The Multiplex was a sporty, upper-priced and large car equipped with a
four-cylinder engine, and offered as a
Touring, a
Roadster, and a
Raceabout. A prototype "Sports" car with an
wheelbase, weighing in at just and allegedly capable of a top speed of was also built. The
Multiplex 50 HP was claimed as the "highest expression of touring luxury". The car was developed by Fritz Bingaman in 1911, and offered for sale in 1912 and 1913. The wheelbase of the stock automobiles was , front tires were 38 × 4½ in, rear 39 × 5 in. The engine was a
Waukesha. The
Multiplex was expensive; $3,125 for the raceabout, $3,175 for the roadster, and $3,600 () for the touring car. Sales competition would have included
Lozier,
Mercer,
Packard,
Peerless,
Thomas, and many others. The prototype sports model had an envisioned price tag of around $4,000. In 2 years only 14 cars were built. The most remarkable success in motor sports was a victory in the
Sealed bonnet road test, held by the Philadelphia Automobile Club in spring, 1913. After the failure of the car, Multiplex Manufacturing returned to making valves, which it did since 1905. There was a brief try with a sports car in 1954, but only prototypes of the Multiplex-Allied 186 with a
Willys F-head six cylinder engine and coachwork copied straightaway from the
Cisitalia 202 were actually built. File:1913 Multiplex Touring Car - Automobile Trade Journal.jpg|alt=|1913 Multiplex Touring Car illustrated in the
Automobile Trade Journal File:1913 Multiplex Raceabout - Automobile Trade Journal.jpg|alt=|1913 Multiplex Raceabout illustrated in the
Automobile Trade Journal == See also ==