This page is an index list of every U.S. car manufacturer / marque.
There were over 1800 car (automobile) manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930.
Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period.
Current
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Major current US car makers Edit
With their various brand-names, many of which earlier had been independent companies, some of which are now extinct:
- Chrysler (1924-present)
- Ford (1903-present)
- Continental (1956-1957)
- Edsel (1958-1960)
- Lincoln (1920-present)
- Mercury (1939-present)
- General Motors
- Buick (1903-present)
- Marquette (1930)
- Cadillac (1903-present)
- LaSalle (1927-1940)
- Cartercar (1906-1916)
- Chevrolet (1912-present)
- Geo (1988-1998)
- Elmore (1893-1912)
- Ewing (1908-1911)
- GMC (1901-present)
- Hummer (1992-present)
- Oakland (1907-1931)
- Pontiac (1926-present)
- Oldsmobile (1897-2004)
- Viking (1929-1931)
- Rainier (1905-1911)
- Saturn (1990-2009)
- Scripps Booth (1913-1923)
- Sheridan (1920-1921)
- Welch (1903-1911)
- Welch-Detroit (1910-1911)
- Buick (1903-present)
Minor current US car makers Edit
- AC Propulsion[1] (1997-present)
- Advanced Automotive Technologies[2]
- Anteros[3] (2005-present)
- Avanti[4] (1965-1991; 2000-present)
- Berrien Buggy[5] (1968-present)
- Blast[6]
- Callaway[7] (1984-present)
- Commuter[8] (2004-present)
- Devon[9] (2008-present)
- Dragon[10] (2002-present)
- Duesenberg[11] (2007-present)
- Electro[12]
- E-Z-Go[13] (1954-present)
- Formula1 Street[14]
- Fisker[15] (2005-present)
- Ida[16]
- Mosler (originally named Consulier) (1993-present)
- Oka
- Packard[17] (1999-present)
- Panoz[18] (1989-present)
- Saleen[19] (1984-present)
- Shelby American (1992-present)
- SSC (2004-present)
- Studebaker[20]
- Tesla[21] (2007-present)
- Vector[22]
- Zimmer[23] (1980-1988; 1998-present)
Former US car makersEdit
AEdit
- 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 (1905-1908)
- Aerocar (1946)
- Airscoot (1947)
- Airway (1949-1950)
- Ajax (1914-1915)
- Ajax (1920-1921)
- Ajax (1925-1926)
- Aland (1916-1917)
- Albany (1907-1908)
- Alco (1909-1913)
- 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 Motors Corporation (AMC) (1954-1987)
- American Populaire (1904-1905)
- 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 (1907-1910)
- Anderson (1916-1925)
- Anderson Electric (see 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 (1901-1902)
- Arnolt (1953-1963)
- 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)
- Auto Cub (1956)
- Autoette (1910-1913)
- Autoette (1948-1970)
- Automatic Electric (1921)
BEdit
- Babcock Electric (1906-1912)
- Bailey Electric (1907-1916)
- Baker Electric (1899-1916)
- Balzer (1894-1900)
- Barley (1923-1924)
- Barrows Electric (1895-1899)
- 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)
- Birmingham (1920-1923)
- Black (1896-1900)
- Black (1908-1910)
- Black Crow (1909-1911)
- Blackhawk (1929-1930)
- Blakely (c.1972-1987)
- Blood (1902-1905)
- Bobbi-Kar (1945-1947)
- Borland Electric (1910-1916)
- Bour-Davis (1915-1922)
- Brew-Hatcher (1904-1905)
- Brewster (1915-1925, 1934-1935)
- Briggs-Detroiter (1912-1917)
- Briscoe (1914-1921)
