List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out.
A
- A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 
'Blue & Gold, Red John, model[1] - Abbott-Detroit (1909–1918) 
Moved to Cleveland and renamed to 'Abbott' in 1917.[2] - Abeln-Zehr (1911–1912) 
Renamed to 'Zehr' after departure of S. Abeln in 1912.[3] - AC Propulsion (1997–2003) 
tzero model - Apex Motor Car Company (1920–1922) 
Ace model - Acme Motor Car Company (1903–1911)
 - Adams Company (1905–1912) 
'Adams-Farwell' model - Anger Engineering Company (1913–1915)[4] (also known as A.E.C., but not the same company as the British A.E.C.)
 - Aerocar Company (1905–1908)
 - Aerocar International (1946–1987)
 - Aircraft Products (1947) 
Airscoot model - Airway (1949–1950)[5]
 - Ajax Motors Co. (1914–1915) 
Based in Seattle - Ajax Motor Vehicle Company (1901–1903) 
Based in New York City - Aland Motor Car Company (1916–1917)
 - Albany Automobile Company (1907–1908)
 - Alden Sampson Company (1904) 
Sampson model - Albaugh-Dover Co. (1910–1911) 
Also known as Aldo - All-Steel Motor Car Co. (1915–1916)
 - Allen Motor Company (1913–1922) 
Based in Ohio[6] - Allen Iron & Steel Company (1913–1914) 
Based in Philadelphia[7] - Alpena Motor Company (1910–1914)[8]
 - Alter Motor Car Company (1914–1917)
 - Altham (1896–1899)
 - Alcoa (1920–1922) 
'Aluminum' model[9] - Amalgamated Machinery Corp (1917–1919)
 - Ambassador (1921–1925)[10][11]
 - American Automobile Manufacturing Company (1911–1912)[10] 
Jonz and American models. Based in Indiana. - American Automobile and Power Company (1904–1905) 
Populaire model - American Automobile Co. (1899–1901)[10] 
Based in New York - American Cyclecar Co. (1914)[10]
 - American Austin (1929–1941) 
Renamed to 'American Bantam' in 1935[10] - American Beauty (1918–1920)[12]
 - American Electric (1913–1914) 
Based in Michigan - American Electric Vehicle Co. (1896–1902) 
Based in Chicago - American Locomotive Automobile Company (1908–1913)[10] 
Also known as Alco - American Metal Wheel & Auto Co (1907) 
Juvenile model - American Mors (1906–1909)[10]
 - American Motor Car Company (1906–1914)
 - American Motor Company (1895–1902) [13]
 - American Motor Carriage Co. (1902–1904)[10]
 - American Motor Vehicle Co. (1916–1920) 
Junior model - American Motors (1954–1987) 
Also known as AMC - American Motors Co. (1906–1924)[10][14] 
Balanced Six model. Based in New Jersey - American Motors Incorporated (1917–1922) 
Amco model. Based in New York - American Power Carriage (1899–1900)[10]
 - American Simplex (1906–1913) 
Renamed to Amplex in 1910 - American Steam Automobile Co. (1924–1931) 
Based in Massachusetts - American Steam Truck Co. (1922–1924) 
Based in Illinois - American Voiturette (1913–1914)[3] 
Car-Nation models - American Waltham (1898–1899)
 - American Wheelock[15]
 - Ames, F.A. Co. (1910–1922) 
Renamed to 'Ames Body Corporation' in 1915[10][16] - Ams-Sterling (1917)[10]
 - Anchor Buggy & Carriage Co. (1910–1911)
 - Anderson Automobile Co. (1916–1925)[10]
 - Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Co. (1907–1910)[17]
 - Anderson Machine Co. (1906)[17]
 - Anger Engineering Company (1912–1915)[18] 
Also known as A.E.C. - Angus (1907–1910)[10] 
Fuller model - Anheuser-Busch (1905)[19] 
Built in St. Louis by the beer company - Anhut (1909–1910)[20]
 - Ansted (1926–1927)
 - Ansted-Lexington (1922)
 - Anthony (1899–1900)[10]
 - Apperson (1902–1926)
 - Apple Automobile Company (1917–1918)
 - Arabian (1915–1917)[21]
 - ArBenz (1911–1918)[10]
 - Ardsley Motor Car Co. (1905–1906)
 - Argo Electric Vehicle Co. (1912–1916) 
Based in Saginaw, Michigan. - Argo Motor Co. (1914–1916) 
Based in Jackson, Michigan. - Ariel Company (1905–1907)
 - Aristos[10]
 - Armstrong Electric (1885–1902)
 - Arnolt, S.H. Inc. (1953–1954)[5]
 - Artzberger (1904)[22]
 - Atlas Automobile Co. (1906–1907) 
Based in Pittsburgh - Atlas Motor Car Co. (1907–1913) 
Based in Massachusetts. Renamed to 'Atlas-Knight' in 1912. - Auburn Automobile Co. (1900–1936) 
Based in Indiana - Auburn Motor Chassis (1912–1915)[23]
 - Aultman (1901)
 - Aurora Automobile Co. (1905–1906)[10][23] 
Formerly 'Aurora Carriage Top Company' - Aurora Automatic Machinery Co. (1907–1909)[23]
 - Austen[10]
 - Austin Automobile Company (1901–1921)[10]
 - Auto-Bug (1909–1910)[10]
 - Auto Cub (1956)
 - Auto Cycle (1906–1907)[10]
 - Auto Dynamic (1900–1902)[10]
 - Autoette Electric Car Co. (1948–1970)
 - Automatic Transportation Co. (1921)[10]
 - Automobile Fore Carriage (1900)[24]
 - Automobile Voiturette[10]
 - Automotor (1901–1904)[10]
 - Autoparts Manufacturing Co. (1910) 
King-Remick model - Auto Tricar (1914)[10]
 - Auto Vehicle[10]
 - Avanti Motor Co. (1963–2007)
 - Avery Company (1891–1928) Tractor, truck and car manufacturer
 
B
- Babcock, H.H. Company (1909–1913)[10]
 - Babcock Electric Carriage Co. (1906–1912)
 - Baby Moose (1914)
 - Bachelle Electric (1900–1903)[10]
 - Bacon (1901, 1919–1920)[10]
 - Badger (1910–1911)[25] 
Based in Wisconsin - Bailey (1907–1910)[10]
 - Baker Electric (1899–1916)[26] 
Based in Cleveland - Balboa (1924–1925)[10]
 - Baldner (1900–1903)[10]
 - Baldwin (1899–1901)[10]
 - Ball Steam (1868, 1902)[10]
 - Balzer (1894–1900)
 - Banker (1905)[10]
 - Bantam (1914)[12] 
Distinct from American Bantam - Barbarino (1923–1925)[10]
 - Barley Motor Car Co. (1916–1929)
 - Barrows Electric (1895–1899)[27]
 - Bates Automobile Company (1904–1905)
 - Bauer (1914–1916)[10]
 - Bay State (1907–1908)[10]
 - Bean-Chamberlain Manufacturing Co. (1901–1902) 
Hudson model - Beardsley (1914–1917)[10]
 - Beechcraft (1946)[5]
 - Beggs (1919–1923)[10]
 - Belden (1907–1911)[10]
 - Bell Motor Car Company (1916–1922)[28] 
Based in Pennsylvania - Belmont Electric Auto Co. (1909–1910)
 - Belmont (1916)[10]
 - Bendix (1908–1909)[10]
 - Benham Manufacturing Co. (1914)
 - Ben Hur (1917–1918)[26] 
Based in Cleveland - Benner (1909)[10]
 - Berg (1903–1905)[2] 
Based in Cleveland - Bergdoll (1910–1913)[10]
 - Berwick Auto Car Co. (1904)
 - Berkshire (1905–1912)[10]
 - Berliet[10]
 - Bertolet (1908–1910)[10]
 - Bethlehem[19]
 - Beverly (1904)[10]
 - Bi-Autogo (1908–1912)[29]
 - Biddle (1915–1922)
 - Beisel Motorette Company (1914)
 - Bimel (1916–1917)[10]
 - Binghamton Electric (1920)
 - Binney & Burnham (1901–1902)
 - Birch Motor Cars (1916–1923)[12]
 - Birmingham Motors (1921–1923)[10]
 - Black (1893, 1896–1900)
 - Black Motor Company (1908–1910)[30] Renamed to 'Black-Crow' in 1909
 - Blackhawk (1903)[10]
 - Blackhawk (1929–1930)
 - Bliss (1906)
 - B.L.M. (1906–1907)[10]
 - Blomstrom (C.H.) Motor Co. (1902–1903)[10]
 - Blomstrom Manufacturing Co. (1907–1908)[10] 
Gyroscope model, based in Michigan. - Blood Brothers Auto and Machine Company (1902–1906)
 - BMC (1952)[5] 
Distinct from the British brand - Boardman (1946)[5]
 - Bobbi-Kar (1945–1947)[5]
 - Boisselot (1901)[10]
 - Borbein Electric (1900, 1904–1909)[10]
 - Borland Electric (1910–1916)[10]
 - Boss Steam Car (1897–1909)[31]
 - Boston-Amesbury (1902–1903)[10]
 - Boston High Wheel (1907)[10]
 - Bour-Davis Co. (1915–1922)
 - Bournonville[10]
 - Bowman Motor Car Company (1921–1922)[10]
 - Bramwell (1904–1905)[10]
 - Bramwell-Robinson (1899–1902)[10]
 - Brasie (1914–1916)[10]
 - Brazier (1902–1903)[10]
 - Brecht (1901–1903)[31]
 - Brennan (1902–1908)[10]
 - Brew-Hatcher (1904–1905)
 - Brewster & Co. (1915–1925, 1934–1937)
 - Briggs and Stratton (1919–1923)[10] 
Smith Flyer model - Briggs-Detroiter Motor Car Co. (1912–1917)
 - Brightwood[10]
 - Briscoe Motor Co. (1913–1923)
 - Bristol (1903–1904)[31]
 - Broc Electric (1909–1916)[26] 
Based in Cleveland - Brogan (1946–1950)[5]
 - Brook (1920–1921)[10]
 - Brooks Steamer (1927)[10]
 - Brown (1914)[10]
 - Brownie (1916)[32]
 - Browniekar (1908–1911)[32]
 - Brush Motor Car Company (1907–1912)
 - Bryan Steam Car (1918–1923)
 - Buckeye (1895)[33] 
Based in Indiana - Buckmobile (1903–1905)
 - Buffalo Automobile and Auto-Bi Company (1900–1902)[10]
 - Buffalo Electric (1912–1915)
 - Buffum (1901–1907)
 - Buggy Car Company (1908–1909)[10]
 - Bugmobile (1907–1909)[34] 
Based in Chicago - Burdick (1909)[32]
 - Burg (1910–1913)[32]
 - Burns (1908–1912)[32]
 - Burrows (1914–1915)
 - Burtt Manufacturing Co. (1902–1906)[10] 
Cannon model - Bush (1916–1924)
 
