CHAPTER VII.

PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.

The following is, as near as possible, a complete list of the passenger automobiles manufactured in the United States, with the number of cylinders and the retail price of each. New cars are being put on the market so rapidly that it is difficult to keep track of them.

The prices quoted may not be exact in every case, as manufacturers are putting up prices quite generally as this volume goes to press. They are the prices at which the cars sold for a long time, and they are given without the intention to be exact to the dollar, but merely as relative figures of retail cost.

An automobile quoted at $1,195 may have undergone a price raise to $1,350, but the former price quotation fixes the car’s retail price status as compared with a car that sells for $360 or $550.

One hundred manufacturers are said to have raised their prices, and forty made increases from $10 to $700 on each car, the average advance being $146. Freight conditions and the uncertainties of the international situation were advanced as reasons for the increase.

Practically all the American manufacturers of tires also raised prices a second time within a year, the range of the last increase being from 61⁄2 to 12 per cent. Where price is not given, it was not available.

    Cylinders Price

“Abbott-Detroit”

Abbott Corporation, Cleveland, O.

 6 $1,195 to $1,820

“Allen”

Allen Motor Car Co., Fostoria, O.

 4 850 to 1,195

“Alter”

Alter Motor Car Co., Grand Haven, Mich.

 4-6 675 to 850

“American”

American Motors Corporation, New York, N. Y.

 6 1,285 and 845

“Ams-Sterling”

Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Co., New York, N. Y.

 4 825 to 845

“Anderson”

Anderson Motor Co., Rock Hill, S. C.

 6 1,250 and 1,275

“Apperson”

Apperson Bros. Auto Co., Kokomo, Ind.

 6-8 1,690 to 2,000

“Arbenz”

Arbenz Motor Car Co., Chillicothe, O.

        

“Auburn”

Auburn Automobile Co., Auburn, Ind.

 6 1,145 to 1,785

“Austin”

Austin Automobile Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 6-12 3,400 to 5,250

“Beardsley”

Beardsley Electric Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (Electric)

 .... 1,285 to 3,000

“Bell”

Bell Motor Car Co., York, Pa.

 4 875    

“Ben-Hur”

Ben Hur Motor Co., Cleveland, O.

 6 1,875 to 2,750

“Biddle”

Biddle Motor Car Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

 4 2,285 to 3,900

“Bimel”

Bimel Automobile Co.,Sidney, O.

 4 550 to 995

“Bour-Davis”

Bour-Davis Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 6 1,250 to 1,500

“Brewster”

Brewster & Co., New York, N. Y.

 4 6,500 to 7,900

“Briscoe”

Briscoe Motor Corporation, Jackson, Mich.

 4-8 685 to 985

“Brunswick”

Brunswick Motor Car Co., New York, N. Y.

        

“Buick”

Buick Motor Co., Flint, Mich.

 4-6 660 to 1,835

“Bush”

Bush Motor Co.,Chicago, Ill.

 4 725    

“Cadillac”

Cadillac Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 8 2,240 to 3,910

“Cameron”

Cameron Car Co., Norwalk, Conn.

 6 1,250    

“Case”

J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co., Racine, Wis.

 4 1,190    

“C-B”

Carter Brothers Co., Hyattsville, Md.

 6-8 700 to 1,000

“Chalmers”

Chalmers Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 6 1,090 to 2,550

“Chandler”

Chandler Motor Car Co., Cleveland, O.

 6 1,395 to 2,695

“Chevrolet”

Chevrolet Motor Co., Flint, Mich.

 4-8 490 to 1,285

“Classic”

Classic Motor Co., Chicago, Ill.

        

“Coey Flyer”

Coey Motor Co., Chicago, Ill.

 4 695    

“Cole 8”

Cole Motor Car Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

 8 1,695 to 2,295

“Columbia”

Columbia Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.

 6 on application

“Crawford”

Crawford Automobile Co., Hagerstown, Md.

 6 1,750 to 2,250

“Crockett”

The J. B. Co., New York City (exported only)

        

“Crow Elkhart”

Crow Elkhart Motor Car Co., Elkhart, Ind.

 4 795 and 845

“Crowther-Duryea”

Crowther Motors Corporation, Rochester, N. Y.

 4 650    

“Cunningham”

James Cunningham Son & Co., Rochester, N. Y.

 8 3,750 to 7,500

“Daniels”

Daniels Motor Car Co., Reading, Pa.

