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List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States

This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out.

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A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold, Red John, model • Abbott-Detroit (1909–1918) Moved to Cleveland and renamed to 'Abbott' in 1917. • Abeln-Zehr (1911–1912) Renamed to 'Zehr' after departure of S. Abeln in 1912. • AC Propulsion (1997–2003) tzero model • Apex Motor Car Company (1920–1922) Ace model • Acme Motor Car Company (1903–1911) • Adams Company (1905–1912) 'Adams-Farwell' model • Anger Engineering Company (1913–1915) (also known as A.E.C., but not the same company as the British A.E.C.) • Aerocar Company (1905–1908) • Aerocar International (1946–1987) • Aircraft Products (1947) Airscoot model • Airway (1949–1950) • Ajax Motors Co. (1914–1915) Based in Seattle • Ajax Motor Vehicle Company (1901–1903) Based in New York City • Aland Motor Car Company (1916–1917) • Albany Automobile Company (1907–1908) • Alden Sampson Company (1904) Sampson model • Albaugh-Dover Co. (1910–1911) Also known as Aldo • All-Steel Motor Car Co. (1915–1916) • Allen Motor Company (1913–1922) Based in Ohio • Allen Iron & Steel Company (1913–1914) Based in Philadelphia • Alpena Motor Company (1910–1914) • Alter Motor Car Company (1914–1917) • Altham (1896–1899) • Alcoa (1920–1922) 'Aluminum' model • Amalgamated Machinery Corp (1917–1919) • Ambassador (1921–1925) • American Automobile Manufacturing Company (1911–1912) • American Electric (1913–1914) Based in Michigan • American Electric Vehicle Co. (1896–1902) Based in Chicago • American Locomotive Automobile Company (1908–1913) • American Motor Carriage Co. (1902–1904) Balanced Six model. Based in New Jersey • American Motors Incorporated (1917–1922) Amco model. Based in New York • American Power Carriage (1899–1900) • Ames, F.A. Co. (1910–1922) Renamed to 'Ames Body Corporation' in 1915 • Ams-Sterling (1917) • Anderson Machine Co. (1906) Also known as A.E.C. • Angus (1907–1910) Built in St. Louis by the beer companyAnhut (1909–1910) • Ansted (1926–1927) • Ansted-Lexington (1922) • Anthony (1899–1900) • ArBenz (1911–1918) • Atlas Automobile Co. (1906–1907) Based in Pittsburgh • Atlas Motor Car Co. (1907–1913) Based in Massachusetts. Renamed to 'Atlas-Knight' in 1912. • Auburn Automobile Co. (1900–1936) Based in Indiana • Auburn Motor Chassis (1912–1915) • Aultman (1901) • Aurora Automobile Co. (1905–1906) • Automobile Voiturette • Automotor (1901–1904) • Autoparts Manufacturing Co. (1910) King-Remick model • Auto Tricar (1914) • Auto Vehicle • Avanti Motor Co. (1963–2007) • Avery Company (1891–1928) Tractor, truck and car manufacturer ==B==
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• Babcock, H.H. Company (1909–1913) Based in Wisconsin • Bailey (1907–1910) Based in Cleveland • Balboa (1924–1925) • Bates Automobile Company (1904–1905) • Bauer (1914–1916) • Belden (1907–1911) Based in Pennsylvania • Belmont Electric Auto Co. (1909–1910) • Belmont (1916) • Biddle (1915–1922) • Beisel Motorette Company (1914) • Bimel (1916–1917) Renamed to 'Black-Crow' in 1909 • Blackhawk (1903) • Boston-Amesbury (1902–1903) • Browniekar (1908–1911) Based in Indiana • Buckmobile (1903–1905) • Buffalo Automobile and Auto-Bi Company (1900–1902) Based in Chicago • Burdick (1909) • Burg (1910–1913) • Burns (1908–1912) • Burrows (1914–1915) • Burtt Manufacturing Co. (1902–1906) Cannon model • Bush (1916–1924) • (1924–1915) ==C==
