Desberon Motor Car Company
Desberon Motor Car Company | |
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legal form | Company |
founding | 1901 |
resolution | 1904 |
Seat | New York City , New York , USA |
Branch | Motor vehicles |
Desberon Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .
Company history
The company was founded in New York City in 1901 . Works were located in Manhattan and New Rochelle . Between 1901 and 1904 it manufactured passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The brand name was Desberon . The vehicles were touted as extremely reliable.
vehicles
Passenger cars
The cars had gasoline engines . In Style C it was a two-cylinder engine with 7 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 198 cm . The only setup was an open runabout .
The Style D had a four-cylinder engine . He was specified with 12/15 hp. The wheelbase corresponded to the weaker model. The vehicles were bodied as a tonneau .
The Style E was the manufacturer's most expensive model. Its four-cylinder engine was specified with 30/36 hp. The wheelbase was 229 cm. The bodies were limited to a tonneau.
year | model | cylinder | Power ( hp ) | Wheelbase (cm) | construction |
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1901-1904 | Style C | 2 | 7th | 198 | Runabout |
1901-1904 | Style D | 4th | 12/15 | 198 | Tonneau |
1901-1904 | Style E | 4th | 30/36 | 229 | Tonneau |
commercial vehicles
Otto and steam engines were available for the trucks .
Hill climb
In November 1904, a vehicle was used in two hill climbs at Eagle Rock near Newark , New Jersey . It was ranked sixth and eleventh once.
Quantities
Exact numbers have not been passed down. Estimates amount to 52 runabouts, 24 tonneaus and 12 trucks annually.
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. 429 (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. 424 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 429 (English).
- ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 424 (English).