Standard Motor Vehicle Company (New Jersey)

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Standard Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1901
Seat Camden , New Jersey , USA
Branch Automobiles

Standard Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles from New Jersey .

Company history

The company was founded in 1900 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . A little later it moved to Camden , New Jersey. In 1900 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Standard . In January 1901, vehicles were presented for two weeks during two automobile shows in Philadelphia. Production ended in 1901.

vehicles

The vehicles had a single-cylinder engine with 4.5 hp . The setup was a small runabout with space for two people. The curb weight was given as about 250 kg and the top speed was 32 km / h. The original price was 500 US dollars .

An overview of US car brands that begin with Standard

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
default Boston Automobile Company 1900 1900 Bar Harbor, Maine
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (New Jersey) 1900 1901 Camden, New Jersey
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (California) 1901 1902 Oakland, California
default Standard Motor Construction Company 1904 1905 Jersey City, New Jersey
default St. Louis Car Company 1910 1911 St. Louis, Missouri
default Standard Car Manufacturing Company 1911 1915 Jackson, Michigan
default Standard Engineering Company 1914 1914 Chicago, Illinois
default Standard Steel Car Company 1914 1923 Butler, Pennsylvania
Standard GE Standard Gas Electric Power Company 1909 1910 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. 1374 (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. 1493 (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. 1374 (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. 1493 (English).