Vaughn (automobile manufacturer)

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Vaughn
legal form
founding 1912
resolution 1912
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management Marlon E. Vaughn
Branch Automobiles

Vaughn was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Marlon E. Vaughn had previous automotive experience with the Whiteside Wheel Company . In 1912 he began producing automobiles in Indianapolis , Indiana . The brand name was Vaughn . Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built. The buyers were local buyers.

Another US manufacturer of passenger cars of the brand Vaughn was the Irving Automobile Company .

vehicles

In contrast to the highwheelers that he manufactured at Whiteside Wheel, vehicles that were built lower were now built. They received the friction gear that they had developed themselves in 1909 . The body shape was a runabout .

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. 1494 (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. 1494 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 293 (English).