Wonder Motor Car Company

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Wonder Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1909
Seat Kansas City , Missouri , USA
management FE Wear
Branch Automobiles

Wonder Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in early 1909 as the successor to the Kansas City Motor Car Company . The seat was also in Kansas City , Missouri . FE Wear was president. The brand name was Kansas City Wonder . Charles F. Ettwein was the designer. Production ended in the same year.

The Kansas City Vehicle Company took over the plant.

vehicles

The range of models was developed from a prototype from the predecessor company. The vehicles had a two-cylinder engine with 16 hp and a uniform 229 cm wheelbase . Model E was a two-seat runabout , Model F was a three-seat runabout, and Model H was a four-seat touring car .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 Model E. 2 16 229 Runabout 2-seater
1909 Model F 2 16 229 3-seater runabout
1909 Model H 2 16 229 4-seater touring car

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. 795 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 813 (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. 795 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 813 (English).