- Broc Electric (1909-1916)
- 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)
CEdit
- 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)
- Century Electric (1911-1915)
- Chadwick (1904-1916)
- Chandler (1914-1929)
- Chapman Electric (1899-1901)
- Checker (1922-1982)
- Christie (1904-1910)
- Church
- Church-Field (1912-1915)
- Citicar (1974-1983)
- Cleveland (1919-1926)
- Cleveland Electric (1909-1910)
- Clenet (1976-1986)
- Climber (1919-1924)
- Clipper (1955-1956)
- Coates-Goshen (1908-1910)
- Coats Steamer (1921-1923)
- Coey (1913-1917)
- Colby (1911-1914)[1]
- Cole (1909-1925)
- Colonial (1921-1922)
- Colonial Six (1917)
- Colt (1907)
- Columbia Electric (1897-1913)
- Columbia Six (1916-1924)
- Comet (1917-1922)
- Commerce (1922)
- Commonwealth (1917-1922)
- Consolidated (see Moyea)
- Continental (1933-1934)
- Corbin (1904-1912)
- Corbin (1999-2003)
- Cord (1929-1932, 1936-1937)
- Correja (1908-1915)
- Courier (1904-1905)
- Courier (1910-1912)
- Covert (1902-1907)
- Coyote (1909-1910)
- Crane (1912-1914)
- Crane & Breed (1912-1917)
- Crane-Simplex (1922)
- Crawford (1905-1923)
- Crestmobile (1901-1905)
- Cricket (1914)
- Crosley (1939-1952)
- Crow-Elkhart (1911-1923)
- Crown (1905-1907)
- Croxton (1909-1910)
- Croxton-Keeton (1909-1910)
- Cunningham (1907-1936)
- Cunningham (1951-1955)
- Curtiss (1920-1921)
- Cutting (1909-1912)
- CVI (1907-1908)
DEdit
- DAC (1922-1923)
- Dagmar (1922-1927)
- Daniels (1916-1924)
- Davis (1908-1929)
- Davis (1914)
- Davis Steam (1921)
- Day (1911-1914)
- Dayton Electric (1911-1915)
- De La Vergne (1895-1896)
- 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)
- Detroit (1899-1902)
- Detroit (1904)
- Detroit Cyclecar (1913-1914)
- Detroit-Dearborn (1910-1911)
- Detroit Electric (1907-circa 1939)
- Detroit-Oxford (1905-1906)
- Detroit Steam (1923)
- 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 (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)
- Dudly Bug (1913-1915)
- Duesenberg (1920-1937)
- DuPont (1919-1931)
- Durant (1921-1932)
- Duryea (1893-1917)
- Dymaxion (1933-1934)
EEdit
- Earl (1921-1923)
- Eastman (1898-1900)
- Eisenhuth (1896-1900)
- Elcar (1915-1931)
- Eldredge (1903-1906)
- Electricar (1950-1966)
- Electric Carriage (1896-1897)
- Electric Vehicle (1897-1899)
- 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)
- Erskine (1927-1930)
- Eshelman (1953-1960)
- Essex (1919-1932)
- Etnyre (1910-1911)
- Eureka (1900)
- Eureka (1907-1909)
- Everitt (1909-1912)
- Excel (1914)
- Excalibur
FEdit
- Fal-Car (1909-1913)
- Falcon-Knight (1927-1929)
- Faulkner-Blanchard (1910)
- Fiberfab (c.1964-1996)
- Fina-Sport (1953-1954)
- Firestone-Columbus (1909-1915)
- Fischer-Detroit (1914)
- Flint (1923-1927)
- Flyer (1913-1914)
- Foster (1901-1904)
- Fostoria (1915-1916)
- Franklin (1902-1934)
- Frazer (1947-1951)
- Fredonia (1902-1904)
- Friend (1920-1921)
- Fritchle Electric (1905-1920)
- Frontenac (1921-1925)
- FRP (1914-1916)
- FS (1911-1912)
- Fuller (1907-1909)
GEdit
- Gadabout (1913-1915)
- Gaeth (1902-1911)
- Gale (1905-1907)
- Gardner (1920-1931)
- Garford (1908, 1911-1913)
- Gas-au-Lec (1905-1906)
- Gasmobile (1899-1902)
- Gaylord (1911-1912)
- Gem (1917-1919)
