United States Motor Company

United States Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1910
resolution	1913
Reason for dissolution	insolvency
Seat	New York City , New York , USA
management	Benjamin Briscoe
Branch	Automobiles

United States Motor Company was an American automobile manufacturing company.

Company history

Benjamin Briscoe already had some experience in automotive engineering. In 1910 he founded the company in New York City . He wanted to compete with General Motors . He acquired various smaller automobile manufacturers. In 1911 the production of automobiles of a private label called Titan began . Their production ended in 1913. The bankruptcy began on September 12, 1912 .

Composite

The following companies belonged to the group:

Alden Sampson Division as the successor company of the Alden Sampson Manufacturing Company
Briscoe Manufacturing Company
Brush Runabout Company
Columbia Automobile Company
Courier
Gray Motor Company , manufacturer of marine engines
Maxwell Motor Company
Providence Engineering Works
Stoddard-Dayton
West Chester Appliance Company

Titan vehicles

Only taxis that were mainly used in New York were on offer . They were based on Brush chassis and manufactured at the Brush facility in Detroit . The short wheelbase of 224 cm enabled a small turning circle . They had a single cylinder engine . This means that the operating costs should be only a third of that of an ordinary taxi. The original price was 850 US dollars . One illustration shows a landaulet .

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. 1471 and p. 1489 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. 1489 (English).
↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 283 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Automobile Quarterly Volume 36, Issue 2.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brush Runabout. In: Automobile Quarterly Volume 24.
↑ 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. 1471 (English).

[Kimes-United_States-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. 1489 (English).

[Registry-2] Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 283 (English).

[AQ-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Automobile Quarterly Volume 36, Issue 2.

[AQ_1986-4] Brush Runabout. In: Automobile Quarterly Volume 24.

[Kimes-Titan-5] 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. 1471 (English).