C
- C-A-C (1914–1915)
 - Cady Automobile Company (1899)[35]
 - California (1900–1902, 1910)[36]
 - Caloric (1903–1904)
 - Camelot Motors (1981)[35]
 - Cameron (1903–1920)[37]
 - Campbell (1918–1919)[32]
 - Canda (1900–1902)[32]
 - Cannon (1902–1906)
 - Canoo (2017–2025)[38]
 - Cantono Electric (1904–1907)[32]
 - Car de Luxe (1906–1910)
 - Carbon Motors Corporation (2003–2013)
 - Cardway (1923–1924)[32]
 - Carhart (1871)[32]
 - Carhartt Automobile Company (1910–1912)
 - Carlson (1904)[32]
 - Carrol[32]
 - Carroll (1908)[32] 
Distinct from Carrol - Carroll Six (1921–1922)
 - Carter Twin-Engine (1907–1908)
 - Cartercar (1905–1916)
 - Carthage (1914–1915)[32]
 - Case (1911–1927)[39] 
Based in Wisconsin - C.B (1917–1918)[32]
 - Ceco (1914–1915)[40] 
Based in Chicago - Centaur (1902–1903)[32]
 - Central (1905–1906)[32]
 - Century (1900–1903)[32] 
'Tourist' model - Century Motor Company (1911–1915)[32] 
Renamed to 'Century Electric Car Company' in 1915 - Century Steamer (1906)[31]
 - Cornish-Friedberg Motor Car Co (1907–1909)
 - Chadwick Engineering Works (1904–1916, 1960)[32]
 - Chalfant (1905–1912)[32]
 - Chalmers-Detroit (1908–1914) 
Renamed to Chalmers in 1911 - Champion (1916)[32]
 - Chandler (1913–1929)
 - Chapman Electric (1899–1901)[32]
 - Charles Abresch Company (1899–circa 1965)
 - Chase (1907–1912)[32]
 - Checker Motors Corporation (1922–1982)
 - Chelsea (1914)[32]
 - Chicago (1902)[41]
 - Chicago Electric (1899–1901)[32]
 - Chicago Motor Buggy (1908)
 - Chicago Recording Scale Co (1906–1907) 
Apollo model - Chicago Steam Car (1905–1907)[32]
 - Chief (1908)[12]
 - Christie (1904–1910)[32]
 - Christman (1901–1905, 1907)[32]
 - Church-Field (1912–1913)
 - Church Manufacturing Co (1903–1904) 
Lenawee model - Cincinnati Steamer (1903–1904)[31]
 - CinO (1910–1913)[32]
 - Citicar (1974–1976)
 - Clark (1901)[31]
 - Clark Electric (1903–1905)[32]
 - Clark & Company (1903–1904)[42] 
Clarkmobile model - Classic (1916–1917, 1920)[32]
 - Cleburne[32]
 - Clénet Coachworks (1975–1980)
 - Clermont[31]
 - Cleveland (1902–1904)[2] 
Built in Cleveland - Cleveland (1905–1909)
 - Cleveland (1914)[2]
 - Cleveland (1919–1926)[2]
 - Climber (1919–1924)[43]
 - Clinton E. Woods Electric (1897–1901)[44]
 - Clipper (1956)[45][46]
 - Clough Steamer (1869)[44]
 - Cloughley (1896–1903)[32]
 - Club Car (1910–1911)[32]
 - Clyde Special[32]
 - Clymer (1908)[34] 
Based in Missouri - Coates-Goshen (1908–1910)
 - Coats Steam Car (1921–1923)
 - Coda (2009–2013)
 - Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company (1913–1917)
 - Coggswell (1910–1911)[32]
 - Colburn (1906–1911)[47] 
Based in Denver - ColbyDenver (1911–1914)[32]
 - Cole Motor Car Company (1909–1925)[48] 
Based in Indianapolis - Colonial Motors Corporation (1921–1922)[32]
 - Colonial Electric Car Company (1912)
 - Colt (1907)[49] 
Based in New York - Columbia (1897–1913)
 - Columbian Electric[32]
 - Columbia Motors (1916–1924)[32]
 - Columbian Electric (1914–1917)[32] 
Distinct from 'Columbia Electric' - Columbus Buggy Company (1907–1908)[32]
 - Columbus Electric (1903–1915)[50] 
Based in Ohio - Comet (1917–1922)[32] 
Based in Illinois - Comet (1946–1951)[5]
 - Commerce (1907–1908)[32]
 - Commercial Motor Truck Company[51] 
Based in Ohio - Commodore Motors Corporation (1921–1922)[32]
 - Commonwealth (1917–1922)[32]
 - Commuter Cars (1998)
 - Comuta-Car (1979–1982)[52] (See its predecessor, the Citicar)
 - Conrad (1900–1903)[31]
 - Continental (1907–1908)
 - Continental (1914)[53] 
Based in Minneapolis and Chicago - Continental (1933–1934)[32]
 - Continental (1956–1957)
 - Corbin (1904–1912)
 - Corbin (1999–2003)
 - Corbitt (1907–1914)[32]
 - Cord (1929–1932,1936–1937)
 - Corinthian (1922–1923)[32]
 - Cornelian (1914–1915)[32]
 - Cornish-Friedberg[32]
 - Correja (1909–1914)
 - Corwin (1905–1906)[54] 
Gas-au-lec model - Cosmopolitan (1907–1910)[32] 
Distinct from the Nash Cosmopolitan - Cotta Steam (1901–1903)[31]
 - Country Club (1903–1904)[32]
 - Courier (1904–1905)
 - Courier (1909–1911)[32]
 - Courier Car Co (1912) 
'Clermont' model - Covert (1902–1907)
 - Coyote Special (1909–1910)
 - C.R. Patterson and Sons (1915–1939), maker of the Patterson-Greenfield automobile and later buses and trucks.[55]
 - Craig-Toledo (1907)[32]
 - Crane (1912–1920)[32] 
Renamed to Crane-Simplex in 1915 - Crane & Breed (1912–1917)
 - Crawford (1904–1923)
 - Crescent (1913–1914)[32]
 - Crestmobile (1901–1905)
 - Cricket Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)
 - Criterion[32]
 - Crompton (1902–1905)[31]
 - Crosley (1939–1952)
 - Crouch (1894–1900)[31]
 - Crow-Elkhart (1911–1923)[56]
 - Crowdus Electric (1899–1902)[32]
 - Crown (1905–1907)[32]
 - Crowther (1915–1917)[32] 
Renamed to 'Crowther-Duryea' in 1917 - Croxton-Keeton (1909–1914)[57] 
Renamed to 'Croxton' in 1911 - Cruiser (1917–1919)[32]
 - Culver (1905)[32]
 - Cunningham (1907–1936)[32]
 - Cunningham Sports Cars (1951–1955)[5]
 - Clark-Carter Automobile Co (1909–1913) 
Renamed to Cutting Motor Car Company in 1911; defunct c. 1912; last model year 1913. - C.V.I. Motor Car Co (1907–1908)[32]
 
