Jaeger Motor Car Company

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Jaeger Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1932
resolution 1933
Seat Belleville , Michigan , USA
management Charles F. Jaeger
Branch Automobiles

Jaeger Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles F. Jaeger had gotten rich through various ventures. He also designed a special type of wheel suspension. In August 1932 he founded the company in Belleville , Michigan . He produced the first three series vehicles by October 1932. The brand name was Jaeger . Production ended in 1933. A total of five vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles had the aforementioned wheel suspension. A six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company with 70 hp powered the rear axle. The chassis had a wheelbase of 287 cm .

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. 779 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 777 (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. 779 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 777 (English).