- GJG (1909-1914)
- Glassic (1966-1976)
- 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)
HEdit
- 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)
- Hatfield (1907-1908)
- Havers (1908-1914)
- Hawk (1914)
- Haynes (1905-1924)
- Haynes-Apperson (1896-1905)
- HCS (1920-1925)
- 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)
- H-M Free-Way (c.1977-1985)
- Hobbie Accessible (1908-1909)
- Hoffman (1901-1904)
- Hoffman (1931)
- Hol-Tan (1908)
- Holley (1900-1904)
- Hollier (1915-1921)
- Holmes (1918-1923)
- Holsman (1903-1910)
- Hoppenstand (1949-1950)
- Howard (1913-1914)
- Huber (1903-1907)
- Hudson (1901-1902)
- Hudson (1909-1957)
- Huffman (1920-1925)
- Hupmobile (1909-1941)
- Hupp-Yeats (1911-1916)
- Huselton (1911-1914)
IEdit
- Imp (1913-1914)
- Imperial (1908-1916)
- International Harvester (1907-1911; 1956-1980)
- Inter-State (1909-1919)
JEdit
- 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)
KEdit
- Kaiser (1947-1955)
- Kauffman (1909-1912)
- Keeton (1912-1914)
- Keller (1948-1950)
- Kensington (1899-1904)
- Kent's Pacemaker (1899-1901)
- Kermath (1907-1908)
- Kess-Line 8 (1922)
- Kessler (1921-1922)
- Keystone (1899-1900)
- Keystone (1914-1915)
- Kiblinger (1907-1909)
- 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)
LEdit
- LaFayette (1921-1924)
- Lambert (1905-1917)
- Laurel (1916-1920)
- Lenawee (1903-1904)
- Lenox (1911-1917)
- Lexington (1910-1927)
- Liberty (1916-1924)
- Light (1914)
- Lincoln (1912-1913)
- Lincoln Highway (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)
MEdit
- Madison (1915-1919)
- Maibohm (1916-1922)
- Majestic (1917)
- Malcolm Jones (1914-1915)
- Marathon (1908-1914)
- Marble-Swift (1903-1905)
- Marion (1904-1915)
- Marion Flyer (1910)
- Marion-Handley (1916-1919)
- Marmon (1902-1933)
- Marr (1903-1904)
- Martin (1928-1932)
- Marvel (1907)
- Maryland (1907-1910)
- Mason (1906-1914)
- Matheson (1903-1912)
- McFarlan (1910-1928)
- McIntyre (1909-1915)
- Mecca (1915-1916)
- Menominee (1915)
- Mercer (1910-1926)
- Mercury (1914)
- Meteor (1915-1930)
- Metz (1909-1921)
- Metzger (see Everitt)
- Michigan (1903-1908)
- Michigan (1908-1911)
- Midland (1908-1913)
- Miller (1912-1913)
- Mitchell (1903-1923)
- Model (1903-1907)
- Mohs (1967-1979)
- Moline (1904-1913)
- Moline-Knight (1914-1919)
- Monarch (1914-1917)
- Monitor (1915-1922)
- Monroe (1914-1923)
- Moon (1905-1929)
- Mora (1906-1911)
- Morris & Salom (1894-1897)
- Morse (1910-1916)
- Motor Bob (1914)
- Moyea (1903-1904)
- Moyer (1911-1915)
- MPM (1914-1915)
- Munson (1896-1900)
- Muntz (1951-1954)
- Murray (1916-1921)
- Murray-Mac (1921-1929)
- Myers
NEdit
- Nash (1917-1957)
- Nash-Healey (1951-1954)
- National (1900-1924)
- Nelson (1917-1921)
- New Parry (1911-1912)
- Niagara (1903-1905)
- Nielson (1907)
- Noma (1919-1923)
- Northern (1902-1908)
- Northway (1921-1922)
- Nu-Klea (1959-1960)
- Nyberg (1911-1914)
OEdit
- O-We-Go (1914)
- Ohio (1909-1912)
- Ohio Electric (1910-1918)
- Olympian (1917-1921)
- Orient (1902-1908)
- Orlo (1904)
- Overland (1903-1926, 1939)
- Owen Magnetic (1915-1922)
PEdit
- Packard (1899-1958)
- Paige (1911-1928)
- Paige-Detroit (1909-1912)
- Parry (1910)
- Partin (1913)
