Detroit Automobile Company

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Detroit Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1901
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management William H. Murphy
Branch Automobiles

Detroit Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William H. Murphy was a wealthy businessman from Detroit , Michigan . He had the opportunity to test-drive with the second beginning in 1899 prototype of Henry Ford . On July 24, 1899, he founded the company in the same city. Frank R. Alderman became the manager and Henry Ford the designer. The aim was a wide range of passenger cars . Ford was still developing, however. The first thing that came about was a delivery truck . The brand name was Detroit . A few cars followed. In January 1901 the company was officially dissolved. A total of around 20 vehicles were built.

Henry Ford then founded the Henry Ford Company . However, only two racing cars were built there . This company later became Cadillac .

vehicles

Detroit delivery van from 1900

Vehicles with the bodies Trap , Phaeton , Touring Cart , Runabout , Stanhope and Surrey were planned . The result is runabouts. One illustration also shows a Surrey. A two-cylinder engine was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle via a chain.

There is a photo of the delivery truck.

An overview of US car brands starting with Detroit

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Detroit Detroit Automobile Company 1899 1901 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Wheeler Manufacturing Company 1904 1904 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Detroit Motor Chassis Company 1912 1912 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Detroit Motor Wagon Company 1912 1912 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Detroit Cyclecar Company 1913 1914 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Detroit Chassis Company 1915 1917 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Electric Detroit Electric Car Company 1907 1939 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Taxicab Detroit Taxicab & Transfer Company 1914 1915 Detroit, Michigan
Detroit-Dearborn Detroit-Dearborn Motor Car Company 1909 1910 Dearborn, Michigan

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. 443 (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. 429 (English).

Web links

Commons : Detroit Automobile Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g 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. 443 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 429 (English).