Thompson (automobile manufacturer)

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Thompson
legal form
founding 1901
resolution 1901
Seat Plainfield , New Jersey , USA
management Andrew C. Thompson
Branch Automobiles

Thompson was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Andrew C. Thompson ran the company based in Plainfield , New Jersey . In 1901 he made a few automobiles that he sold as Thompson .

Two years later, Thompson was involved in the Mackle-Thompson Automobile Company .

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Thompson were Zenas Thompson & Brothers and Thompson Automobile Company .

vehicles

Only electric cars were on offer . Two different models have survived.

The smaller one had an electric motor with 1.25 hp . The maximum speed was specified with 19 km / h and the range with 32 km. The setup was a runabout . The original price was 800 US dollars .

The larger model had a 2.5 hp engine. A top speed of 29 km / h and a range of 64 km are mentioned. The vehicle was bodied as a Stanhope and cost $ 1,600.

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. 1467 (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. 1586 (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. 1467 (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. 1586 (English).