Dodge Motor Car Company

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Dodge Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management Alvan M. Dodge
Branch Automobiles

Dodge Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alvan M. Dodge had previous automotive experience with Wahl Motor Company . In February 1914 he founded the company together with Edwin Herzog, J. Mayor Leman and EO Millay. The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . The production of automobiles began, which were marketed as Dodge . In the summer of 1914, a vehicle was exhibited at the Michigan State Fair . There it became known that a younger company from the same city was using the same brand name, Dodge . Alvan took Dodge to court in August. Not until January 1916 was a judgment passed. It fell out against Alvan Dodge. Production ended in 1914 after a few months. Few vehicles were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. A four-cylinder engine with 25 hp power drove the rear axle via a friction gear and two chains. The chassis had a wheelbase of 259 cm and the usual American track width of 142 cm. A roadster sold for $ 495 and a touring car was sold for $ 595.

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. 459 (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. 449 (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. 459 (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. 449 (English).