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C-A-C (1914–1915) • Cady Automobile Company (1899) • California (1900–1902, 1910) • Caloric (1903–1904) • Camelot Motors (1981) • Campbell (1918–1919) • Cantono Electric (1904–1907) Based in Wisconsin • C.B (1917–1918) Based in Chicago • Centaur (1902–1903) • Chicago Electric (1899–1901) Clarkmobile model • Classic (1916–1917, 1920) • Clinton E. Woods Electric (1897–1901) • Clipper (1956) • Clough Steamer (1869) Based in Denver • ColbyDenver (1911–1914) Based in Indianapolis • Colonial Motors Corporation (1921–1922) Based in New York • Columbia (1897–1913) • Columbian Electric Based in Ohio • Comet (1917–1922) Based in Ohio • Commodore Motors Corporation (1921–1922) (See its predecessor, the Citicar) • Conrad (1900–1903) Based in Minneapolis and Chicago • Continental (1933–1934) Gas-au-lec model • Cosmopolitan (1907–1910) • Craig-Toledo (1907) • Crowdus Electric (1899–1902) Renamed to 'Croxton' in 1911 • Cruiser (1917–1919) • Culver (1905) • Cunningham (1907–1936) • Cunningham Sports Cars (1951–1955) • Clark-Carter Automobile Co (1909–1913) Renamed to Cutting Motor Car Company in 1911; defunct c. 1912; last model year 1913. • C.V.I. Motor Car Co (1907–1908) ==D==
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Detroit Air-Cooled Car Company (1922–1923) • Dagmar (1922–1927) • Dale (1974) • Daniels (1916–1924) • Dan Patch (1910–1911) • Darby Motor Car Company (1909–1910) • Darling (1901–1902) • Darrin (1946, 1955–1958) • Davis Totem (1921–1922) • Dawson (1904) • Day Automobile Company (1911–1914) • Dayton (1914) • Dayton Cyclecar (1914) • Dayton Electric (1911–1915) • Deal (1905–1911) • Decatur (1910–1911) • Decatur (1914–1915) • Decker (1902–1903) • Deering Magnetic (1918–1919) • Desberon (1901–1904) • DeSoto (1928–1961) • De Tamble (1908–1913) • Diamond (1914–1915) • Diamond T (1905–1967) • Diana (1925–1928) • Dile (1914–1917) • Dingfelder Motor Company (1903) • Disbrow (1917–1918) • Dixie (1916) • Dudly Tool Company (1913–1915) • Dunn (1916–1918) • Dymaxion (1933) ==E==
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• Eagle (1905–1909) • Earl Motors Incorporated (1907–1908) • Earl (1921–1923) • Eastman (1898–1900) • Eaton Electric (1898–1900) • Eck • Elberon (Columbia model) • Eldredge (1903–1906) • Electra (1914–1915) • Elite (1901–1902) • Elliott (1897–1899) • E-M-F (1909–1912) • Engler (W.B.) Cyclecar Company (1914–1915) • Entz (1914) • Erskine (1927–1930) • Excalibur (1965–1997) • Excel (1914) ==F==
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• Fageol (1900, 1917) Also known as F.A.L. • Falcon Engineering Company (1907–1909) • Fiberfab (1964–1983) • Fidelia (1913–1914) • Flagler (1914) Based in Michigan • Flanders 20 (1910–1912) • Flanders (1913) 'Flanders Six' model • Flexbi (1904) • Forest City • Forth (1910–1911)Mansfield, Ohio, company, one of two of the same name, organized by Clarence Forth. Only one prototype car assembled; went bankrupt late 1911. • Fort Pitt • Foster (1889,1901–1904) • Fox (1921–1923) • Friend Motors Corporation (1920–1921) • Fritchle Electric (1905–1920) • Fuller (1908–1910) • F.W.D. (1910–1912) Based in Wisconsin ==G==
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• Gabriel (1910–1920) • Gadabout (1914–1916) • Gaeth (1902–1911) • Gage (1914–1915) • Gale (1905–1907) • Galloway (1906–1920) • Gardner (1920–1931) • Garford (1908, 1911–1913) • Gearless Steamer (1919–1923) • General Electric (1898–1900) • General Motors Corporation (1908–2009) • Geneva (1901–1904) • German-American (1902–1903) • Gleason (1909–1913) • Graham-Paige (1928–1930; Graham 1930–1941) • Gramm (1902) • Graves & Condon (1908–1910)) • Gurley (1899–1901) • Gyroscope (1908–1909) ==H==
