List of United States car marques

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

Major current US car makers

With their various brand-names, many of which earlier had been independent companies, some of which are now extinct:

• Chrysler (1924-present)
  • Chalmers-Detroit/Chalmers (1908-1924)
  • DeSoto (1929-1961)
  • Dodge (1914-present)
  • Eagle (1988-1998)
  • Imperial (1955-1975, 1981-1983)
  • Jeep (1963-present)
  • Maxwell (1905-1925)
  • Plymouth (1928-2001)
  • Valiant (1960-1966)
• 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)

Minor current US car makers

• 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 makers

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 (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)

B

• 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)

C

• 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)
• 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)

D

• 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)

E

• 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

F

• 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)

G

• 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)

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)
• 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)

I

• Imp (1913-1914)
• Imperial (1908-1916)
• International Harvester (1907-1911; 1956-1980)
• Inter-State (1909-1919)

J

• 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)

K

• 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)

L

• 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)

M

• 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

N

• 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)

O

• 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)

P

• 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)

Q

• Queen (1904-1907)
• Quick (1899-1900)
• Quinby (1899)

R

• 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)

S

• 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)

T

• 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)

U

• Union (1902-1905)
• US Automobile (1899-1901)

V

• Van Wagoner (1899-1900)
• Velie (1908-1929)
• Virginian (1911-1912)
• Vulcan (1913-1915)

W

• 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)

X

• Xenia (1914)

Y

• Yale (1902-1905)
• Yale (1916-1918)
• Yellow Cab (1915-1930)

Z

• ZAP
• Zent (1900-1902, 1904-1906)
• Zimmerman (1908-1915)
• Zip (1913-1914)
• Zoe

See also

• List of Car manufacturers
• List of Truck Manufacturers
• List of Tractor Manufacturers
• List of Bus Manufacturers

References / Sources

• 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