Craig-Toledo Motor Company

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Maumee Motor Car Works
Craig-Toledo Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1907
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Toledo , Ohio , USA
management
  • George L. Craig
  • John F. Craig
Branch Automobiles

Craig-Toledo Motor Company , previously Maumee Motor Car Works , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank M. Blair, JG Swindeman and WK Terry founded the Maumee Motor Car Works in Toledo , Ohio in 1906 . On March 1, 1906, their first prototype was ready, which was extensively tested. In May 1906, the factory was Wolverine Car & Commercial Vehicle Company in Dundee in Michigan adopted. A prototype was presented as Maumee at the Grand Central Palace Automobile Show in New York City in January 1907 . The company was renamed Craig-Toledo Motor Company and the brand name changed to Craig-Toledo when George L. Craig and John F. Craig joined the company. The production of automobiles now started in a factory in Toledo. 100 vehicles were planned annually. After six months the bankruptcy came . Overall, fewer vehicles were built than planned.

vehicles

The goal was to produce the best possible three-seater for the rough roads of America. The vehicles were driven by a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp . The maximum speed was given as 104 km / h. The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . The open roadster had two seats in the front and a third seat behind it. The suspension at three points, which was also patented , was unusual . The original price was 4,000 US 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. 385 (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 , pp. 344-345. (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. 385 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 344-345. (English)