Morgan Motor Company (United States)

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Morgan Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1902
Seat Brooklyn , New York , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Morgan Motor Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The company was based in Brooklyn , New York, United States . It manufactured motorized bicycles , tricycles and accessories for the automotive industry. It is not known if this happened before 1900. In 1900 the first automobile was created that did not appear to have been marketed. In 1901 it was announced that orders for automobiles would be accepted. A small production of cars has been reported for 1902. The brand name was Morgan . After 1902 the track of the company is lost.

There were no connections to the British Morgan Motor Company and the Morgan Motor Truck Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

The 1900 prototype was a light runabout . In 1901 steam cars and passenger cars with gasoline engines could be ordered.

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. 1001 (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. 1001 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 203 (English).