Lauth-Juergens Motor Car Company

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Lauth-Juergens Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1915
Seat Fremont , Ohio , USA
management
  • Jacob Lauth
  • Theodore Juergens
Branch Motor vehicles

Lauth-Juergens Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles . Another source names the Lauth-Juergens Company .

Company history

Jacob Lauth from Chicago , Illinois had made two prototypes in 1905 and was looking for a sponsor. Together with Theodore Juergens, he founded the company in Chicago in 1907. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Lauth-Juergens . The first vehicle was at the Chicago Automobile Show in December 1907 . In 1909 car production ended.

In 1910 the headquarters were relocated to Fremont , Ohio . Now commercial vehicles emerged . In 1915 the company was dissolved.

Car

The vehicle from the exhibition had a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp .

Two models have survived for 1908 to 1909. They had a four-cylinder engine and a chassis with a 300 cm wheelbase in common . The Model C had an engine with 127 mm bore , 152.4 mm stroke , 7722 cc displacement and 50 hp. The structure was called a tourist and offered space for five to seven people. The Model D had a stroke of only 139.7 mm, a displacement of 7078 cm³ and an output of 45 hp. The open touring car had five seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908-1909 Model C 4th 50 300 Tourist 5-seat and 7-seat
1908-1909 Model D 4th 45 300 5-seater touring car

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. 852 (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. 879 (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. 852 (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. 879 (English).