Sterling Motor Car Company

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Sterling Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1916
Seat Brockton , Massachusetts , USA
management Alonzo R. Marsh
Branch Automobiles

Sterling Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alonzo R. Marsh left Vulcan Manufacturing Company in Ohio and returned to his hometown of Brockton , Massachusetts . There he founded the new company together with his brothers in December 1914. It should be viewed as the successor company to the American Motor Company . In June 1915 the first prototype was ready. Then the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Sterling . Production ended in May 1916. The plant was taken over by the Consolidated Ordnance Company , also owned by Marsh.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with 13 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 259 cm . Are Narrated Roadster for 550 US dollars and touring cars 650 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. 1397 (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. 1510 (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. 1397 (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. 1510 (English).