Madison Motors Corporation

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Madison Motors Company
Madison Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1915
resolution 1919
Reason for dissolution takeover
Seat Anderson , Indiana , USA
management
  • Henry Nyberg
  • Cecil Gibson
Branch Automobiles

Madison Motors Corporation , previously Madison Motors Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Henry Nyberg operated the Nyberg Automobile Works until it was dissolved. Cecil Gibson had automotive experience with the Empire Automobile Company . They founded the Madison Motors Company jointly in Anderson , Indiana , in 1915 . The production of automobiles began, marketed as Madison . In October 1916 the name was changed to Madison Motors Corporation . In 1918 production came to a standstill. In 1919 three vehicles were built. There were 453 vehicles in total.

The Bull Tractor Company took over the company.

vehicles

All vehicles had a six cylinder engine from the Rutenber Motor Company .

In 1915 there was the Dolly model . The engine was specified with 22 hp . The chassis had a 305 cm wheelbase . The bodies were touring cars with five and seven seats and a roadster with two seats.

In 1916 it became the Model 6-40 . The only change was the introduction of another touring car.

In 1917 there were three models in the range. The engines were all specified with 24 hp. The wheelbases and the superstructures differed. Model 4 had a 305 cm wheelbase and was a four-seater roadster. Model 5 had 292 cm wheelbase and was bodied as a five-seater touring car. The Model 7 with 315 cm wheelbase was also a touring car, but with seven seats.

Only the Light Six has survived for the 1918 model year . The wheelbase of 292 cm corresponded to the shortest model from last year. Five- and seven-seat touring cars and a four-seat roadster were available.

In 1919 the range only consisted of the Model 6-19 . The engine and wheelbase corresponded to the Light Six . The only structure was a touring car with five seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1915 Dolly 6th 22nd 305 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 2-seater roadsters
1916 Model 6-40 6th 22nd 305 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 2-seater roadsters, foreign type touring cars
1917 Model 4 6th 24 305 Roadster 4-seater
1917 Model 5 6th 24 292 5-seater touring car, 5-seater deluxe touring car
1917 Model 7 6th 24 315 7-seater touring car, 7-seater deluxe touring car
1918 Light Six 6th 24 292 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater roadsters
1919 Model 6-19 6th 24 292 5-seater touring car

Production numbers

year Production number
1915 86
1916 237
1917 127
1918 0
1919 3
total 453

Source:

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. 915 (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. 940 (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. 915 (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. 940 (English).