National Motor Vehicle Company

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National Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1924
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management Arthur C. Newby
Branch Automobile manufacturer

National Model L (1907)
National Model 40 Indianapolis (1910) at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

The National Motor Vehicle Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Indianapolis , Indiana from 1900 to 1924 . The company was founded by LS Dow and Philip Goertz , a former employee of the Waverley division of the American Bicycle Company . Its future president, Arthur C. Newby , was one of the investors in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .

history

The company initially called National Automobile & Electric Company initially built electric automobiles. The first, a runabout with the name Style A and stick steering, was built in 1900. From 1903 vehicles with internal combustion engines were also built. The two- and four-cylinder engines came from Rutenber .

The National Model 135 from 1904 cost US $ 2,000. Its single electric motor was installed at the rear and had an output of 6.7 kW. The engine power was passed on to the rear axle via a four-speed gearbox. The car with a planked wooden frame structure reached a top speed of 24 km / h.

In 1905 the two-cylinder model was discontinued and a six-cylinder with a round radiator was added. The last electric vehicles were built in 1906 and from 1907 National built its own engines.

The National Motor Vehicle Company's largest vehicle output was in 1915 when 1,800 automobiles were made. In 1916 the company name (company) was changed to National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation and the company presented the National Highway Twelve, a V12 cylinder model, one of the first in the USA. At US $ 1900, - - 3200, - this model was even cheaper than the National Newport Six with Continental six-cylinder engine, which was produced at the same time and cost US $ 2500, - - 3400, -. Six and twelve-cylinder models were built in parallel until 1919, when they were limited to six-cylinder models again.

In 1922 the company became part of the Associated Motor Industries group together with the Dixie Motor Car Company and the Jackson Automobile Company . In 1923, the Dixie Flyer and Jackson brands were discontinued. The Jackson Model 6-38 became the National Model 6-51 and the Dixie Flyer Model H became the National Model 4-H . But the sales figures in the early 1920s plummeted. In July 1923, the name was changed to National Motor Car and Vehicle Company . In January 1924 bankruptcy proceedings were opened against the company and production stopped.

Sporting successes

In 1912 Joe Dawson won the Indianapolis 500 race in a national.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase
Style A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H 1900-1901 Electric motor 6.7 kW
50 1902-1906 Electric motor 6.7 kW
55 1902 Electric motor 6.7 kW
60 1902 Electric motor 6.7 kW
65 1902-1906 Electric motor 6.7 kW
70 1902 Electric motor 6.7 kW
75 1902-1905 Electric motor 6.7 kW
85 1902-1905 Electric motor 6.7 kW
90 1902 Electric motor 6.7 kW
100 1903-1906 Electric motor 6.7 kW
110 1903-1905 Electric motor 6.7 kW
Long Distance Electric 1903 Electric motor 6.7 kW
Light touring 1903 2 row 8 bhp (5.9 kW) 1829 mm
Touring 1903 4 row 16 bhp (11.8 kW) 2184 mm
135 1904-1905 Electric motor 6.7 kW
B. 1904 4 row 20 bhp (14.7 kW) 2184 mm
A. 1904 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2184 mm
C. 1905 4 row 30 bhp (22 kW) 2184 mm
D. 1906 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2642 mm
E. 1906 6 row 60 bhp (44 kW) 3073 mm
F. 1907 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2642 mm
H 1907 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2845 mm
L. 1907 6 row 75 bhp (55 kW) 3226 mm
K 1908 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2845 mm
N 1908 4 row 50 bhp (37 kW) 2845 mm
R. 1908 6 row 50 bhp (37 kW) 2946 mm
T 1908 6 row 75 bhp (55 kW) 3226 mm
9-35 1909 4 row 35 bhp (26 kW) 2972 mm
9-40 1909 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 3175 mm
9-50 1909 6 row 50 bhp (37 kW) 3302 mm
40 1910-1912 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 3150 mm
50 1910 4 row 50 bhp (37 kW) 3302 mm
60 1910 6 row 60 bhp (44 kW) 3480 mm
38 1912 4 row 38 bhp (28 kW) 3251 mm
V 1913-1914 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 3251 mm
Six / AA 1914-1915 6 row 34 bhp (25 kW) 3353 mm
Highway Six 1916-1919 6 row 29.4 bhp (21.6 kW) 3251 mm
Newport Six 1916 6 row 33.75 bhp (24.8 kW) 3404 mm
Highway Twelve 1916-1919 12 V 36.3-39.68 bhp (26.7-29.2 kW) 3251 mm
Sextet 1920-1922 6 row 71 bhp (52 kW) 3302 mm
4-H 1923-1924 4 row 35 bhp (26 kW) 2845 mm
6-31 1923-1924 6 row 31 bhp (23 kW) 2845 mm
6-51 1923-1924 6 row 51 bhp (37.5 kW) 3073 mm
6-71 1923-1924 6 row 71 bhp (52 kW) 3302 mm

literature

  • Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January 1904)
  • Beverly Ray Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 . (English)

Web links

Commons : National Motor Vehicle Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clymer, Floyd: Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 , Bonanza Books, New York (1950)
  2. ↑ a b Automobile Quarterly Volume 36, Issue 3.