Sterling Automobile & Engine Company

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Empire Manufacturing Company
Empire Automobile Company
Sterling Automobile & Engine Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1902
Seat Sterling , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Sterling Automobile & Engine Company , previously the Empire Manufacturing Company and Empire Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Empire Manufacturing Company was founded in Sterling , Illinois in 1899 and later renamed the Empire Automobile Company . The production of automobiles began in 1899. The brand name was Empire until 1900 or 1901 . In 1901 the name was changed to Sterling Automobile & Engine Company . From 1901 the vehicles were marketed as sterling . Production ended in 1902.

There was no association with William T. Terwilliger & Company and Empire Automobile Company , which also marketed vehicles as Empire .

vehicles

The only model was a steam car . A V2 - steam engine drove the rear axle. The open body offered space for two people. An illustration shows a runabout . The wheels were wire spoke wheels. The original price was 750 US dollars .

Overview of car brands from the US, the Sterling include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Ams sterling Amston Motor Car Company 1917 1918 Bridgeport, Connecticut
sterling Sterling Automobile & Engine Company 1901 1902 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Springfield Cornice Works 1901 1901 Springfield, Massachusetts
sterling Sterling Machine Works 1909 1909 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Elkhart Motor Car Company 1909 1911 Elkhart, Indiana
sterling Sterling Motor Car Company 1915 1916 Brockton, Massachusetts
sterling Consolidated Motor Car Company (Connecticut) 1920 1920 Middlefield, Connecticut
Sterling Knight Sterling Knight Company 1920 1926 Warren, Ohio
Sterling New York Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company 1915 1916 New York City, New York

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. 536 and p. 1398 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 496 (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. 536 and p. 1398 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 496 (English).