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Founded in Charleston, West Virginia, in autumn 1899 with a capitalization of US$500,000, International's officers were H. A. La Paugh, Rebecca La Paugh, R. H. Hepner, D. B. Luckey, and J. Story, all from New York. Like many early American automobile companies, it is doubtful International actually built any cars.
In those two years, ACF also acquired the Southern Car and Foundry (founded 1899 in Memphis, Tennessee), Indianapolis Car and Foundry, and Indianapolis Car Company. In 1916, William H. Woodin , formerly president of Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company , was promoted to become president of ACF. [ 5 ]
The Locomobile Company of America was founded in 1899, the name coined from "locomotive" and "automobile". John B. Walker , editor and publisher of Cosmopolitan , bought the plans for an early steam-powered vehicle produced by Francis and Freelan Stanley for a price they could not resist, US$ 250,000 (equivalent to $9,156,000 in 2023).
Rapid was acquired in 1909 by General Motors, which merged it with the Reliance Motor Car Company in 1911 to form the General Motors Truck Company (GMTC). In 1912 the two brands were replaced with the GMC brand. Stellantis: Chrysler: Founded in 1925 from the remnants of the Maxwell Motor Company. Acquired by Daimler-Benz in 1998, forming ...
Share of the SA des Usines Renault, issued 1 January 1932 to Louis Renault. Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault (UK: / ˈ r ɛ n oʊ / REN-oh, US: / r ə ˈ n ɔː l t, r ə ˈ n oʊ / rə-NAWLT, rə-NOH, [7] [8] French: [ɡʁup ʁəno], also known as the Renault Group in English), is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. [9]
Ensign Manufacturing Company, founded as Ensign Car Works in 1872, was a railroad car manufacturing company based in Huntington, West Virginia. In the 1880s and 1890s Ensign's production of wood freight cars made the company one of the three largest sawmill operators in Cabell County . [ 1 ]
Some are from manufacturing companies that also use their company name as a brand name; others are from subsidiary companies or divisions, or are products of badge engineering. This is not a list of every brand that is available for sale in each country, but a list of companies that originated or have a significant independent presence in each ...
The Columbia Touring Car was an entirely different car. A touring car model, it used a tonneau, seating six passengers, and resembled the touring models offered by many other companies at the time. Priced at US$4,500 to US$5,000, it used a vertically mounted straight-4, situated at the front of the car, producing 24 hp (18 kW). A four-speed ...