Oriole (make of car)

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Oriole was an American automobile brand.

Brand history

Harry W. Cleveland of Fond du Lac , Wisconsin , made a prototype in May 1910 . His father, CE Cleveland, was President of the Giddings and Lewis Manufacturing Company in the same town. The production of automobiles began there. The brand name was Oriole . Production ended in 1910.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with 45 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 320 cm . The tires were quite large at 40 inches . The structure was a touring car .

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. 1091 (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. 1091 (English).
  2. Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 216 (English).