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Welcome to the American Automobile Index

There were over 1800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period. Here is a list below of but some of the many American automobile manufactures from both the Past and Present. Some of these automobile's have links to photos as well as a bit of history.

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A.
Able Car Co. Ace Adams-Farewell Adelphia Adria Aero Car Ajax Aland Albatross Alena Steam Car Allen (Ohio) Allen (Philadelphia) Allen Kingston Alpena Alsace Alter Motor Co.	1917-1919 1920-1922 1889-1913 1920 1920-1922 1921 1921 1916-1917 1939 1922 1913-1921 1913 1907-1909 1910-1914 1920-1921 1914-1916	Altham Aluminum Amco American American American American Austin American Chocolate American Electric American Motors American Simplex American Steam Car American Steamer American Underslung Ames Anahuac	1896-1899 1920-1922 1919-1920 1899 1902-1903 1916-1923 1929-1941 1903-1906 1899-1902 1954-1987 1906-1915 1924-1931 1922-1924 1905-1914 1910-1915 1922	Anchor Buggy Anderson Ansted Ansted-Lexington Apperson Apple Ardsley Argo Argonne Astra Atlas Auburn Automobile Aultman Austin Autocar Avanti Corp.	1910-1911 1916-1925 1926-1927 1922 1902-1926 1917-1918 1905-1906 1915-1916 1919-1920 1920 1907-1913 1900-1937 1901 1901-1921 1900-1912 1965-Now

B.
Barley Motor Car Binney & Burnham Brew-Hatcher	1913-1925 1901-1902 1904-1905	Brewster & Co. Brush Motor Car Co. Buckmobile	1905-1937 1910-1913 1903-1905	Buick Briggs & Stratton	1903-now 1919-1924

C.
Cadillac Car De Lux Cartercar Cavac Chalmers Automobile Chandler Motor Co. Checker Motor Co. Chevrolet Continental (Ford)	1902-now 1906-1910 1906-1919 1910 1908-1924 1913-1929 1922-1982 1911-now 1956-1957	Coates-Goshen Coats Steam Car Coey Columbia Compound Continental Motors Cord Chrysler Corporation	1908-1910 1922-1923 1913-1917 1899-1913 1904 1933-1934 1929-1932, 1936-1937 1925-Now	Correja Couier Car Co. Covert Coyote Crane & Breed Crane-Simplex Crawford Crestmobile Crosley Corporation	1908-1915 1909-1913 1904 1909-1910 1912-1917 1904-19?? 19??-1923 1904 1939-1952

D.
Dodge Brothers Dagmar De Lorean Motor Co. De Vaux DeVaux Continental Desoto	1914-1927 1922-1927 1975-1982 1931 1933-1934 1928-1961	Detroit Electric Dingfelder Doble Dorris Dort Motor Car Co. Du Pont Motors	1907-1939 1903 19??-1931 1906-1926 1915-1924 1919-1932	Dual-Ghia Duesenberg Durant Motors Duryea Motor Wagon	1956-1958 1919-1937 1921-1926, 1928-1932 1895-1917

E.
E-M-F Company Eagle Edsel (Ford)	1909-1912 1988-1998 1958-1960	Eldredge Elmore Eshelman	1904 1904-1912 1953-1961	Essex Motors Co.	1918-1922, 1922-1932

F.
Flint Ford	1923-1927 1903-now	Franklin Fredonia	1902-1934 1904	Frazer	1947-1951

G.
GJG Gasmobile	1909-1914 1899-1902	GEO Grout	1989-1997 1904

H.
Heine-Velox Hobbie Accessible	1906,1921, 1923 1908-1909	Holley Motor Car Hudson Motor Car	1904 1909-1957

I.
Imperial (Chrysler)	1955-1975,	1981-1983

J.
Jeffery	1904	Jordan Motor Car Co.	1916-1931

K.
K-R-I-T Motor Car Kaiser Jeep Kline Motor Car	1909-1916 1963-1970 1907-1923	Kaiser-Frazer Kaiser Motors	1947-1951 1952-1963	Kissel Motor Car Co Knox Automobile	1906-1930 1904

L.
Lindsley-Dart LaFayette Motors LaSalle Lincoln	1908 1919-1923 1927-1940 1921-Now	Lad's Car Lenawee Lexington	1912-1914 1903-1904 1910-1927	Liberty M otor Car Co Liquid Air Locomobile Lozier	1916-1924 1899-1902 1899-1929 1900-1915

M.
Marathon Motor Works Marion Marmon Mercer	1889-1914 1901-1907 1902-1933 1906-1925	Marquette McFarlen Moon Motor Car.	1930 1909-1928 1905-1930	Motor Bob Muntz Car Co. Mercury	1914 1951-1954 1939-Now

N.
Nash	1916-1957	Nash Rambler	1950-1957	Nash-Healy	1951-1954

O.
O-we-go Oakland	1914 1907-1931	Oldsmobile Overland	1897-2004 1903-1911	Owen Magnetic	1915-1922

P.
Pa ckard Paige Peerless	1899-1958 1908-1927 1900-1932	Pierce-Arrow Plymouth Pontiac	1900-1932 1928-2001 1922-now	Pope-Robinson Pungs Finch Pan Motors	1899-1904 1904-1908 1918-1922

Q.
Queen	1904-1907	Quick	1899-1900	Quinby	1899

R.
REO Motor Car Co. Rambler	1905-1975 1900-1914	Rickenbacker Rooseevelt	1922-1927 1929-1930	Ruxton	1929-1931

S.
Sandusky Automobile Shad-Wyck Skene Star	1904 1917-1923 1900-1901 1922-1928	Stearns Stoddard-Dayton Stout Scarab	1904-1929 1905-1913 1935-1946	Studebaker Studebaker-Packard Stutz Motor Co.	1897-1966 1954-1962 1911-1935

T.
Terraplane Thomas Flyer	1932-1939 1902-1919	Tincher Tucker	1903-1906 1946-1948	Twombly Tulsa	1913-1915 1913-1916

U.
United States Motor Co.	1909-1913