List of defunct automobile manufacturers
Encyclopedia
The following are automobile marques (or brands) that were formerly made in 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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- YaleYale (automobile)Kirk Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio. Their automobile was marketed as the Yale.-History:...
(1902–1905) - YaleYale (1916 automobile)The Yale was a Brass Era car manufactured in Saginaw, Michigan from 1916 to 1918, not to be confused with the Yale from Toledo, Ohio.The man behind this Yale was Louis J. Lampke, who previously had been with Palmer-Singer and Lion. He then created a car he had designed himself, this was the MPM...
(1916–1918) - Yankee (1910)
- Yates (1914)
- YellowYellow CabThere are many Yellow Cabs taxicab operators around the world . The original Yellow Cab Company, based in Chicago, Illinois is one of the largest taxicab companies in the United States.- History :...
(1915–1930) - York (1905)
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- Zent (1900–1902, 1904–1906)
- Zentmobile (1903)
- Zimmerman (1908–1915)
- Zip (1913–1914)
Sources
- Automobile Quarterly (eds.). The American Car Since 1775. Kutztown, PA: Automobile Quarterly, Inc., 1971. ISBN 0-525-05300-X
- Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
- Georgano, Nick (Ed.). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. ISBN 1-57958-293-1
- Kimes, Beverly R. (editor), and Clark, Henry A. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1945. Krause Publications, 1975. ISBN 0-87341-111-0
- Kimes, Beverly R. (editor), and Clark, Henry A. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1945. Krause Publications, 1985. ISBN 0-87341-045-9
- Kimes, Beverly Rae, and Clark, Henry Austin, Jr. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd edition). Iola, WI: Krause, 1996. ISBN 0-87341-428-4