La Marne Motor Company

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La Marne Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1919
resolution 1920
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management François Richard
Branch Automobiles

La Marne Motor Company , sometimes called La Marne Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Frenchman François Richard, who previously ran the Richard Automobile Manufacturing Company , founded the company in 1919. The seat was in Cleveland , Ohio . He made a few automobiles until the end of 1920, which were marketed as La Marne .

In addition, a production took place at Anglo-American Motors in Canada .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. The vehicles were driven by an eight-cylinder in - line engine with an output of 85 hp . One source mentions 88.9 mm bore , 127 mm stroke and 6306 cm³ displacement . Another source gives 82.55 mm bore, 139.7 mm stroke and 5981 cm³ displacement. The original price was 1,485 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. 835 (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. 853 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. a b 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. 835 (English).
  2. a b 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. 853 (English).