Elcar Corporation

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Elcar Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1974
resolution 1988
Seat Elkhart , Indiana , USA
management Leon Shahnasarian
Branch Automobiles

Elcar Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on May 17, 1974 in Elkhart , Indiana . It sold Zagato vehicles . It manufactured automobiles from 1975 to 1977 or from 1977 to 1978. The brand name was Elcar . On November 28, 1988 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . One model was the imported Zagato Zele .

The wagonette was similar to the Zele , but was longer and offered space for four people. One source states that this model remained a prototype .

The Cinderella looked similar to a 1903 Duryea . The electric motor developed 2 hp and allowed a top speed of 32 km / h.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 488. (English)
  2. ↑ a b opencorporates (English, accessed on March 11, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Elcar (II).
  4. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 11, 2017)
  5. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed March 11, 2017)
  6. ↑ Motorbase for the Zagato Elcar 1000 (English, accessed on March 11, 2017)