Metropolitan Motors

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Metropolitan Motors Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1921
resolution 1923
Seat Kansas City , Missouri , USA
management HD Taylor
Branch Automobiles

Metropolitan Motors Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in November 1921 in Kansas City , Missouri . HD Taylor was President, GH Clevidence Vice President, Ross H. Rheem Treasurer, and Robert H. Campbell was the Sales Agent and Chief Engineer. The Severin Motor Car Company from the same city is considered the predecessor . In 1922 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Metropolitan . Production ended in 1923.

vehicles

In 1922 there was only the M-61 model . It was created from parts that had been taken over from Severin. A six-cylinder engine with 60 hp powered the vehicles. The chassis had a 311 cm wheelbase . There was a choice of a five-seat touring car for 1500 US dollars and a five-seat sedan for 2000 dollars.

In 1923 the self-developed model M-41 appeared . It had a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp. A 66.675 mm bore and 101.66 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 1419 cc . The wheelbase was 254 cm or 274 cm, depending on the source. Five-seat touring cars and two-seat roadsters were $ 600. There were also closed superstructures for $ 700. These were a five-seat sedan and a two-seat coupe . The curb weight was given as around 725 kg.

Plans for the higher-priced M-81 model with an eight-cylinder engine could no longer be implemented.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1922 Model M-61 6th 60 311 5-seater touring car, 5-seater sedan
1923 Model M-41 4th 40 274 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan, 2-seater coupé

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. 967 (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. 1020 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 967 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d 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. 1020 (English).