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Haase (1902–1904) • Hackett Motor Car Company (1916–1919) • H.A.L. (1916–1918) • Hamilton (1917) • Hanover (1921–1927) • Hardy forming of Houpt-Rockwell in 1910) Covered in the German Wikipedia • Hartley (1895–1899) • Harwood-Barley (1911–1915) • Hasbrouck (1900–1902) • Hatfield (1916–1924) • Havers Motor Car Company (1908–1914) • Hawk Cyclecar Company (1914) • Hawkins Cyclecar (1914) • Haydock • Henney (1921–1931) • Hewitt (1905–1914) • Hewitt-Lindstrom (1900–1901) • Heymann (1898–1907) • Hoffman (1931) • Holden (1915) • Holland (1902–1903) • Holmes (1906–1907) • Homer Laughlin (1916) • Howard (1895–1903) • Howey (1907–1908) • Hudson Motor Car Company (1909–1957) • Huffman (1919–1925) • Hupp Motor Car Company (1909–1940) • Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Company (1911–1919) • Huron River Manufacturing Company (1911–1912) • Hydromotor Car Manufacturing Company (1914–1917) ==I==
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• Ideal Electric Co. (1909-c1911) • Illinois Electric (1897–1901) • Imp (1913–1914) • Imperial (1955–1975, 1981–1983) • Imperial Electric (1903–1904) • International (1899) • International (1900) • International Cyclecar Company (1914) • International Cyclecar Company (1914) • International Harvester (1907–1980) • Inter-State (1909–1919) • Iroquois (1903–1907) ==J==
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Jackson Automobile Company (1903–1923) • Jacquet Motor Corporation (1921) • Jaeger Motor Car Company (1932–1933) • James (1909–1911) • Jeffery (1902–1917) • Jenkins (1907–1912) • Jones (1914–1920) • Jones-Corbin (1903–1907) • Jonz (1909–1912) • Julian (1918, 1925) • Junior R (1924) ==K==
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Kaiser-Frazer Corporation (1945–1955; Kaiser Motors 1951–1955) • Kalamazoo (1908–1914) • Kato (1907–1913) • Keller (1948–1950) • Kenmore (1910–1912) • Keystone (1914–1915) • Kiblinger (1907–1909) • King-Remick (1910) • Kinner • Kirk (1901–1905) Yale model • Kissel (1906–1930) • Kleiber (1924–1929) • Kline Kar (1910–1923) Produced Krastin Gasoline Automobile (1901) • K-R-I-T Motor Car Company (1909–1915) • Krueger (1905–1906) • Kurtis (1949–1950, 1954–1955) • Kurtz-Automatic (1920–1925) ==L==
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• Laconia (1914) • La Petite (1905) • Laurel (1916–1920) • Lewis Motocycle (1895) • Lexington (1909–1927) • Liberty Motor Car Company (1916–1924) • Light Steamer (1901–1902) • Light Motor Car Company (1914) • Lincoln (1912–1913) (see also Sears Roebuck) • Lincoln Motor Car Company (1914) • Lindsley (1908–1909) • Logan (1903–1908) • Logan (cyclecars; 1914) • L.P.C. • LuLu (1914–1915) • Luverne (1904–1917) • Lyman (1904) • Lyman & Burnham (1903–1905) • Lyons-Knight (1913–1915) ==M==
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• Mackle-Thompson (1903) • Manexall (1920) • Marquette (1930) • Marr (1903–1904) • Marsh (1920–1923) • Martin (1898–1900) • Massillon (1909) • McCue (1909–1911) • McCurdy (1922) • Merkur (1985–1989) • Merz (1914) • Metropol (1913–1914) • Metz (1909–1921) • Metzger (see Everitt) 'Carter Steam' model • Michigan Automobile Company (1902) • Middleby (1909–1913) • Midwest • Mitchell-Lewis (see Mitchell) • Modoc (1912–1914) • Moline (1904–1913; Moline-Knight 1914–1919) • Moller (1920–1922) • Morgan (1900–1902) • Morris & Salom (1895–1897) • Morriss-London (1919–1923) • Mosler Automotive (1985–2013) • Motor Bob (1914) • Motor Buggy (1908–1911) • Motorcar Company (1905–1907; Cartercar 1905–1915) • Motorette (1911–1914) (see Mueller Co., which was founded by the same person) • Mueller Manufacturing Company (1893–1952) • Multiplex (1912–1913) • Murdaugh (1901–1903) • Murray Motor Car Company (1916–1921; Murray-Mac 1921–1929) ==N==
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• Nance (1910–1912) • Napier Motor Car Company of America (1904–1912) • Napoleon (1916–1919) • Nash Motors (1917–1957) • Nash-Healey (1951–1954) • National (1900–1924) • Nelson (E.A.) Motor Car Company (1917–1921) • New Home (1899–1901) • Nichols Shepard (1910–1911) • Noble (1902) • Northway (1921–1922) • Northwestern • Norwalk Underslung (1910–1922) • Nu-Klea Automobile Corporation (1959–1960) • Nyberg (1911–1913) ==O==