D
- Detroit Air-Cooled Car Company (1922–1923)
 - Dagmar (1922–1927)
 - Dale (1974)
 - Daniels (1916–1924)[58]
 - Dan Patch (1910–1911)[59]
 - Darby Motor Car Company (1909–1910)[60]
 - Darling (1901–1902)[61]
 - Darrin (1946, 1955–1958)[5]
 - Davenport (1902)[12]
 - Davis (1908–1929)
 - Davis Cyclecar Company (1914)
 - Davis (1947–1949)[5]
 - Davis Steam Car (1921)[62]
 - Davis Totem (1921–1922)
 - Dawson (1904)[32]
 - Dawson Auto-Mobile (1899–1901)[63]
 - Day Automobile Company (1911–1914)
 - Dayton (1914)
 - Dayton Electric (1911–1915)[64]
 - Deal (1905–1911)[65]
 - Decatur (1910–1911)[66]
 - Decatur (1914–1915)[67]
 - Decker (1902–1903)[32]
 - Deere-Clark (1906; Deere 1907)[68]
 - Deering Magnetic (1918–1919)[32]
 - Defiance Motor Truck (1915–1920)/>
 - De La Vergne (1895–1896)
 - Delling (1924–1927)[31]
 - Delmore (1921–1923)[32]
 - DeLorean Motor Company (1975–1982)
 - De Luxe Motor Car Company (1906–1908)
 - De Mars Electric (1905–1906; Blakeslee Electric 1906; Williams Electric 1906–1907; Byrider Electric 1907–1910)[2]
 - DeMot or DeMotCar (1910–1911)[32]
 - De Motte (1904)
 - Denneed (1916)[2]
 - Derain (1908–1911)[69]
 - Desberon (1901–1904)[32]
 - De Schaum (1908–1909)
 - Des Moines (1902)
 - De Soto Motor Car Company (1913–1914)[70]
 - DeSoto (1928–1961)[71]
 - De Tamble (1908–1913)[32]
 - Detroit Automobile Company (1899–1901)
 - Detroit Automobile Manufacturing Company (1905)[55]
 - Detroit Auto Vehicle Company (1904–1908)
 - Detroit Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)[32]
 - Detroit-Dearborn Motor Car Company (1910–1911)
 - Detroit Electric (1907–1939)
 - Detroiter (1912–1917)[32]
 - Detroit-Oxford Motor Car Company (1905–1906)
 - Detroit Steam Motors Corporation (1922)
 - De Vaux-Hall Motors Company (1931–1932; Continental-De Vaux 1932)
 - De Vaux Continental (1932–1934)
 - DeWitt (1909–1910)
 - Dewabout (1900–1901)[32]
 - Dey Electric (1917–1919)[32]
 - Dey Griswold (1895–1898)[72]
 - Diamond (1914–1915)[73]
 - Diamond T (1905–1967)
 - Diana (1925–1928)
 - Dile (1914–1917)
 - Dingfelder Motor Company (1903)
 - Disbrow (1917–1918)[2]
 - Dispatch (1910)[32]
 - Dixie (1908–1910)[74]
 - Dixie (1916)[32]
 - Dixie Flyer (1916–1923)[32]
 - Doble steam car (1914–1918, 1922–1931)
 - Dodge (A.M.) Company (1914–1915)
 - Dodgeson Motors (1926)
 - DODO (1912)[19]
 - Dolson (J.L.) & Sons (1904–1907)
 - Dorris Motors Corporation (1906–1926)
 - Dort Motor Car Company (1915–1924)
 - Douglas (1918–1919)[32]
 - Downing Motor Company (1913–1915)[2]
 - Dragon Automobile Company (1906–1908)
 - Drake (1921–1922)[32]
 - Drexel (1916–1917)[32]
 - Driggs-Seabury (1915; Driggs 1921–1923)[32]
 - Drummond (1916–1917)[32]
 - Dual-Ghia (1956–1958)[5]
 - Duck (Jackson model)[75]
 - Dudly Tool Company (1913–1915)[32]
 - Dudgeon Steam (1857, 1866)[31]
 - Duer (1907–1910)[32]
 - Duesenberg (1920–1937)
 - Dumont[76]
 - Dunn (1916–1918)[32]
 - Duplex (1908–1909)[32]
 - Du Pont (1919–1931)
 - Duquesne (1904–1906)[32]
 - Durant Motors (1921–1931)
 - Durocar (1906–1911)[32]
 - Duryea (1893–1917)
 - Dyke (or St Louis) (1899–1901; Dyke-Britton 1904)[77]
 - Dymaxion (1933)[78]
 
E
- Eagle (1905–1909)[61]
 - Eagle (1988–1998)
 - Eagle Electric (1915–1916)[32]
 - Eagle Rotary (1914–1915; Eagle-Macomber 1916–1918)[32]
 - Earl Motors Incorporated (1907–1908)[79]
 - Earl (1921–1923)
 - Eastman (1898–1900)[31]
 - Eastman (1901–1902)[80]
 - Eaton Electric (1898–1900)[81]
 - Eck[32]
 - Eclipse Steam (1900–1903)[31]
 - Economy (1916–1919; Economy-Vogue 1920; Vogue 1921–1922)[32]
 - Eddy Electric (1900–1901)[32]
 - Edsel (1958–1960)
 - Edwards-Knight (1912–1913)[32]
 - Edwards (1954–1955)[5]
 - E.H.V. (see Compound)[32]
 - Eichstaedt (1898–1902)[32]
 - Eisenhuth (1904–1908) 
'Compound' model - Elberg[82]
 - Elberon (Columbia model)[31]
 - Elbert (1914–1915)[32]
 - Elcar (1915–1931)
 - Elco (1915–1917)[83]
 - Eldredge (1903–1906)
 - Electra (1914–1915)[32]
 - Electric Vehicle (1897–1907)
 - Electronomic[32]
 - Elgin (1916–1924)[32]
 - Elite[84]
 - Elite (1901–1902)[31]
 - Elkhart (see Crow-Elkhart or Komet)[85]
 - Elliott (1897–1899)[85]
 - Ellis[85]
 - Ellsworth (1907)[85]
 - Elmore (1893–1912)
 - El Morocco (1956–1957)[5]
 - Emancipator (1909)[85]
 - Emerson (1917)[86]
 - E-M-F (1909–1912)[85] 
'Wayne' model - Empire (1901–1902)
 - Empire (1910–1919)
 - Empire Steam Car (1925–1927)
 - Empire Steamer (1899–1902)
 - Empire Steamer (1904)
 - Endurance Steam Car (1922–1924)
 - Enger (1909–1917)[87]
 - Engler (W.B.) Cyclecar Company (1914–1915)
 - Entz (1914)[85]
 - Erie (1899–1902)[88]
 - Erskine (1927–1930)[85]
 - Eshelman (1953–1961)
 - Essex (1906)[31]
 - Essex Motor Company (1919–1932)
 - Etnyre (1910–1911)
 - Euclid (1908)[2]
 - Eureka (1900)
 - Eureka (1907–1909)
 - Evansville[85]
 - Everitt (1909–1912)
 - Everybody's (1907–1909)[85]
 - Ewing (1908–1910)[89]
 - Excalibur (1965–1997)
 - Excel (1914)
 
