Kobusch Automobile Company

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Kobusch Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1906
Seat St. Louis , Missouri , USA
management George J. Kobusch
Branch Automobiles

Kobusch Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was something like the automotive division of the St. Louis Car Company . George J. Kobusch founded it in 1906 in St. Louis , Missouri . WS Miller, George H. Mills and HJ Vogel were also involved. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Kobusch . Production ended in 1906.

vehicles

After the St. Louis Car Company had little success in 1905 with a small runabout with a two-cylinder engine , larger and more powerful vehicles were now on offer. They had different four-cylinder engines and were similar to the Mors models . With this, too, there was no success.

The Model A had an engine with 20 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 259 cm . Superstructures as touring cars with five seats and a demi limousine have been handed down .

The Model B had a 35-horsepower engine, 269 cm wheelbase and worked as a limousine karosseriert.

The Model C was the top model. The engine developed 50 hp. The wheelbase was 305 cm. The only body shape was a landaulet .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906 Model A 4th 20th 259 5-seater touring car, demi-limousine
1906 Model B 4th 35 269 limousine
1906 Model C 4th 50 305 Landaulet

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. 827-828 (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. 832 (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. 827-828 (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. 832 (English).