 8 2,600 to 4,200

“Davis”

George W. Davis Motor Car Co., Richmond, Ind.

 6 1,195 to 1,795

“Detroit”

Anderson Electric Car Co., Detroit, Mich. (Electric)

 ... 1,875 to 2,475

“Detroiter”

Detroiter Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 6 1,195 to 1,495

“Dey”

Dey Electric Corporation, New York, N. Y. (Electric)

  

“Dispatch”

Dispatch Motor Car Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

 4 1,135 to 1,400

“Dixie”

Dixie Manufacturing Co., Vincennes, Ind.

        

“Dixie Flyer”

Dixie Motor Car Co., Louisville, Ky.

 4 840 to 1,275

“Doble”

General Engineering Co., Detroit, Mich. (Steam)

4-7 1,800    

“Dodge”

Dodge Bros., Detroit, Mich.

 4 785 to 1,185

“Dorris”

Dorris Motor Car Co., St. Louis, Mo.

 6 2,475    

“Dort”

Dort Motor Car Co., Flint, Mich.

 4 695 to 1,065

“Downing”

Downing Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

        

“Drexel”

Drexel Motor Car Corporation, Chicago, Ill.

 4 985 to 1,650

“Drummond”

Drummond Motor Co., Omaha, Neb.

 8 1,600    

“Dunn”

Dunn Motor Works, Ogdensburg, N. Y.

 4 295    

“Duryea Gem”

Duryea Motors, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. (3 wheels)

 2 250    

“Eagle Rotary”

Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Co., Sandusky, O.

 5 700    

“Economy”

Economy Motor Co., Tiffin, O.

 4-8 985 to 1,350

“Elcar”

Elkhart Carriage & Motor Car Co., Elkhart, Ind.

 4 845    

“Elgin”

Elgin Motor Car Co., Chicago, Ill.

 6 985    

“Emerson”

Emerson Motors Co., New York, N. Y.

 4 470    

“Empire”

Empire Automobile Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

 4-6 985 to 1,095

“Enger”

Enger Motor Car Co., Cincinnati, O.

 12 1,295    

“Erie”

Erie Motor Car Co., Painesville, O.

 4 795    

“Fageol”

Fageol Motors Co., Oakland, Cal. (Aviation motor)

 6 9,500 to 12,500

“F. I. A. T.”

Fiat, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

 5-7 4,850 to 6,300

“Ford”

Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.

 4 345 to 645

“Ford”

Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd., Ford, Ont.

 4 345 to 645

“Franklin”

Franklin Automobile Co., Syracuse, N. Y.

 6 1,800 to 3,000

“Fritchie”

Fritchie Electric Co., Denver, Colo. (Electric)

 .... 2,400 to 3,200

“Frontenac”

Frontenac Motor Co., Detroit, Mich. (Racing)

 4 8,000 to 10,000

“F. B. P.”

Porter, Finley Robertson Co., Port Jefferson, N. Y.

4 6,000    

“Glide”

Bartholomew Company, Peoria, Ill.

 6 1,195 to 1,395

“Grant”

Grant Motor Car Corporation, Cleveland, O.

 6 875 to 1,100

“Hackett”

Hackett Motor Car Co., Jackson, Mich.

 4 888    

“Hal Twelve”

Hal Motor Car Co., Cleveland, O.

 12 2,600 to 5,000

“Halladay”

Barley Motor Car Co., Streator, Ill.

 6 1,185 to 1,650

“Harroun”

Harroun Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

 4 595    

“Harvard”

Harvard Pioneer Motor Car Corporation, Troy, N. Y.

 4 750    

“Hatfield”

Cortland Cart & Carriage Co., Sidney, N. Y.

 4 875    

“Haynes”

Haynes Automobile Co., Kokomo, Ind.

 6-12 1,485 to 2,750

“Hewitt”

Hewitt Motor Co., New York, N. Y.

        

“Hollier”

Lewis Spring & Axle Co.,Jackson, Mich.

 6-8 895 to 1,185

“Homer-Laughlin”

Homer-Laughlin Engineers’ Corporation, Los Angeles, Cal.

 8 1,050    

“Howard”

The A. Howard Co., Galion, O.