F
- Fageol (1900, 1917)[85]
 - Fal-Car (1909–1914)[90] 
Also known as F.A.L. - Falcon Engineering Company (1907–1909)[85] 
Unrelated to Ford Falcon - Falcon-Knight (1927–1929)[85]
 - Famous (1908–1909)[85]
 - Fanning (1901–1903)[85]
 - Farmack (1915–1916)[85]
 - Farner (1922–1923)[85]
 - Faulkner-Blanchard (1910)
 - Federal (1907–1909)[85]
 - Federal Steam (1901–1902)[31]
 - Fenton (1913–1914)[85] 
Unrelated to Fenton Headers - Ferris (1920–1922)[2]
 - Fey Touring (1897–1906)[91][92]
 - Fiberfab (1964–1983)
 - Fidelia (1913–1914)[2]
 - Field (1886, 1905)[31]
 - Fina-Sport (1953–1954)
 - Firestone-Columbus (1909–1915)[85]
 - Fischer-Detroit (1914)
 - Fisher (1901–1905)[85]
 - Fisker Automotive (2007–2014)
 - Fisker Inc. (2016–2024)[93]
 - Flagler (1914)[94] 
Based in Michigan - Flanders 20 (1910–1912)[85]
 - Flanders Manufacturing Company (1912–1914)[95]
 - Flanders (1913) 
'Flanders Six' model - Flexbi (1904)[85]
 - Flint (1923–1927)[85]
 - Flyer Motor Car Company (1913–1914)
 - Forest (1905–1906) Organized in Boston.[96]
 - Forest City[49] (1905[96])
Manufactured as the Jewell beginning in 1906. Organized in Cleveland, Ohio, & named for the city nickname.[96] - Forsyth (circa 1896) Franklin, Minnesota; only a prototype built.[96]
 - Forth (1905)
New York company, one of two of the same name, organized by Clarence Forth. No cars built.[97] - Forth (1910–1911)
Mansfield, Ohio, company, one of two of the same name, organized by Clarence Forth. Only one prototype car assembled; went bankrupt late 1911.[98] - Fort Pitt[85] (1908–1910, 1911)
Organized in New Kensington, Pennsylvania; moved to Pittsburgh 1911. Always known as the Pittsburgh Six[99] - Foster (1889,1901–1904)[31]
 - Fostoria (1906–1907)[85]
 - Fournier-Searchmont[100]
 - Fox (1921–1923)[85]
 - Franklin (1902–1934)
 - Frayer-Miller (1904–1910)[85]
 - Frazer (1946–1951)
 - Frederickson (1914)[85]
 - Fredonia (1902–1904)
 - Fremont (1920–1922)[85]
 - Friedman Automobile Company (1900–1903)[101]
 - Friend Motors Corporation (1920–1921)
 - Fritchle Electric (1905–1920)[85]
 - Frontenac (1906–1913)
 - Frontenac Motor Corporation (1921–1925)[85]
 - Frontmobile (1917–1918)[85]
 - F.R.P. (1914–1916)[85]
 - F.S. (1911–1912)[85][102]
 - Fuller (1908–1910)[85]
 - F.W.D. (1910–1912)[39] 
Based in Wisconsin 
G
- Gabriel (1910–1912)[103]
 - Gaeth (1902–1911)
 - Gale (1905–1907)[104]
 - Galloway (1908–1911)[105]
 - Gardner (1920–1931)
 - Garford (1908, 1911–1913)[85]
 - Gas-au-lec (1905–1906)
 - Gaslight (1960–circa 1961)
 - Gasmobile (1899–1902)
 - Gaylord Motor Car Company (1911–1913)
 - Gaylord (1955–1956)
 - Gearless (1907–1909)[106]
 - Gearless Steamer[31]
 - Gem Motor Car Company (1917–1919)
 - General (1902–1904)[103]
 - General Electric (1891–1898, 1902–1903)[107]
 - General Electric (1898–1900)[108]
 - General Motors Corporation (1908–2009)
 - Geneva (1901–1904)[109]
 - German-American (1902–1903)[85]
 - Geo (1989–1997)
 - Geronimo (1917–1920)[85]
 - Ghent (1916–1918)[85]
 - Gillette (1916)[85]
 - Gillig (1890)
 - G.J.G. (1909–1914)
 - Glasspar (1949–1953)[110]
 - Gleason (1909–1913)[85]
 - Glide (1903–1920)[85]
 - Globe Four (1921–1922)[2]
 - Glover (1920–1921)[85]
 - Golden Eagle (1906)[111]
 - Graham-Paige (1928–1930; Graham 1930–1941)
 - Gramm (1902)[85]
 - Granite Falls[85]
 - Grant (1913–1922)[112]
 - Graves & Condon (1908–1910))[85]
 - Gray Motor Corporation (1922–1926)
 - Gray Light Car (1920)
 - Great Eagle (1910–1918)
 - Great Southern (1910–1914)
 - Great Western (1910–1916)[34]
 - Greenleaf Cycle Company (1902)
 - GreenTech Automotive (2009–2018)
 - Gregory (1920–1922)[85]
 - Greyhound (1914–1916)[12]
 - Grinnell Electric Car Company (1910–1915)
 - Griswold Motor Car Company (1907)
 - Grout (1900–1912)[113]
 - Gurley (1899–1901)[85]
 - G.V (1907)[114]
 - Gyroscope (1908–1909)
 
H
- Haase (1902–1904)
 - Hackett Motor Car Company (1916–1919)
 - H.A.L. (1916–1918)[2]
 - Hall (1903–1904)[85]
 - Hall (1914–1915)
 - Halladay (1905–1922)[115]
 - Hamilton (1917)[85]
 - Hamlin-Holmes (1919–1929; Hamlin 1930)[85]
 - Hammer-Sommer (1902–1906) 
Renamed to Hammer Motor Company for 1905–1906 - Handley Motors Incorporated (1921–1923; Handley 1923)[85]
 - Hanger (1916)[116]
 - Hanover (1921–1927)[85]
 - Hanson (1918–1925)[85]
 - Harding (1916–1917)[117]
 - Hardy[85]
 - Harper (1907–1908)[85]
 - Harrie (1925)[85]
 - Harris (1910)[85]
 - Harrison Wagon Company (1905–1907; Harrison Motor Car Company 1907)
 - Harroun Motor Sales Corporation (1917–1922)
 - Harry S. Houpt Manufacturing Company: (See Houpt (1909); The "New Departure Manufacturing Company" (Bristol, Connecticut)[118] forming of Houpt-Rockwell in 1910) Covered in the German Wikipedia[119]
 - Hartley (1895–1899)[31]
 - Hartman (1914–1918)[85]
 - Harvard (1915–1921)[120]
 - Harwood-Barley (1911–1915)[121]
 - Hasbrouck (1900–1902)[85]
 - Hatfield (1907–1908)[122]
 - Hatfield (1916–1924)[123]
 - Havers Motor Car Company (1908–1914)
 - Hawk Cyclecar Company (1914)
 - Hawkins Cyclecar (1914)[124] 
Xenia model - Hawley (1906–1908)[85]
 - Hay-Berg (1907–1908)[125]
 - Haydock[85]
 - Haynes-Apperson (1896–1905; Haynes 1904–1925)
 - Hayward (1913)[85]
 - H.C.S. (1920–1925)[85]
 - Healey (circa 1905–circa 1916)[85]
 - Heine-Velox (1903–1908, 1921–1923)
 - Hendel (1903–1904)[85]
 - Henderson (1912–1914)[126]
 - Henney (1921–1931)[85]
 - Henney (1960–1964)
 - Henry Motor Car Company (1910–1912)
 - Henry J (1951–1954)
 - Hercules (1914–1915)[85]
 - Herff-Brooks (1915–1916)
 - Herreshoff Motor Company (1909–1914)
 - Hertel (1895–1900)[85]
 - Hertz (1924–1927)[85]
 - Heseltine (1916–1917)[85]
 - Hewitt (1906–1907)[127]
 - Hewitt (1905–1914) [128]
 - Hewitt-Lindstrom (1900–1901)
 - Heymann (1898–1907)[85]
 - Hidley Steam Car (1901)
 - Highlander (1919–1922)[85]
 - Hill (1904–1908)[85]
 - Hines (1908–1910)[85]
 - Hitchcock Motor Car Company (1909)
 - Hobbie Accessible (1908–1909)
 - Hoffman (1901–1904)[129]
 - Hoffman (1931)
 - Holden (1915)[130]
 - Holland (1902–1903)[31]
 - Holley (1900–1904)
 - Hollier (1915–1921)
 - Holly Six (1913–1915)[131]
 - Holmes (1906–1907)[86]
 - Holsman (1901–1911)
 - Hol-Tan (1908)
 - Holyoke (1899–1903)[132]
 - Homer Laughlin (1916)[85]
 - Hoosier Scout (1914)[85]
 - Hoover (1913–1914)
 - Hoskins (1920)[85]
 - Houpt (1909; Houpt-Rockwell 1910)[85]
 - House Steamer (1867)[133]
 - Howard (1895–1903)[132]
 - Howey (1907–1908)[85]
 - Hudson Motor Car Company (1909–1957)
 - Huffman (1919–1925)
 - Hupp Motor Car Company (1909–1940)
 - Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Company (1911–1919)
 - Huron River Manufacturing Company (1911–1912)
 - Hydromotor Car Manufacturing Company (1914–1917)[85]
 
