Marathon Electric Vehicles

Marathon Electric Vehicles Inc.
legal form	Inc.
founding	1969
resolution	1981
Seat	Montreal , Canada
Branch	Automobiles

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Marathon Electric Vehicles Inc. was a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from the Montreal district of Saint-Léonard began producing golf carts in 1969 . Passenger cars were added in 1976 . The brand name was Marathon . Production ended in 1981.

Car

The only model was the C-300 . The base was a tubular steel frame . An open two-seater body was mounted on it, which consisted of either fiberglass or steel. It looked like the jeep . The vehicles were powered by an electric motor with an output of 8  hp . The range was given as 80 km.

There was also a commercial vehicle with six wheels in the range.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Marathon (III).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 947. (English)

Web links

Commons : Marathon Electric Vehicles  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Marathon (III).
2. ^ ^{A b c d} George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 947. (English)