Central Automobile Company

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Central Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1906
Seat Providence , Rhode Island , USA
Branch Automobiles

Central Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1905 in Providence , Rhode Island . In November 1905 it was announced that the vehicles were not yet fully developed. Automobile production only began at the end of 1905. The brand name was Central . Plans totaled 100 vehicles annually. Production ended in 1906. Overall, far fewer vehicles were built.

vehicles

What was unusual about the vehicles was the rotary engine , which was also a steam engine . The engines were imported from Europe.

The smaller model had an engine with 10 PS performance and cost as a runabout about 800 US dollars .

There was also a larger model. Here the engine made 20 hp. The vehicles were bodied as touring cars . The new price was between 1200 and 1500 dollars.

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. 266 (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. 266 (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)