        

“Hudson”

Hudson Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 6 1,650 to 3,025

“Hupmobile”

Hupp Motor Car Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

 4 1,185 to 1,735

“Hupp-Yeats”

Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Co., Detroit, Mich. (Electric)

 .... 1,500 to 1,750

“Interstate”

Interstate Motor Co., Muncie, Ind.

 4 850 to 1,250

“Jackson”

Jackson Automobile Co., Jackson, Mich.

 8 1,295 to 1,395

“Jeffery”

Nash Motors Co., Kenosha, Wis.

 4-6 1,095 to 1,630

“Jones”

Jones Motor Car Co., Wichita, Kas.

 6 1,475    

“Jordan”

Jordan Motor Car Co., Cleveland, O.

 6 1,650 to 3,000

“Kent”

Kent Motors Corporation, Newark, N. J.

 4 985    

“King”

King Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 8 1,350 to 1,900

“Kissel Kar”

Kissel Motor Car Co., Hartford, Wis.

 6 1,195 to 2,100

“Kline Kar”

Kline Car Corporation, Richmond, Va.

 6 1,175 to 1,195

“Lambert”

Buckeye Manufacturing Co., Anderson, Ind.

 4-6 685 to 985

“Laurel”

Laurel Motor Car Co., Richmond, Ind.

 4 850 to 895

“Lenox”

Lenox Motor Car Co., Boston, Mass.

 6 on application

“Leslie”

Leslie Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich. (Kerosene)

        

“Lexington”

Lexington-Howard Co., Connersville, Ind.

 6 1,185 to 2,875

“Liberty”

Liberty Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 6 1,095 to 2,350

“Locomobile”

Locomobile Co. of America, Bridgeport, Conn.

 6 4,600 to 6,800

“Lozier”

Lozier Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.

 4-6 1,695 to 4,650

“Luverne”

Luverne Automobile Co., Luverne, Minn.

 6 1,500

“Lyons-Knight”

Lyons-Atlas Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

        

“Macon”

All Steel Motor Car Co., Macon, Mo.

 4 875 to 975

“Madison”

Madison Motors Co., Anderson, Ind.

 6 1,050 to 1,150

“Maibohm”

Maibohm Motors Co., Racine, Wis.

 4 795    

“Majestic”

Majestic Motor Co., New York, N. Y.

 .... on application

“Marion Handley”

Mutual Motors Co., Jackson, Mich.

 6 1,275 to 1,575

“Marmon”

Nordyke & Marmon Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

 6 3,050 to 5,800

“Maxwell”

Maxwell Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.

 4 620 to 985

“McFarlan”

McFarlan Motor Co., Connersville, Ind.

 6 3,500 to 5,300

“Mercer”

Mercer Automobile Co., Trenton, N. J.

 4 3,250 to 5,000

“Metz”

Metz Company, Waltham, Mass.

 4 600    

“Milburn”

Milburn Wagon Co., Toledo, O. (Electric)

 .... 1,285 to 1,995

“Mitchell”

Mitchell Motors Co., Racine, Wis.

 6 1,150 to 2,785

“Mohawk”

Mohawk Motor Corporation, New Orleans, La.

 4-6 985 to 1,150

“Moline-Knight”

Moline Automobile Co., East Moline, Ill.

 4 1,450 to 2,400

“Monarch”

Monarch Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 8 1,500    

“Monitor”

Monitor Motor Car Co., Columbus, O.

 4-6 895 to 1,095

“Monroe”

Monroe Motor Co., Pontiac, Mich.

 4 565 and 985

“Moon”

Moon Motor Car Co., St. Louis, Mo.

 6 1,295 to 2,350

“Moore”

Moore Motor Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

 4 550    

“Morse”

Morse Cyclecar Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

 2 300 and 350

“Murray”

Murray Motor Car Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

 8 2,000 to 2,500

“Napoleon”

Napoleon Auto Manufacturing Co., Napoleon, Ohio

 4 735 to 845

“National”

National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation

 6-12 1,750 to 2,800

“New Era”

New Era Engineering Co., Joliet, Ill.

 4 685    

“Norwalk”

Norwalk Motor Car Co., Martinsburg, W. Va.

        

“Ogren Six”

Ogren Motor Works, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

 6 2,500    

“Oakland”

Oakland Motor Car Co., Pontiac, Mich.

 6-8 875 to 1,585

“Ohio”

Ohio Electric Car Co., Toledo, O. (Electric)

 .... 2,400 to 3,250

“Oldsmobile”

Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Mich.