- Partin-Palmer (1913-1917)
- Paterson (1909-1923)
- Pathfinder (1912-1917)
- Peerless Motor Company (1900-1931)
- Penn (1910-1913)
- Petrel (1909-1912)
- Phelps (1903-1905)
- Phianna (1917-1922)
- 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 (1955-1956)
- Pratt (1911-1915)
- Premier (1902-1926)
- Princess (1914-1918)
- Publix (1947-1948)
- Pullman (1905-1917)
- Pungs Finch (1904-1908)
- Pup (1948-1949)
QEdit
REdit
- Rambler (1902-1913)
- Rambler (1958-1968)
- 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)
- Richelieu (1922-1923)
- Richmond (1904-1917)
- Rickenbacker (1922-1927)
- Riker (1897-1902)
- Riotte (1895; 1899)
- Roamer (1916-1929)
- Rocket (see Scripps-Booth)
- Rockne (1932-1933)
- Rollin (1924-1925)
- Roosevelt (1929-1930)
- Ross (1915-1918)
- Ross Steamer (1905-1909)
- Royal Tourist (1904-1911)
- Rugby (1922-1928)
- Rutenber (1902)
- Ruxton (1929-1930)
- R&V Knight (1920-1924)
SEdit
- Sampson (1911)
- Saxon (1913-1922)
- Sayers (1917-1924)
- Scarab (1958)
- Schacht (1904-1914)
- Schaum (1901-1905)
- Searchmont (1900-1903)
- Sears (1908-1912)
- Selden (1909-1912)
- SGV (1911-1915)
- Shad-Wyck (1917-1923)
- Shawmobile
- 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 (1915-1923)
- 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)
- Sterling-Knight (1920-1926)
- 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)
- Sultan (1908-1912)
- Sun (1916-1917)
- Sun (1921-1922)
TEdit
- Templar (1917-1924)
- Terraplane (1932-1938)
- Thomas (1902-1919)
- Thomas-Detroit (1906-1908)
- Tincher (1903-1909)
- Totem (1921-1922)
- Towne Shopper (1948)
- Trihawk (1983-c.1987)
- Twombly (1910)
- Twombly (1913-1915)
- Tucker (1948)
UEdit
- Union (1902-1905)
- US Automobile (1899-1901)
VEdit
- Van Wagoner (1899-1900)
- Velie (1908-1929)
- Virginian (1911-1912)
- Vulcan (1913-1915)
WEdit
- Wagenhals (1910-1915)
- Waltham (1905-1908, 1922)
- Ware Steam Wagon (1861-1867)
- Warren-Detroit (1910-1913)
- WaterCar
- Waverley Electric (1898-1903, 1909-1916) (see also Pope-Waverley)
- Wayne (1904-1908)
- Westcott (1912-1925)
- Whippet (1927-1931)
- White (1900-1918)
- Wills Sainte Claire (1921-1927)
- Willys (1916-1918, 1930-1942, 1953-1963)
- Willys Knight (1914-1933)
- Wilson (1903-1905)
- Windsor (1929-1930)
- Winton (1896-1924)
- Wolverine (1927-1928)
- Woodill (1952-1956)
- Woods Electric (1899-1916)
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- Xenia (1914)
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- Yale (1902-1905)
- Yale (1916-1918)
- Yellow Cab (1915-1930)
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See alsoEdit
- List of Car manufacturers
- List of Truck Manufacturers
- List of Tractor Manufacturers
- List of Bus Manufacturers
References / SourcesEdit
- Georgano, Nick (Ed.). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. ISBN 1-57958-293-1
- Kimes, Beverly Rae and Clark Jr, Henry Austin. Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942 (Third Edition). Iola, WI: Krause, 1996. ISBN 0-87341-428-4
- Mazur, Eligiusz (Ed.). World of Cars 2006/2007: Worldwide Car Catalogue. Warsaw: Media Connection, 2006. ISSN 1734-2945
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