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Oakland Motor Car Company (1907–1931) • Oakman-Hertel (1899–1900) • Ohio (1900–1902) (see Packard) • Ohio (1909–1912) • Ohio Electric Car Company (1910–1918) • Ohio Falls Also known as Ottokar • Otto-mobile (1899) • Owen Motor Car Company (1910–1911) • Owen Magnetic (1915–1922) • Owen Schoeneck • Owen Thomas (1908–1910) • Oxford (1900) ==P==
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Paccar (1905) • Pacific Motor Vehicle Company (1900–1904) • Packard Motor Car Company (1899–1958) • Paige-Detroit (1908–1911; Paige 1911–1928; Graham-Paige 1928–1930) • Palmer (1905–1906) • Parsons Electric (1905–1906) • Paterson (W. A.) Company (1909–1923) • Pathfinder (1912–1917) • Pence Automobile Company (circa 1905) • Penn (1901) • Penn (1908) • Pennsy (1916–1918) • Perfection (1907–1908) • Phelps (1903–1905) • Phianna (1917–1922) • Phipps-Grinnell (1911; Phipps Electric 1912) • Pontiac (1926–2010) • Pope-Hartford (1904–1914) • Porter (1919–1922) • Portland (1914) • Powercar (1909–1911) • Pratt-Elkhart (1909–1911; Pratt 1911–1915) • Premier (1902–1926) • Premocar (1920–1923) • Prescott (1901–1905) • Primo (1910–1912) • Princess Motor Car Company (1914–1918) • Princess Cyclecar Company (1913–1914) • Prospect (1902, 1907–1908) • Pullman (1905–1917) • Pungs Finch (1904–1910) • Puritan (1902–1905) ==Q==
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Queen (1904–1907) • Quick (1899–1900) • Quinby (1899) ==R==
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Railsbach (1914) • Rapid Motor Vehicle Company (1902–1909) Also known as Raulang. • Rayfield (1911–1915) • R.C.H (1912–1915) • Read Motor Company (1913–1914) • Reading (1910–1913) • Reading Steamer (1901–1903) • Red Jacket (1904–1905) • Regal Motor Car Company (1908–1918) • REO Motor Car Company (1905–1975) • Renaissance Cars Inc (1994–1997) Also known as Zebra Motors Inc. • Republic (1910–1916) • Rock Falls (1919–1925) Steamobile model • Rogers Motor Car Co (1911–1912) • Rogers & Hanford (1899–1902) • Roosevelt (1929–1930) • Roper (1860–1896) • Ross Steamer (1905–1909) • Ross (1915–1918) • Rotary (1921–1923) • Royal Motor Company (1904–1911) 'Tourist' model • Rubay • Rugby (1920s) • Rushmobile • Russell (1903–1904) • Rutenber (1902) • Ruxton (1929–1930) • R&V Knight (1920–1924) ==S==
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Saginaw (1914) • Salisbury (1895) • Salter (1909–1915) • Saturn (1991–2010) • Saxon Motor Car Company (1913–1923) • Sayers (1917–1924) 'Kerosine Carriage' model • Scott (1900–1901, 1903) • Sebring (1910–1912) • Sekine (1923) • Severin (1920–1921) 'Arrow' model • Shawmobile (1908–1930) • Shawmut (1906–1908) • Shelby (1903) 'Dixie Junior' and 'Dixie Tourist' models. • Sovereign (1906–1907) • Spencer Steamer (1862, 1901–1902) • Sphinx (1914–1916) • Springer (1903–1905) • Stanley (1907–1910) • Stanley Steamer (1897–1927) • Stanley Whitney (1899) Renamed to Stearns Steamer for 1901–1903 • Steco (1914) • Sterling (1909–1911) • Sterling (1915–1916) • Sterling-Knight (1920–1926) • Studebaker-Garford (1903–1911) • Sturges Electric • Sturtevant (1905–1907) • Success (1906–1909) • Sultan (1908–1912) • Sun (1916–1917, 1921–1922) • Sunset (1900–1913) • Synnestvedt Electric (1904–1905) • Syracuse (1899–1903) ==T==
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Tarkington (1922–1923) • Templeton-Dubrie (1910) • Thomas (1902–1919) • Thomas-Detroit (1906–1908) • Tinker & Piper Steam (1899) • Tinkham (1898–1899) • Tonawanda • Trumbull (1914–1915) • Tucker (1946–1949) • Tulsa (1918–1922) • Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation (1974–1978) • Twin City (1914) • Twombly (1913–1915) • Twyford (1899–1902, 1904–1907) ==U==
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