Owen Motor Carriage Company

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Phoenix Motor Vehicle & Engine Company
Owen Motor Carriage Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1901
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management
  • Ralph R. Owen
  • Raymond M. Owen
Branch Motor vehicles

Owen Motor Carriage Company , previously Phoenix Motor Vehicle & Engine Company , was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

Brothers Ralph R. and Raymond M. Owen operated RM Owen Carpet Cleaning and Rug Manufacturing Company in Cleveland , Ohio . From 1899 onwards, they manufactured some passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The brand name was Owen . It was only in February 1900 that they founded the Phoenix Motor Vehicle & Engine Company for this purpose . Now some of the vehicles have been marketed as Phoenix . Already in the summer of 1900 the name was changed to Owen Motor Carriage Company . Production ended in 1901.

Other American manufacturers of passenger cars that included the Owen name in the brand name were Owen Motor Car Company , Owen Magnetic Motor Car Corporation, and Owen Thomas Motor Car Company .

vehicles

At least the first vehicles had a gasoline engine with an output of 8 hp .

Some vehicles were purely passenger cars, others were delivery vans . Most, however, were suitable for both purposes. The rear seats could easily be fitted and removed again.

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. 1100 (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. 1100 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 218 (English).