I
- Ideal Electric Co. (1909-c1911)
 - Illinois Electric (1897–1901)[134]
 - Imp (1913–1914)[85]
 - Imperial Motor Car Company (1907–1908)
 - Imperial Automobile Company (1908–1916)[85][135]
 - Imperial (1955–1975, 1981–1983)
 - Imperial Electric (1903–1904)[85]
 - Independent Harvester (1910–1911)[85]
 - Indiana (1901)[12]
 - Indianapolis (see Black)[85]
 - International (1899) (see Strathmore)[136]
 - International (1899)[137]
 - International (1900)[138]
 - International Cyclecar Company (1914)[32] 
'Economy' model - International Motor Cars (Apollo; 1962–1964)
 - International Power Company (1900)[137]
 - International (1901–1903)[139]
 - International Cyclecar Company (1914)[140]
 - International Harvester (1907–1980)
 - Inter-State (1909–1919)[85]
 - Iroquois (1903–1907)[19]
 
J
- Jackson Automobile Company (1903–1923)
 - Jacquet Motor Corporation (1921)
 - Jaeger Motor Car Company (1932–1933)
 - James (1909–1911)[85]
 - Janney Motor Company (1906)
 - Jarvis-Huntington (1912)[85]
 - Jaxon Steam (1903)[141]
 - Jeffery (1902–1917)
 - Jenkins (1907–1912)[85]
 - Jersey City Machine Co. (1919–1920) 
Argonne model - Jewell (1906–1907; Jewel 1908–1909)[85]
 - Jewett (1922–1927)
 - Johnson (1905–1912)[142]
 - Jones (1914–1920)[143]
 - Jones-Corbin (1903–1907)[143]
 - Jonz (1909–1912)[143]
 - Jordan (1916–1931)
 - J.P.L. Cyclecar Company (1913)[144]
 - Julian (1918, 1925)[143]
 - Junior R (1924)
 
K
- Kaiser-Frazer Corporation (1945–1955; Kaiser Motors 1951–1955)
 - Kalamazoo (1908–1914)[143] 
Michigan model - Kane-Pennington[143]
 - Kansas City (1906–1908; Kansas City Wonder 1909)[145]
 - Kato (1907–1913)[143]
 - Kauffman (1909–1912)[143]
 - K-D (1912–1913)[143]
 - Kearns (1909–1916)[143]
 - Keene Steamobile (1900–1901)[31]
 - Keeton Motor Company (1912–1914)[146]
 - Keller (1948–1950)[5]
 - Kelsey (1897–1902, 1920–1924)[147]
 - Kenmore (1910–1912)[143]
 - Kensington (1899–1904)[31]
 - Kent (1916–1917)[143]
 - Kent's Pacemaker (1900)
 - Kenworthy (1920–1921)[143]
 - Kermath Motor Car Company (1907–1908)
 - Kessler Motor Company (1920–1921; Kess-Line 8 1922)
 - Keystone (1899–1900)
 - Keystone (1900)[148]
 - Keystone (1914–1915)
 - Kiblinger (1907–1909)[143]
 - Kidder (1899–1903)[31]
 - Kimball Electric (1910–1912)[143]
 - King (1896, 1911–1923)[12]
 - King Midget (1947–1970)[149]
 - King-Remick (1910)
 - Kinner[150]
 - Kirk (1901–1905)[151] 
Yale model - Kissel (1906–1930)
 - Kleiber (1924–1929)[143][152]
 - Kline Kar (1910–1923)[143]
 - Klink (1907–1910)[143]
 - Klock (1900–1901)[143]
 - Knickerbocker (1901–1903)[143]
 - Knox (1900–1914)
 - Koehler (1910–1912)[143]
 - Komet (1911)
 - Konigslow[143]
 - Koppin Motor Company (1914)
 - Krastin Automobile Company (1901–1904), based in Cleveland[153] Produced Krastin Gasoline Automobile (1901)
 - K-R-I-T Motor Car Company (1909–1915)
 - Krueger (1905–1906)[143]
 - Kunz (1902–1905)[154]
 - Kurtis (1949–1950, 1954–1955)
 - Kurtz-Automatic (1920–1925)[153]
 
L
- Laconia (1914)[143]
 - Lad's Car (1912–1914)
 - LaFayette (1919–1924)[143]
 - La Marne (1919–1921)[153]
 - Lambert (1906–1917)
 - Lancamobile (1900–1901)[143]
 - Lane (1900–1911)[141]
 - Lanpher (1906–1916)[143]
 - Lansden Electric (1901–1903, 1906–1910)[155]
 - La Petite (1905)[143]
 - LaSalle (1927–1940)
 - La Salle-Niagara (1905–1906)[156]
 - Laurel (1916–1920)[143]
 - Lauth (1905; Lauth-Juergens 1908–1909)[143]
 - L. C. Erbes (1915–1916)[143]
 - L & E (1924–1934)[143]
 - Leach (1899–1901)[133]
 - Leach (1920–1923; Leach-Biltwell))[143]
 - Leader (1905–1912)[143]
 - Lende (1902–1909)[143]
 - Lenox (1911–1917)[143]
 - Lenox Electric[143]
 - Leon Rubay (1923)[153]
 - Lescina (1916)[143]
 - Lewis (1914–1916)[157]
 - Lewis Motocycle (1895)[158][159]
 - Lexington (1909–1927)
 - Liberty Motor Car Company (1916–1924)
 - Light Steamer (1901–1902)[160][161]
 - Light Motor Car Company (1914)
 - Lincoln (1912–1913)[162] (see also Sears Roebuck)
 - Lincoln Motor Car Company (1914)
 - Lindsley (1908–1909)[143]
 - Lion Motor Car Company (1909–1912)
 - Liquid Air (1899–1902)
 - Little Motor Car Company (1911–1913)
 - Little Detroit Speedster (1913–1914)
 - Littlemac (1930–1932)[143]
 - Local Motors (2007–2022)
 - Locke[31]
 - Locomobile (1899–1929)
 - Logan (1904–1908)[143][163]
 - Logan (1903–1908)
 - Logan (cyclecars; 1914)[164]
 - Lone Star (1919–1922)
 - Longest (1906)[143]
 - Loomis (1900–1904)[31]
 - Lordstown Motors (2018–2023)
 - Lorraine (1920–1922)[143]
 - Los Angeles (1914)[143]
 - Lowell-American (1908–1909)[143]
 - Lozier Motor Company (1900–1918)[165]
 - L.P.C.[143]
 - LuLu (1914–1915)
 - Luverne (1904–1917)
 - Lyman (1904)[143]
 - Lyman & Burnham (1903–1905)[143]
 - Lyons-Knight (1913–1915)[31]
 
