United States Motor Vehicle Company

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United States Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1900 or later
Seat New York City , New York , USA
Branch Engines , automobiles

United States Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of engines and automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in New York City in 1899 . It bought up patent rights for vehicles that had seen little or no production. These included a vehicle from the Back Bay Cycle & Motor Company with a gasoline engine , an electric car from the Dey-Griswold & Company and a steam car of the United States Automobile Company of Milwaukee . Then the production of automobiles began. The brand name was United States . Vehicle production ended in 1900. After that, engines were made.

Other American manufacturers of passenger cars under this brand name were United States Auto-Motor Company and United States Construction Company .

Products

Only vehicles with a gasoline engine designed by WT McCullough were on offer. Both passenger cars and commercial vehicles were available .

In addition, were single-cylinder engines with 2 hp power for 200 dollars and two-cylinder engines offered with 4 hp for $ 400.

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. 1489 (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. 1489 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 290 (English).