Mecca (make of car)

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Mecca Thirty (1916)

Mecca was an American car brand. The car was built in 1915 by the Times Square Automobile Company in New York City , which otherwise repaired and sold used cars. The car was built by the Mecca Motor Car Company in Teaneck (New Jersey)

description

The car was a two-seater and was powered by a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1500 cc. Due to the cubic capacity, the vehicle was not a cycle car , although it was called that. Series production never really got going.

In the following year, Time Square decided to build the larger Mecca Thirty , which was available as a roadster, runabout or touring car. It also had a four-cylinder engine, but this time with 23 bhp (16.9 kW). The Princess Motor Car Company in Detroit (Michigan) was commissioned to build this car. The success doesn't seem to have been great because the brand no longer existed as early as 1917.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
Cyclecar 1915 4 row Roadster 2 seats
Thirty 1916 4 row 23 bhp (16.9 kW) 2642 mm Roadster 2 seats, runabout 2 seats, touring car 5 seats

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. 956 (English).
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

Web links

Commons : Mecca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .