List of U.S. cars
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page tries to show every U.S. car ever made by manufacturer.
There were over 1800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period.
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[edit] Major current US automakers
With their various brand-names, many of which earlier had been independent companies:
- Chrysler (1924-present) (formerly part of DaimlerChrysler)
- Ford (1903-present)
- Continental
- Edsel (1958-1960)
- Lincoln (1920-present)
- Mercury (1939-present)
- Merkur
- General Motors
- AM General (not sold to private individuals; similar vehicles are sold to ordinary consumers as Hummers)
- Buick (1903-present)
- Cadillac (1903-present)
- Cartercar (1906-1916)
- Chevrolet (1912-present)
- Elmore (1893-1912)
- Ewing (1908-1911)
- GMC
- Hummer
- LaSalle (1927-1940)
- Marquette
- Oakland (1907-1931)
- Oldsmobile (1897-2004)
- Pontiac (1926-present)
- Saturn
- Scripps Booth (1913-1923)
- Sheridan (1920-1921)
- Viking (1929-1931)
[edit] Minor current US automakers
- AC Propulsion[1]
- Advanced Automotive Technologies[2]
- Anteros[3]
- Avanti[4]
- Berrien Buggy[5]
- Blast Automotive[6]
- Callaway[7]
- Commuter Cars[8]
- Dragon Motor Cars[9]
- Duesenberg[10]
- Electro Automotive[11]
- E-Z-Go Textron[12]
- Formula1 Street[13]
- Fisker[14]
- Ida Automotive Corp.[15]
- Mosler (originally named Consulier)
- Packard[16]
- Panoz[17]
- Saleen[18]
- SSC
- Studebaker[19]
- Tesla[20]
- Vector[21]
- Zimmer[22]
[edit] Other US automakers
[edit] A
- A Car Without A Name (1909-1910)
- Abbott-Detroit (1909-1916)
- ABC (1906-1910)
- Able (1917-1919)
- Ace (1920-1922)
- Acme (1903-1911)
- Adams-Farwell (1905-1911)
- Adria (1921-1922)
- Aerocar
- Airway (1949-1950)
- Ajax (1914-1915)
- Ajax (1925-1926)
- Aland (1916-1917)
- Albany (1907-1908)
- Aldo (1910)
- Alena (1922)
- All-Steel (1915-1916)
- Allen (1913-1914)
- Allen (1913-1921)
- Allen Kingston (1907-1909)
- Allied (1932-1934)
- Allstate (1952-1953)
- Alpena (1910-1914)
- Alsace (1920-1921)
- Alter (1915-1917)
- Altham (1896-1899)
- Altman (1901)
- Aluminum (1920-1922)
- Amalgamated (1917-1919)
- Amco (1917-1922)
- America (1911)
- American (1899)
- American (1902-1903)
- American (1911-1912)
- American (1914)
- American (1910-24)
- American Austin (1930-1934) (later American Bantam) (1938-1941)
- American Chocolate (1903-1906)
- American Electric (1899-1902)
- American Electric (1913-1914)
- American Locomotive Company (ALCO) (1909-1913)
- American Simplex (1906-1910) (see also Amplex)
- American Steam (1924-1942)
- American Steamer (1922-1924)
- American Tri-Car (1912)
- American Underslung (1905-1914)
- American Waltham (1898-1899)
- American Voiturette (see Car-Nation)
- Ames (1910-1915)
- Amplex (1910-1913) (see also American Simplex)
- Anahuac (1922)
- Anchor Buggy (1910-1911)
- Anderson (1916-1925)
- Anderson Electric (later Detroit Electric)
- Anhut (1909-1910)
- Ann Arbor (1911-1912)
- Ansted (1926-1927)
- Ansted-Lexington (1922)
- Apollo (1906-1907)
- Apollo (1962-1964)
- Apperson (1902-1926)
- Apple (1917-1918)
- ArBenz (1911-1918)
- Ardsley (1905-1906)
- Argo (1914-1918)
- Argo Electric (1912-1916)
- Argonaut (1959-1963)
- Argonne (1919-1920)
- Ariel (1905-1906)
- Armstrong Electric
- Arnolt
- Arrow (1914)
- Asardo (1959-1960)
- Astra (1920)
- Atlas (1907-1913)
- Auburn (1900-1936)
- Aultman (1901)
- Aurora (1957-1958)
- Austin (1901-1921) (note: this is different from both the UK Austin and American Austin)
- Auto Red Bug
- Autocar (1901-1912)
- Autoette (1910-1913)
- Autoette (1948-1970)
- Automatic Electric (1921)
[edit] B
- Babcock (1906-1912)
- Baker Electric (1899-1916)
- Balzer (1894-1900)
- Barley (1923-1924)
- Bates (1903-1905)
- Beaver (1912)
- Bell (1916-1922)
- Belmont (1916)
- Bendix (1908-1909)
- Benham (1914-1917)
- Berg (1903-1905)
- Berwick Electric (1904)
- Biddle (1916-1923)
- Biesel (1914)
- Binghamton Electric (1920)
- Binney & Burnham (1901-1902)
- Black (1896-1900)
- Black Crow (1909-1911)
- Blood (1902-1905)
- Bobbi-Kar (1945-1947)
- Bour-Davis (1915-1922)
- Brew-Hatcher (1904-1905)
- Brewster (1915-1925, 1934-1935)
- Briscoe (1914-1921)
- Briggs-Detroiter (1912-1917)
- Brush (1907-1912)
- Bryan (1918-1923)
- Buckmobile (1903-1905)
- Buffalo (1900-1902)
- Buffalo Electric (1901-1906, 1912-1915)
- Buffum (1901-1906)
- Burg (1910 - 1913)
- Bush (1916-1924)
[edit] C
- [[C.N.CADY(auto trucks) (1900-1901)
Cameron (1903-1920)
- Cannon (1902-1906)
- Car de Luxe (1906-1910)
- Car-Nation (c.1912-1915)
- Carhartt (1910-1911)
- Carter Twin-Engine (1907-1908)
- Case (1911-1927)
- Cavac (1910)
- Central
- Century (1911-1915)
- Chandler (1914-1929)
- Chaparral
- Checker (1922-1982)
- Church
- Church-Field (1912-1915)
- Citicar (1974-1976)
- Cleveland (1919-1926)
- Cleveland Electric (1909-1910)
- Clenet
- Climber (1919-1924)
- Clipper
- Coates-Goshen (1908-1910)
- Coates (1922-23)
- Coey (1913-1917)
- Cole (1909-1925)
- Colonial Six (1917)
- Colt (1907)
- Columbia Electric
- Columbia Motors
- Commerce (1922)
- Commonwealth (1917-1922)
- Consolidated Motor Company (see Moyea)
- Continental (1933-1934)
- Corbin (1904-1912)
- Corbin
- Cord (1929-1932, 1936-1937)
- Correja (1908-1915)
- Courier (1904-1905)
- Courier (1910-1912)
- Covert (1902-1907)
- Coyote (1909-1910)
- Crane & Breed (1912-1917)
- Crane-Simplex (1922)
- Crawford (1905-1923)
- Crestmobile (1901-1905)
- Cricket (1914)
- Crosley (1939-1952)
- Crow-Elkhart (1911-1923)
- Crown (1905)
- Croxton (1909-1910)
- Croxton-Keeton (1909-1910)
- Cunningham (1907-1936)
- Cunningham (1951-1955)
- Cutting (1909-1912)
- CVI (1907-1908)
[edit] D
- DAC (1922-1923)
- Dagmar (1922-1927)
- Daniels (1916-1924)
- Davis (1908-1929)
- Davis (1914)
- Day (1911-1914)
- Dayton Electric (1911-1915)
- Davis Totem (1921-1922)
- De La Vergne (1895-1896)
- De Lorean
- De Luxe (1910)
- De Mot (1910)
- De Schaum (1908-1909)
- De Tamble (1908-1913)
- De Vaux (1931)
- De Vaux Continental (1932)
- Deal (1905-1911)
- Del Mar (1949)
- Demotcar (1910-1911)
- Desberon (1901-1904)
- Diplomat (Canadian model)
- Detroit Automobile (1899-1901)
- Detroit Cyclecar (1913-1914)
- Detroit-Dearborn (1910-1911)
- Detroit Electric (1907-circa 1939)
- Detroit-Oxford (1905-1906)
- Detroiter (1912-1917)
- DeWitt (c.1908-1910)
- Diamond T (1905-1911)
- Diana (1925-1928)
- Dile (1914-1916)
- Dingfelder (1903)
- Dispatch (1910)
- Dixie Flyer (1916-1923)
- Doble (1914-1918, 1923-1931)
- Dodge (A.M. Dodge Company) (1914-1915)
- Dodgeson (1926)
- Dolson (1904-1907)
- Dorris (1906-1925)
- Dort (1915-1924)
- Downing-Detroit (1913-1915)
- Dragon (1906-1908)
- Drexel (1916-1917)
- Dual-Ghia (1956-1962)
- Dudley Bug (1913-1915)
- Duesenberg (1920-1937)
- DuPont (1919-1931)
- Durant (1921-1932)
- Duryea (1893-1917)
- Dymaxion (1933-1934)
[edit] E
- Earl (1921-1923)
- Eisenhuth Horseless Vehicle Company (1901?-1907)
- Elcar (1915-31)
- Eldredge (1903-1906)
- Electrakar
- Electric Carriage and Wagon Company (1896-1897) becomes Electric Vehicle Company
- Electric Vehicle Company (1897-1909) becomes Columbia
- Electrobat (see Morris & Salom)
- Elgin (1916-1924)
- Emerson (1917)
- E-M-F (1909-1912)
- Empire (1901-1902)
- Empire (1910-1919)
- Empire Steamer (1899-1900)
- Endurance (1922-1924)
- Enger (1909-1927)
- Engler (1914-1915)
- Entyre (1910-1911)
- Erskine (1927-1930)
- Eshelman (1953-1960)
- Essex (1919-1932)
- Eureka (1900)
- Eureka (1907-1909)
- Everitt (1909-1912)
- Excel (1914)
- Excelsior
- Excalibur
[edit] F-G
- Fal-Car (1909-1913)
- Falcon-Knight (1927-1929)
- Faulkner-Blanchard (1910)
- Fina-Sport (1953-1954)
- Firestone-Columbus (1909-1915)
- Fischer (1914)
- Flint (1923-1927)
- Flyer (1913-1914)
- [[Fort Plain(automobile) (1901-1902)
- Fostoria (1915-1916)
- Franklin (1902-1934)
- Frazer (1947-1951)
- Fredonia (1902-1904)
- Friend (1920-1921)
- FRP (1914-1916)
- Fuller (1907-1909)
- Gadabout (1913-1915)
- Gaeth (1902-1911)
- Gardner (1920-1931)
- Gas-au-Lec (1905-1906)
- Gasmobile (1899-1902)
- Gaylord (1911-1912)
- Gem (1917-1919)
- GJG (1909-1914)
- Glasspar (1950-1954)
- Glide (1903-1920)
- Globe Four (1921-1922)
- Graham (1930-1941)
- Graham-Paige (1928-1930)
- Grant (1913-1922)
- Gray (1922-1926)
- Great Eagle (1910-1918)
- Great Smith (1907-1911)
- Great Southern (1910-1914)
- Greenleaf (1902)
- Gregory (1920-1922)
- Grinnell (1910-1913)
- Griswold (1907)
- Grout (1900-1912)
- Gyroscope (1908-1909)
[edit] H
- Hackett (1916-1919)
- H.A.L. (1916-1918)
- Halladay (1905-1922)
- Hammer (1905-1906)
- Hammer-Sommer (1902-1904)
- Handley-Knight (1921-1923)
- Harrison (1905-1906)
- Harroun (1917-1922)
- Harvard (1915-1921)
- Havers (1908-1914)
- Hawk (1914)
- Haynes (1905-1924)
- Haynes-Apperson (1896-1905)
- Heine-Velox (1905-1906, 1921-1923)
- Henney (1960-1964)
- Henry (1910-1912)
- Henry J (1951-1954)
- Herff-Brooks (1915-1916)
- Herreshoff (1909-1914)
- Hewitt-Lindstrom (1900-1901)
- Hidley (1901)
- Hitchcock (1909)
- Hobbie Accessible (1908-1909)
- Hoffman (1931)
- Hol-Tan (1908)
- Holley (1900-1904)
- Hollier (1915-1921)
- Holsman (1903-1910)
- Hoppenstand (1949-1950)
- Huber (1903-1907)
- Hudson (1909-1957)
- Hudson (1901-1902)
- Huffman (1920-1925)
- Hupmobile (1909-1941)
- Hupp-Yates (1911-1916)
[edit] I-K
- International Harvester
- Inter-State (1909-1919)
- Jackson (1903-1923)
- Jacquet Flyer (1921)
- Jaeger (1932-1933)
- Janney (1907)
- Jeannin (1908)
- Jeffery (1914-1917)
- Jewett (1922-1927)
- Johnson (1905-1912)
- Jordan (1917-1931)
- JPL (1913)
- Kaiser (1947-1955)
- Keeton (1912-1914)
- Keller (1948-1950)
- Kermath (1907-1908)
- Kess-Line 8 (1922)
- Kessler (1921-1922)
- Keystone (1899-1900)
- Keystone (1914-1915)
- King (1896, 1911-1923)
- King Midget (1947-1969)
- King-Remick (1910)
- Kissel (1907-1931)
- Kline Kar (1910-1923)
- Knox (1900-1914)
- Komet (1911)
- Koppin (1915)
- K-R-I-T (or Krit) (1910-1915)
- Kurtis Kraft (1949-1955)
[edit] L
- LaFayette (1921-1924)
- LaPonette
- Lambert (1905-1917)
- Laurel (1916-1920)
- Lenawee (1903-1904)
- Lenox (1911-1917)
- Lexington (1910-1927)
- Liberty (1916-1924)
- Light (1914)
- Lincoln (1914)
- Lion (1909-1912)
- Liquid Air (1899-1902)
- Little (1911-1913)
- Little Detroit (1913-1914)
- Little Princess (1913-1914)
- Locomobile (1899-1929)
- Lone Star (1920-1922)
- Lorraine (1920-1922)
- Lozier (1898, 1901, 1905-1918)
- LuLu (1914)
- Luverne (1904-1917)
- Lyons Atlas (1913-1915)
[edit] M
- Madison (1915-1919)
- Maibohm (1916-1922)
- Majestic (1917)
- Malcolm Jones (1914-1915)
- Marathon(1908-1914)
- Marble-Swift (1903-1905)
- Marion Flyer (1910)
- Marion-Handley (1916-1919)
- Marmon (1902-1933)
- Marr (1903-1904)
- Martin
- Marvel (1907)
- Maryland (1907-1910)
- Matheson (1903-1912)
- Maxwell (1905-1925)
- Maxwell-Briscoe
- McFarlan (1910-1928)
- McIntyre (1909-1915)
- Mecca (1915-1916)
- Menominee (1915)
- Mercer (1910-1926)
- Mercury (1914)
- Metz (1909-1921)
- Metzger (see Everitt)
- Michigan (1903-1908)
- Michigan (1908-1911)
- Michigan Motor Car Manufacturing Company
- Midland (1908-1913)
- Miller (1912-1913)
- Mitchell (1903-1923)
- Mohs (1967-1979)
- Moline (1904-1913)
- Moline-Knight (1914-1919)
- Monarch (1914-1917)
- Monitor (1915-1922)
- Monroe (1914-1923)
- Moon (1905-1929)
- Morris & Salom (1894-1897)
- Morse (1910-1916)
- Motor Bob (1914)
- Moyea (1903-1904)
- MPM (1914-1915)
- Munson (1896-1900)
- Muntz (1951-1954)
- Murray (1916-1921)
- Murray-Mac (1921-1929)
[edit] N-O
- Nash (1917-1957)
- Nash-Healey
- National (1900-1924)
- Nelson (1917-1921)
- Niagara (1903-1905)
- Nielson (1907)
- Noma (1919-1923)
- Northern (1902-1908)
- Northway (1921-1922)
- Nu-Klea (1959-1960)
- Nyberg (1911-1914)
- O-We-Go (1914)
- Olympian (1917-1921)
- Orient (1902-1908)
- Orlo (1904)
- Overland (1903-1926, 1939)
- Owen Magnetic (1915-1922)
[edit] P-R
- Packard (1899-1958)
- Paige (1911-1928)
- Paige-Detroit (1909-1912)
- Parry
- Partin (1913)
- Partin-Palmer (1913-1917)
- Paterson (1909-1923)
- Pathfinder (1912-1917)
- Peerless (1900-1931)
- Penn (1910-1913)
- Phelps (1903-1905)
- Piedmont (1917-1922)
- Pierce-Arrow (1901-1938)