 8 1,295 to 1,850

“Olympian”

Olympian Motors Co., Pontiac, Mich.

 4 845    

“Overland”

Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, O.

 4-6 665 to 1,585

“Owen Magnetic”

Baker B. & L. Co., Cleveland, O.

 6 3,300 to 5,200

“Packard”

Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 12 3,050 to 5,150

“Paige”

Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 6 1,175 to 2,750

“Partin-Palmer”

Commonwealth Motors Co., Chicago, Ill.

 4 495 to 695

“Paterson”

W. A. Paterson Co., Flint, Mich.

 6 1,095 to 1,125

“Path-finder”

Pathfinder Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

 12 3,250    

“Peerless”

Peerless Motor Car Co., Cleveland, O.

 8 1,890 to 3,260

“Pennsy”

Pennsy Motors Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

 4 855    

“Phianna”

Phianna Motors Co., Newark, N. J.

 4 5,000 to 6,000

“Pierce-Arrow”

Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

 6 4,600 to 7,600

“Pilliod”

Pilliod Motor Co., Toledo, O.

 4 1,485

“Pilot”

Pilot Motor Car Co., Richmond, Ind.

 6 1,150    

“Premier”

Premier Motor Corporation, Indianapolis, Ind.

 6 1,885 to 3,150

“Princess”

Princess Motor Car Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

 4 775    

“Pullman”

Pullman Motor Car Co., York, Pa.

 4 825 to 1,150

“Rauch & Lang”

Baker R. & L. Co., Cleveland, O. (Electric)

 .... 2,800 to 3,000

“Regal”

Regal Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.

 4 745    

“Reo”

Reo Motor Car Co., Lansing, Mich.

 4-6 875 to 1,750

“Richard”

Richard Auto Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, O.

 4 7,500    

“Richmond”

The Wayne Works, Richmond, Ind.

 6 on application

“Roamer”

Barley Motor Co., Streator, Ill.

 6 1,850    

“Rose”

Rose Automobile Co., Detroit, Mich.

 8 1,550    

“Saurer”

Saurer Motor Co., New York, N. Y.

        

“Saxon”

Saxon Motor Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

 4-6 495 to 1,250

“Scripps-Booth”

Scripps Booth Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

 4-8 825 to 2,575

“Seneca”

Seneca Motor Car Co., Fostoria, O.

 4 735    

“Simplicity”

Evansville Automobile Co., Evansville, Ind.

        

“Simplex”

Simplex Automobile Co., New York, N. Y. (Chassis only)

 6 6,000    

“Singer”

Singer Motor Car Co., New York, N. Y.

 6 3,800 to 5,300

“Standard”

Standard Steel Car Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

 8 1,950 to 2,000

“Stanley Steam Car”

Stanley Motor Carriage Co., Newton, Mass. (Steam)

 .... 2,200 to 2,300

“States”

States Motor Car Manufacturing Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.

 4 845    

“Stearns”

F. B. Stearns Co., Cleveland, O.

 4-8 1,450 to 3,500

“Stephens”

Stephens Motor Branch, Moline Plow Co., Freeport, Ill.

 6 1,150    

“Studebaker”

Studebaker Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

 4-6 930 to 2,600

“Stutz”

Stutz Motor Car Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

 4 2,275 to 2,550

“Sun”

Sun Motor Car Co., Elkhart, Ind.

 6 1,095 to 1,295

“Thomas”

E. R. Thomas Motor Car Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

 6 4,000 to 5,000

“Velie”

Velie Motors Corporation, Moline, Ill.

 6 1,115 to 2,200

“Waco”

Western Automobile Co., Seattle, Wash.

 4 950    

“Westcott”

Westcott Motor Car Co., Springfield, O.

 6 1,500 to 2,190

“White”

White Motor Co., Cleveland, O.

 4 4,600 up  

“Willys-Knight”

Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, O.

 6 1,325    

“Willys-Knight”

Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, O.

 4-8 1,285 to 1,950

“Winton”

Winton Co., Cleveland, O.

 6 2,685 to 4,750

“Woods”

Woods Mobilette Co., Chicago, Ill.

 4 380    

“Wood’s Dual Power”

Woods Motor Vehicle Co., Chicago, Ill. (Electric)

 .... 2,650    

“Yale Eight”

Saginaw Motor Car Co., Saginaw, Mich.

 8 1,550