Robe Motor Corporation

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Robe Motor Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1923
resolution 1923
Seat Nansemond , Virginia , USA
Branch Automobiles

Robe Motor Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WB Robe had previous automotive experience with WB Robe & Company . In 1923 he founded the new company with financial help from JD Stone. The seat was in Nansemond , Virginia . The area is now part of Suffolk . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was again Robe . Production ended in 1923. A total of four vehicles were built.

vehicles

A model with a six-cylinder engine was announced, but was not produced. The original price should be $ 895 .

Instead, cars with a four-cylinder engine were created . The engine was partly made of aluminum . A special feature was the suspension and suspension, which made it possible to drive off-road. One illustration shows an open touring car with space for five people.

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. 1300 (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. 1342 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1300 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1342 (English).