- Piggins (1909)
- Pilot (1909-1924)
- Pittsburgh Six (1908-1910)
- Plass (1897)
- Playboy (1947-1951)
- Pope-Hartford (1904-1914)
- Pope-Robinson (1902-1904)
- Pope-Toledo (1903-1909)
- Pope-Tribune (1904-1908)
- Pope-Waverley (1903-1908)
- Powell
- Premier (1902-1926)
- Princess (1914-1918)
- Publix (1947-1948)
- Pullman (1905-1917)
- Pungs Finch (1904-1908)
- Pup (1948-1949)
- Queen (1904-1907)
- Quick (1899-1900)
- Quinby (1899)
- Rambler
- Rauch & Lang (1905-1932)
- Rayfield (1911-1915)
- Reber (1902-1903)
- Regal (1908-1918)
- Reliable Dayton (1906-1909)
- Reliance (1904-1906)
- Reo (1905-1936)
- Republic (1910-1916)
- ReVere (1918-1926)
- Richmond (1904-1917)
- Rickenbacker (1922-1927)
- Riker (1897-1902)
- Roamer (1916-1929)
- Rocket (see Scripps-Booth)
- Rockne (1932-1933)
- Rollin (1924-1925)
- Roosevelt (1929-1930)
- Ross (1905-1909)
- Ross (1915-1918)
- Royal Tourist (1904-1911)
- Rugby
- Russell-Knight
- Rutenber (1902)
- Ruxton (1929-1930)
[edit] S
- Sampson (1911)
- Saxon (1913-1922)
- Sayers (1917-1924)
- Schacht (1904-1914)
- Schaum (1901-1905)
- Sears (1908-1912)
- Selden (1909-1912)
- Shad-Wyck (1917-1923)
- Shawmobile
- Shelby American
- Simplex (1907-1919)
- Simplo (1908-1909)
- Sinclair-Scott (1904-1907)
- Singer (1914-1920)
- Single Center (1907-1908)
- Sintz (1899-1904)
- Skene (1900-1901)
- Smith (1903-1907)
- Smith Flyer (1915-1919)
- Spaulding (1910-1916)
- Speedwell (1907-1914)
- St. Louis (1899-1907)
- Standard (1904-1908)
- Standard (1912-1923)
- Standard Six (1909-1910)
- Standard Steam (1920-1921)
- Stanley (1896-1924)
- Stanwood (1920-1922)
- Star (1922-1928)
- Staver (1907-1914)
- Steamobile (1900-1902)
- Stearns (1900-1911)
- Stearns-Knight (1912-1929)
- Stephens (1917-1924)
- Stevens-Duryea (1901-1927)
- Stewart (1915-1916)
- Stewart-Coats (1922)
- Stoddard-Dayton (1904-1913)
- Stout-Scarab (1932-1936)
- Studebaker (1902-1966)
- Studebaker-Garford (1904-1911)
- Stutz (1911-1935)
- Success (1906-1909)
- Sun (1916-1917)
- Sun (1921-1922)
[edit] T-V
- Templar (1917-1924)
- Terraplane (1932-1938)
- Thomas (1902-1919)
- Thomas-Detroit (1906-1908)
- Tincher (1903-1909)
- Towne Shopper (1948)
- Twombly (1910)
- Twombly (cyclecar) (1913-1915)
- Tucker (1948)
- Union (1902-1905)
- United States Motor Company
- US Automobile (1899-1901)
- Valiant
- Van Wagoner (1899-1900)
- Velie (1908-1929)
- Virginian (1911-1912)
- Vulcan (1913-1915)
[edit] W-Z
- Wagenhals (1910-1915)
- Ware Steam Wagon (1861-1867)
- Warren-Detroit (1910-1913)
- WaterCar
- Waverley Electric (1898-1903, 1909-1916) (see also Pope-Waverley)
- Wayne (1904-1908)
- Welch (1903-1911)
- Westcott (1912-1925)
- White (1900-1918)
- Wills Sainte Claire (1921-1927)
- Willys
- Willys Knight (1914-1933)
- Wilson (1903-1905)
- Windsor (1929-1930)
- Winton (1896-1924)
- Whippet (1927-1931)
- Woods Electric (1899-1916)
- Xenia (1914)
- Yale (1902-1905)
- Yale (1916-1918)
- Yellow Cab (1915-1930)
- ZAP
- Zent (1900-1902, 1904-1906)
- Zimmer
- Zimmerman (1908-1915)
- Zip (1913-1914)
- Zoe