were marketed as Centaur . Production ended in 1903. In total, only a few vehicles were sold. After that, the company was active as a car dealer for Cadillac and Yale and as a workshop. It is not known when it was disbanded.

vehicles

One series had gasoline engines with either 5 or 6 hp . They have been called Runabout for 700 US dollars and as a lightweight touring car offered for $ 800.

There were also electric cars . They were given a top speed of 24 km and a range of 96 km . They cost $ 850.

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. 265 (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. 257. (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. 265 (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. 257. (English)