M
- Mackle-Thompson (1903)[143]
 - Macomber (1913)[143]
 - Macon (1915–1917)[143]
 - Madison (1915–1919)[143]
 - Magic[143]
 - Mahoning (1904–1905)[143]
 - Maibohm (1916–1922)[143]
 - Malcolm (1900)[143]
 - Malcolm Jones (or Malcolm) (1914–1915)
 - Malden Steam (1898, 1902)[166]
 - Manexall (1920)[143] 
'Cyclomobile' model - Manistee Motor Car Company (1910–1913)[143] 
Autoette model - Manta (1974–1986)
 - Marathon (1906–1914)
 - Marble-Swift (1903–1905)
 - Marion (1901)
 - Marion (1904–1915; Marion-Handley 1916–1918)
 - Marion Flyer (1910)
 - Marmon (1902–1933)
 - Marlboro (1900–1903)[143]
 - Marquette (1912)[167]
 - Marquette (1930)
 - Marr (1903–1904)
 - Marsh (1920–1923)[168]
 - Martin (1898–1900)[143]
 - Martin Wasp[143]
 - Marvel Motor Car Company (1907)
 - Maryland (1907–1910)
 - Maryland Steamer (1900–1901)
 - Mason (1898–1899)[31]
 - Mason (1906–1914)[169]
 - Massillon (1909)[143]
 - Master (1907)[116]
 - Matheson Motor Car Company (1903–1912)
 - Maxim Motor Tricycle (1895; Maxim-Goodridge Electric 1908)[143]
 - Maxwell-Briscoe (1904–1913; Maxwell Motor Company 1913–1925)
 - Mayer (1899–1901)[143]
 - Mayfair (1925)[143]
 - Maytag-Mason (1910–1911)[170]
 - McCue (1909–1911)[171]
 - McCurdy (1922)[143]
 - McFarlan (1909–1928)
 - McGill (1917)[143]
 - McIntyre (1909–1915)[143]
 - McKay Steamer (1899–1902)[31]
 - Mecca (1915–1916)[143]
 - Med-Bow[143]
 - Media (1899–1900)[143]
 - Mel Special (1918–1924)[143]
 - Menominee Electric Manufacturing Company (1915)
 - Mercer (1909–1919)
 - Mercury Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)[143]
 - Mercury (1939–2011)
 - Merit Motor Company (1921–1922)[153]
 - Merkel (1905–1907)[172]
 - Merkur (1985–1989)
 - Merz (1914)[143]
 - Meteor (1904–1905)[173]
 - Metropol (1913–1914)[143]
 - Metropolitan (1922–1923)[174]
 - Metz (1909–1921)[175]
 - Metzger (see Everitt)[143]
 - Michigan Automobile Company (1901)[176] 
'Carter Steam' model - Michigan Automobile Company (1902)[44] 
Later renamed Clipper Automobile Company - Michigan Automobile Company (1903–1908)
 - Michigan Buggy Company (1908–1914)
 - Michigan Steamer (1901)[176]
 - Middleby (1909–1913)[143]
 - Midland (1908–1913)[177]
 - Midwest[143]
 - Mier (1908–1909)[143]
 - Milac (1916)[143]
 - Milburn Electric (1915–1923)[143]
 - Miller Car Company (1911–1914)
 - Mills (1876)[31]
 - Milwaukee Steamer (1900–1902)[166]
 - Minneapolis[143]
 - Mino (1914)[143]
 - Mitchell (1903–1923)[178]
 - Mitchell-Lewis (see Mitchell)[143]
 - Mobile (1900–1903)[166]
 - Model (1903–1907)[179]
 - Modoc (1912–1914)[143]
 - Mohawk (1903–1905)[143]
 - Moline[180]
 - Moline (1904–1913; Moline-Knight 1914–1919)
 - Moller (1920–1922)[143]
 - Monarch Motor Car Company (1914–1917)
 - Mondex-Magic (1914–1915)[143]
 - Monitor (1915–1922)[143]
 - Monroe Motor Company (1914–1923)[12]
 - Moon (1905–1930)
 - Mora Motor Car Company (1906–1911)[2]
 - Morgan (1900–1902)[181]
 - Morris & Salom (1895–1897)
 - Morriss-London (1919–1923)[143]
 - Morse (1902)[182]
 - Mosler Automotive (1985–2013)
 - Motor Bob (1914)
 - Motorcar Company (1905–1907; Cartercar 1905–1915)
 - Motorette (1911–1914)[143]
 - Moyea (1903–1904)[143]
 - Moyer (1911–1915)[143]
 - Mount Pleasant Motor Company (MPM) (1914–1915)[143]
 - Mutual Motors Company (1916–1919)
 - Mueller (1896–1899; also Mueller-Benz)[183] (see Mueller Co., which was founded by the same person)
 - Mueller Manufacturing Company (1893–1952) [184]
 - Multiplex (1912–1913)[143]
 - Muncie[143] 
'Warner' model - Muntz (1950–1954)[185]
 - Murdaugh (1901–1903)[143]
 - Murray Motor Car Company (1916–1921; Murray-Mac 1921–1929)[143]
 
N
- Nance (1911)[143]
 - Napier Motor Car Company of America (1904–1912)
 - Napoleon (1916–1919)[186]
 - Nash Motors (1917–1957)
 - Nash-Healey (1951–1954)
 - National (1900–1924)
 - Nelson (E.A.) Motor Car Company (1917–1921)[143]
 - Neustadt-Perry (1901–1908, 1915)[143] 
Also known as Neustadt. - New England Steamer (1898–1899)[166]
 - New Era (1901–1902)[143]
 - New Era (1916)
 - New Era (1933–1934)[187]
 - New Home (1899–1901)[143]
 - New York Car & Truck Company (1907–1910) 
Allen Kingston model - Niagara (1903–1905)[188]
 - Nichols Shepard (1910–1911)[143]
 - Nielson Motor Car Company (1906–1907)[189]
 - Noble (1902)[153]
 - Noma (1919–1923)[143]
 - Northern Manufacturing Company (1902–1908)[190]
 - Northway (1921–1922)[143][164]
 - Northwestern[143] 
'Haase' and Logan models - Norton (1901–1902)[190][191]
 - Norwalk Underslung (1910–1922)[143][192]
 - Nu-Klea Automobile Corporation (1959–1960)
 - Nyberg (1911–1913)[190]
 
O
- Oakland Motor Car Company (1907–1931)
 - Oakman-Hertel (1899–1900)[55]
 - Ogren (1915–1917, 1919–1923)[193]
 - Ohio (1900–1902) (see Packard)[194]
 - Ohio (1909–1912)
 - Ohio Electric Car Company (1910–1918)[195]
 - Ohio Falls[55]
 - Okey (1896–1907)[55]
 - Oldsmobile (1897–2004)
 - Olympian Motors Company (1917–1921)
 - Omaha (1899)[55]
 - Omar (see Browniekar)[55]
 - Only (1909–1913)[55]
 - Orient (1899–1908)
 - Orlo (1904)
 - Ormond Steamer (1904–1905)[166]
 - Orr (1915)
 - Orson (1910–1912)[55]
 - Otto (1910–1911; Ottomobile 1912)[55]
 - Otto-Kar (1902–1904)[196] 
Also known as Ottokar - Otto-mobile (1899)[55]
 - Overholt[166]
 - Overland (1903–1926, 1939)
 - O-We-Go (1914)
 - Owen (1899–1901)[197]
 - Owen Motor Car Company (1910–1911)
 - Owen Magnetic (1915–1922)
 - Owen Schoeneck[55]
 - Owen Thomas (1908–1910)[55]
 - Oxford (1900)[166]
 
P
- Paccar (1905)
 - Pacific Motor Vehicle Company (1900–1904)[55]
 - Packard (1895–1898)[198]
 - Packard Motor Car Company (1899–1958)
 - Paige-Detroit (1908–1911; Paige 1911–1928; Graham-Paige 1928–1930)
 - Palmer (1905–1906)[153]
 - Palmer-Singer (1908–1914)[55]
 - Pan (1919–1921)[55]
 - Panam (1902–1903)[55]
 - Pan-American (1917–1922)[55]
 - Paragon (1906)
 - Parenti (1920–1922)[55]
 - Parry (1910; New Parry 1911–1912)[199]
 - Parsons Electric (1905–1906)[153]
 - Partin (1913; Partin-Palmer 1913–1917)[200]
 - Paterson (W. A.) Company (1909–1923)
 - Pathfinder (1912–1917)[55]
 - Pawtucket (1901–1902)[166]
 - Payne-Modern (1907–1908)[55]
 - Peerless (1900–1933)
 - Peerless Steam (1901)[201]
 - Pence Automobile Company (circa 1905)[202]
 - Penn (1901)[203]
 - Penn (1908)[203]
 - Penn (1910–1913)[203]
 - Pennant (1924–1925)
 - Pennington (1894–1900)[204]
 - Pennsy (1916–1918)[55]
 - Pennsylvania (1907–1911)[12]
 - People's (1900–1902)[205]
 - Perfection (1907–1908)[55]
 - Perfex (1912–1913)[55]
 - Peter Pan (1914–1915)[75]
 - Petrel (1909–1912)[206]
 - Phelps (1903–1905)
 - Phianna (1917–1922)[55]
 - Phillips (1980–198?)[207]
 - Phipps-Grinnell (1911; Phipps Electric 1912)[55]
 - Pickard (1909–1912)[55]
 - Piedmont (1917–1922)
 - Pierce-Arrow (1900–1938)
 - Pierce-Racine (1904–1911)[154]
 - Piggins (1908–1910)
 - Pilgrim (1911)
 - Pilgrim Motor Car Company (1915–1918)
 - Pilliod (1915–1916)[55]
 - Pilot (1909–1924)[55]
 - Pioneer (1907–1912)[55]
 - Planche[55]
 - Plass (1897)
 - Playboy (1947–1951)
 - Plymouth (1910)[55]
 - Plymouth (1928–2001)[55]
 - Pneumobile (1914–1915)[55]
 - Pomeroy (1920–1924)[196]
 - Ponder (1923)[55] 
Renamed from Bour-Davis - Pontiac Spring and Wagon Works (1907–1908)[208]
 - Pontiac (1926–2010)
 - Pope-Hartford (1904–1914)[55]
 - Pope-Robinson (1903–1904)
 - Pope-Toledo (1903–1909)
 - Pope-Tribune (1904–1908)[55]
 - Pope-Waverley (1903–1908)
 - Port Huron[55] 
Havers model - Porter (1900–1901)[209]
 - Porter (1919–1922)[210]
 - Portland (1914)[55]
 - Postal (1906–1908)[55]
 - Powell (1930s–1960s)
 - Powell (1955–1956)[211]
 - Powercar (1909–1911)[55]
 - Pratt-Elkhart (1909–1911; Pratt 1911–1915)[55]
 - Premier (1902–1926)
 - Premocar (1920–1923)[55]
 - Prescott (1901–1905)[166]
 - Primo (1910–1912)[55]
 - Princess Motor Car Company (1914–1918)[55]
 - Princess Cyclecar Company (1913–1914)
 - Prospect (1902, 1907–1908)[55]
 - Pullman (1905–1917)[12]
 - Pungs Finch (1904–1910)
 - Puritan (1902–1905)[31]
 
