Knowles Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Knowles Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1904
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
management William Knowles
Branch Automobiles

Knowles Automobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William Knowles had previous automotive experience with the Kensington Automobile Company . In 1904 he founded the company in Buffalo in the US state New York . He started the production of automobiles. The brand name was Knowles . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a two-cylinder engine from Antoine Fils et Compagnie from Belgium. It was air-cooled and had 12 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 183 cm . The structure was a touring car . The original price was 2500 US dollars .

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. 824 (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. 824 (English).
  2. Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 166 (English).