Comet Automobile Company

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Comet Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1924
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management George W. Jagers
Branch Automobiles

Comet Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George W. Jagers founded the company in late 1916. The seat was in Chicago , Illinois . Around twelve prototypes were made in early 1917 . The first public presentation was in January 1917 at the Chicago Automobile Show . It was not until August 1917 that series production began at a plant in Decatur , Illinois. The brand name was Comet . In December 1920, serious financial problems began. In 1922, production and marketing ended. The liquidation of the company dragged on until 1924. A total of over 1000 vehicles were built. Some were exported to Belgium .

There was no association with the other U.S. automakers with the same brand names: Hall Automobile Company , Continental Motors Corporation of Buffalo , Comet Cyclecar , General Developing Company , Comet Co., and Comet Motors .

vehicles

Many parts were bought in. That included the engines. The six-cylinder engines came initially from Lewis and later from the Continental Motors Company . A model with a four-cylinder engine was only added to the range last year .

From 1917 to 1918 there was the Six-50 . The engine developed 50 hp . The wheelbase was 318 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people.

There were no changes in 1919.

In 1920 the vehicle was named Model C-53 . The engine output had risen to 53 hp.

In 1921 it became the Model C-53-2 . The engine now made 55 hp. The vehicle was only available as a five-seater sedan .

In 1922 the previous model was available as a five-seat touring car and as a five- and seven-seat sedan. The Light Four was added . Its four-cylinder engine was specified with 30/32 hp. It was bodied as a touring car with five seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917-1918 Six-50 6th 50 318 5-seater touring car
1919 Six-50 6th 50 318 5-seater touring car
1920 Model C-53 6th 55 318 5-seater touring car
1921 Model C-53-2 6th 55 318 5-seater sedan
1922 Light Four 4th 30/32 5-seater touring car
1922 Model C-53-2 6th 55 318 5-seater touring car, 5-seater and 7-seater limousine

Production numbers

year Production number
1918 73
1919 177
1920 627
1921 287
1922 27
total 1191

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. 365-366 (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. 327. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 365-366 (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. 327. (English)