Q
R
- Railsbach (1914)[55]
 - Rainier (1905–1911)[55]
 - Raleigh (1921–1922)[55]
 - Rambler (1900–1914)
 - Rambler (1958–1969)
 - Randall (1902–1903)[55]
 - Ranger (1907–1910)[212]
 - Rapid Motor Vehicle Company (1902–1909)[55]
 - Rauch & Lang (1905–1932)[55][213] 
Also known as Raulang. - Rayfield (1911–1915)
 - R.C.H (1912–1915)[55]
 - Read Motor Company (1913–1914)[214]
 - Reading (1910–1913)[215]
 - Reading Steamer (1901–1903)[31]
 - Real Cyclecar (1914; Real Light Car 1914–1915)[55]
 - Reber (1902–1903)
 - Red Bug (1924–1930)[216]
 - Red Jacket (1904–1905)[55]
 - Rees (1921)[55]
 - Reeves (1896–1898, 1905–1912)[217]
 - Regal Motor Car Company (1908–1918)[55]
 - Regas (1903–1905)[55]
 - Reliable Dayton (1906–1909)[55]
 - Reliance Automobile Manufacturing Co (1904–1906)[55]
 - Remington (1895, 1900–1904)[218]
 - REO Motor Car Company (1905–1975)
 - Renaissance Cars Inc (1994–1997)[219] 
Also known as Zebra Motors Inc. - Republic (1910–1916)[55]
 - ReVere (1918–1926)[55]
 - Rex Motor Co (1914)[55]
 - RiChard (1914–1919)[196]
 - Richelieu (1922–1923)[55]
 - Richmond (1902–1903)
 - Richmond (1904–1917)[55]
 - Rickenbacker Motor Company (1922–1927)
 - Ricketts Automobile Co (1909–1911)[55]
 - Riddle (1916–1926)[55]
 - Rider-Lewis (1908–1911)[55]
 - Riker Electric (1897–1902)[55]
 - Ritz (1914–1915)[55]
 - Riviera (1907)[55]
 - R-O[55]
 - Roader (1911–1912)[55]
 - Roamer (1916–1929)[55]
 - Robe (1914–1915)[19]
 - Robie Motor Car Co (1914)
 - Robinson (1900–1902)[55]
 - Robson (1909)[55]
 - Rochester (1901)[220]
 - Rock Falls (1919–1925)[55]
 - Rockne (1932–1933)[55]
 - Rockway (1910–1911)[55]
 - Rockwell (1910–1911)[55]
 - Rodgers (1921)[55]
 - Roebling-Planche (1909)[55]
 - Rogers (1899–1900)[221] 
Steamobile model - Rogers Motor Car Co (1911–1912)[222]
 - Rogers & Hanford (1899–1902)[153]
 - Rollin (1924–1927)[153]
 - Rolls-Royce (1921–1935)[55][223]
 - Roosevelt (1929–1930)
 - Roper (1860–1896)[55]
 - Ross Steamer (1905–1909)
 - Ross (1915–1918)
 - Rotary (1921–1923)[55]
 - Royal Motor Company (1904–1911)[153] 
'Tourist' model - Rubay[55]
 - Rugby (1920s)
 - Rushmobile[55]
 - Russell (1903–1904)[153]
 - Rutenber (1902)
 - Ruxton (1929–1930)
 - R&V Knight (1920–1924)[55]
 
S
- Saginaw (1914)[55]
 - Saginaw Eight (1916)[224]
 - Salisbury (1895)[158][225]
 - Salter (1909–1915)[55]
 - Salvador (1914; S-J-R 1915–1916)[55]
 - Sampson (1904, 1911)
 - Sandusky (1902–1904)[55]
 - Santos Dumont (1902–1904)[226]
 - Saturn (1991–2010)
 - Saxon Motor Car Company (1913–1923)
 - Sayers (1917–1924)[55]
 - Schacht (1904–1913)
 - Schaum (1901–1905)[55]
 - Schoening (1895)[158][227] 
'Kerosine Carriage' model - Scott (1900–1901, 1903)[55]
 - Scott-Newcomb (1920–1921)[31] 
Standard Steam Car model - Scripps-Booth Corporation (1913–1923)
 - Searchmont (1900–1903)[100]
 - Sears (1905–1915)[228]
 - Sebring (1910–1912)[229]
 - Sekine (1923)[55]
 - Selden (1907–1914)
 - Sellers (1909–1912)[55]
 - Senator (1912)[55]
 - Seneca (1917–1924)[55]
 - Serpentina (1915)[55]
 - Serrifile (1921–1922)[55]
 - Seven Little Buffaloes (1909)[230]
 - Severin (1920–1921)[55]
 - S.G.V. (1911–1915)[55]
 - Shad-Wyck (1917–1923)
 - Shain[55]
 - Sharon (1915)[55]
 - Sharp (1908–1910)[231] 
'Arrow' model - Shawmobile (1908–1930)
 - Shawmut (1906–1908)[55]
 - Shay (1979–1982)[232]
 - Shelby (1903)[55]
 - Sheridan (1920–1921)[55]
 - Shoemaker (1906–1908)[55]
 - Sibley (1910–1911)[55]
 - Signet (1913–1914)[55] 'Fenton' model
 - Silent-Knight (1905–1907)[55]
 - Silent Sioux[55] 
'Fawick Flyer' model - Silver-Knight[55] 
'Silver' model - Simplex (1907–1919)[55]
 - Simplicity (1907–1911)[55]
 - Simplo (1908–1909)
 - Sinclair-Scott (1904–circa 1907)
 - Singer (1914–1920)[55]
 - Single Center (1906–1908)
 - Sintz (1899–1904)
 - Skelton (1920–1922)[55]
 - Skene (1900–1901)
 - Skorpion (1952–1954)[5]
 - S&M (1913)[55]
 - Small Motor Car Company (1910)
 - Smith Automobile Company (1902–1917) 
Renamed to Great Smith for 1907–1911 - Smith & Mabley[55] 
Also known as S&M Simplex - Smith Flyer (1915–1919)
 - Snyder (1908–1909)[55]
 - Sommer (1904–1905)[55]
 - Soules Motor Car Company (1905–1908)
 - Southern (1908–1909)[55]
 - Southern Motor Car Co (1908–1910)[233][234] 
'Dixie Junior' and 'Dixie Tourist' models. - Sovereign (1906–1907)[55]
 - Spacke (1919)[3]
 - Spaulding (1902–1903)
 - Spaulding (1910–1916)[3]
 - Speedway (1904–1905)[3]
 - Speedwell (1907–1914)
 - Spencer (1921–1922)[235]
 - Spencer Steamer (1862, 1901–1902)[236]
 - Sphinx (1914–1916)[3]
 - Spoerer (1908–1914)[3]
 - Springer (1903–1905)[3]
 - Springfield (1900–1901)[31] 
Steam cars - Sprite (1914)[3]
 - Squier (1899)[31]
 - Stafford (1908–1915)[3]
 - Stammobile (1900–1901)[3]
 - Standard (1904–1908)
 - Standard (1912–1923)
 - Standard Six (1909–1910)
 - Standard Steel Car Company (1912–1923)[3]
 - Standard Electrique (1911–1915)[3] 
Also known as Standard Electric - Standard Steam Car (1920–1921)[237]
 - Stanley (1907–1910)[238]
 - Stanley Steamer (1897–1927)
 - Stanley Whitney (1899)[3]
 - Stanton (1900–1901)[31]
 - Stanwood (1920–1922)
 - Star (1908–1909)[3]
 - Star (1922–1928)[3]
 - Starin (1903–1904)[3]
 - States (1916–1918)[3]
 - Staver (1907–1914)
 - Steamobile (1900–1902)
 - Stearns (1898–1911) 
Became Stearns-Knight for 1912–1929. - Stearns Electric (1899–1903)[239] 
Renamed to Stearns Steamer for 1901–1903 - Steco (1914)[3]
 - Steel Swallow (1907–1908)[3]
 - Stephens (1917–1924)[3]
 - Sterling Steamer (1901–1902)[240][241]
 - Sterling (1909–1911)[242]
 - Sterling (1915–1916)[243]
 - Sterling-Knight (1920–1926)[3]
 - Stevens-Duryea (1901–1915,1919–1927)
 - Stewart-Coats (1922)
 - Stickney Motorette (1914)[3]
 - Stilson (1907–1909)[3]
 - St. Joe (1908)[3]
 - St. Louis (1899–1907)[3]
 - Stoddard-Dayton (1904–1913)
 - Storck Steamer (1901–1902)[31]
 - Storms Electric (1915)[3]
 - Stout Motor Car Company (1932–1946)
 - Strathmore (1899–1901)[31]
 - Stratton (1909)[3]
 - Streator (1905–1911) 
Originally called Erie Motor Carriage Co.
Halladay model. - Stringer (1899–1902)[31]
 - Strobel & Martin[3]
 - Strong & Rogers Electric (1900–1901)[153]
 - Strouse[31] 
Also known as S.R.K. - Studebaker (1902–1963)[244]
 - Studebaker-Garford (1903–1911)[31]
 - Studebaker-Packard Corporation (1954–1962)
 - Studillac (1953–1955)[245]
 - Sturges Electric[246]
 - Sturtevant (1905–1907)[31]
 - Stutz Motor Car Company (1911–1935)
 - Stutz Motor Car of America (1968–1987)
 - Stuyvesant (1911–1912)[153]
 - Suburban (1911–1912)[247]
 - Success (1906–1909)[248]
 - Sultan (1908–1912)[3]
 - Summit (1907–1909)[249]
 - Sun (1916–1917, 1921–1922)
 - Sunset (1900–1913)[3]
 - Synnestvedt Electric (1904–1905)[3]
 - Syracuse (1899–1903)[3]
 
