Century Motor Vehicle Company (1899–1903) was a manufacturer of electric[1] and steam automobiles in Syracuse, New York. The company switched to gasoline-fuelled internal combustion engine-powered automobiles in January 1903,[2] and went out of business later that year.[3]
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Company type | Automobile Manufacturing |
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Industrie | Automotive |
Genre | Runabouts, roadsters |
Gegründet | 1899 |
Gründer | Charles F. Saul, William Van Wagoner, Charles Listman, Charles A. Bridgman and Hiram W. Plumb |
Defunct | 1903 |
Fate | Failed - underestimated their production costs |
Hauptsitz | , |
Area served | Vereinigte Staaten |
Produkte | Vehicles Automotive parts |
It is not to be confused with Century, a British motor company that produced cars until 1907.
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editReferences
edit- ^ Motor age, Volume 5, No. 23. The Trade Press - June 9, 1904. 1904. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ The Motor way, Volumes 6-7. The Automobile Review and News, 1902. 1902. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "Early Steam Automobile Manufacturers". American Automobiles, Farber and Associates, LLC - 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
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