Powercar Automobile Company

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Powercar Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1911
Seat Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
management
  • AH Miller
  • Joseph Kroeger
Branch Automobiles

Powercar Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source mentions the Powercar Auto Company .

Company history

The company was founded in 1909 in Cincinnati , Ohio . AH Miller and Joseph Kroeger ran it. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Powercar . Production ended in 1911.

In May 1912, the Cincinnati Motors Manufacturing Company took over the plant.

vehicles

All vehicles had a four-cylinder engine . 101.6 mm bore and 114.3 mm stroke resulted in 3707 cc displacement . The engine output of 30 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft .

In 1909 the chassis had a 274 cm wheelbase . The only structure was an open touring car with five seats.

In 1910, sportier bodies were added with a two-seater roadster and a four-seater Tourabout .

In 1911 the wheelbase was lengthened to 292 cm. In addition to the five-seat touring car, there was now a two-seat torpedo roadster.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 Four 4th 30th 274 5-seater touring car
1910 Four 4th 30th 274 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater Tourabout
1911 Four 4th 30th 292 5-seater touring car, 2-seater torpedo roadster

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. 1239 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1260 (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. 1239 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1260 (English).