Premier Motor Manufacturing
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Premier Motor Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Indianapolis, Indiana between 1903 and 1926..
The 1904 Four-Cylinder Premier was a touring car model. Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat 6 passengers and sold for US$5000. The vertically-mounted water-cooled straight-4, situated at the front of the car, produced 40 hp (30 kW). A 3-speed sliding transmission was fitted as on Système Panhard cars from Europe. The pressed steel-framed car weighed 2250 lb (1021 kg) and used semi-elliptic springs. A Double-Cylinder Premier model sold for US$2500. It had a 2-stroke straight-2 engine producing 20 hp (15 kW).
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- Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904)