T
- Tarkington (1922–1923)[3]
 - Taunton (1901–1903)[31] 
Steam cars - Templar (1917–1924)[250]
 - Templeton-Dubrie (1910)[3]
 - Terraplane (1932–1939)
 - Terwilliger (1904)[31] 
Empire Steamer model - Texan (1920–1922)[251]
 - Thomas (1902–1919)[252]
 - Thomas-Detroit (1906–1908)[3]
 - Thompson (1901–1907)[31] 
Steam cars - Thresher Electric (1900)[3]
 - Tiffany Electric (1913–1914)[3]
 - Tiger (1914–1915)[3]
 - Tincher (1903–1909)[253]
 - Tinker & Piper Steam (1899)[254]
 - Tinkham (1898–1899)[3]
 - Toledo (1901–1903)[255]
 - Tonawanda[3]
 - Torbensen (1902–1906)[3]
 - Touraine (1912–1916)[3]
 - Tourist (1902–1910)[3]
 - Tractmobile (1900–1902)[31]
 - Trask-Detroit (1922–1923)[31]
 - Traveler (1907–1908)[3]
 - Trebert (1907–1908)[3]
 - Trimoto (1900–1901)[3] 
Also known as Tri-Motor - Trinity Steamer[31]
 - Triumph (1907–1912)[256]
 - Trumbull (1914–1915)[3]
 - Tucker (1946–1949)
 - Tulsa (1918–1922)[3]
 - Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation (1974–1978)
 - Twin City (1914)[3]
 - Twombly (1913–1915)
 - Twyford (1899–1902, 1904–1907)[3]
 
U
- US Automobile (1899–1901)
 - Union (1902–1905)
 - United (1919–1920)[3]
 - United States (1899–1903)[3] 
Electric cars - United States Long Distance[3]
 - Unito (1908–1910)[153]
 - Universal (1914)[3]
 - Upton Machine Company (1902–1903)[3]
 - Upton Motor Company (1905–1907)
 
V
- Van (1911–1912)[3]
 - Van Wagoner (1899–1903)
 - Vaughn (1909)[3]
 - V.E. (1901–1906)[114][3] 
Also known as V.E.C. Electric - Vector (1971–1999, 2006–2010)
 - Velie (1908–1929)
 - Vernon (Able 8; 1918–1921)[3]
 - Victor (1905–1911)[257]
 - Victor Page Motors Corp (1921–1924)[10][258]
 - Victor Steamer (1899–1903)[31]  
Previously Overman Steam (1895–1898) - Victormobile (1900–1901)[259] 
'Steamer' model - Victory (1920–1921)[3]
 - Viking (1907–1908)[3]
 - Viking (1929–1931)[3]
 - Virginian (1911–1912)
 - Vixen (1914–1916)[154]
 - Vulcan (1913–1915)[260]
 
W
- Waco (1915–1917)[3]
 - Wagenhals (1910–1915)[3]
 - Wahl (1913–1914)[261]
 - Waldron (1908–1911)[3]
 - Walker Motor Car Company (1905–1906)[3]
 - Wall (1900–1903)[3]
 - Walter (1902–1909)[3](1905–1909) [262]
 - Waltham Steam (1898–1902)[166]
 - Waltham Manufacturing Co (1899–1910)[3] 
'Orient' model - Walworth (1904–1905)[3]
 - Ward (1913–1914)[263]
 - Ward Electric (1914–1916)[264]
 - Ware Steam Wagon (1861–1867)
 - Warren (1910–1913)[3]
 - Warwick (1901–1905)[3]
 - Washington (1921–1924)
 - Wasp (1919–1924)[3]
 - Waterloo (1903–1905)[3]
 - Watrous (1905)[3]
 - Watt (1910)[3]
 - Waukesha (1906–1910)[3]
 - Waverley Electric (1898–1903, 1909–1916)[3]
 - Webb Jay (1908)[31]
 - Weidely Motor Company (1915–1917)
 - Welch Motor Car Company (1901–1911)[3]
 - Westcott (1909–1925)
 - Westfield (1901–1903)[31]
 - W.F.S. (1911–1912)[3]
 - Whaley-Henriette (1898–1900)[3]
 - Wharton (1922–1923)[3]
 - Wheeler Manufacturing Company (1904)
 - Whippet (1927–1931)[12]
 - White Motor Company (1900–1918)[3]
 - White Star (1909–1911)[3]
 - Whiting Motor Car Co (1910–1912)[3][265]
 - Whitmore, M.C. Co (1914) 
Arrow Cyclecar model - Whitney (1896–1900)[3]
 - Wilcox (1909–1910)[3]
 - Wildman (1902)[3]
 - Wills (C. H.) and Company (1921–1927)
 - Willys (1916–1918, 1930–1942, 1953–1963)
 - Willys-Knight (1914–1933)
 - Willys-Overland (1912–1953)
 - Wilson (1903–1905)
 - Windsor (1929–1930)
 - Wing (1922)[3]
 - Winther (1921–1923)[3]
 - Winton (1896–1924)
 - Wolfe (1907–1909)[3]
 - Wolverine (1904–1906,1927–1928)[3]
 - Woodill (1952–1956)
 - Woodruff (1902–1904)[3]
 - Woods Electric (1899–1916)[266][3] 
Renamed to Woods Dual Power for 1917–1918 - Woods Mobilette (1913–1916)[3]
 - Worth (J.M.) Gas Engine Manufacturing Co (1902)[267]
 - Worth (1906–1910)[3][267]
 
X
Y
Z
See also
- List of automobile manufacturers
 - List of automobile manufacturers of the United States
 - List of motorcycle manufacturers
 - List of pickup trucks
 - List of American truck manufacturers
 - List of truck manufacturers
 
Notes
- ^ Kimes and Clark, p. 11
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p. 190.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx Clymer, p. 210.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 205; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 18
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Flory, J. "Kelly", Jr. American Cars 1946–1959 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Coy, 2008), p. 1016.
 - ^ "Allen Touring Car 37 Fiche Info 1916". www.plandegraissage.org. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
 - ^ "The Allen Automobile & The Allen Iron & Steel Company". american-automobiles.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
 - ^ "Flyer". www.bessermuseum.org. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
 - ^ Kimes, p. 29
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz Clymer, p. 205.
 - ^ "Another Flash In The Pan….The Shaw". www.theoldmotor.com. July 20, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Clymer, p. 170.
 - ^ "American Motor Company". Horseless vehicles, automobiles, motor cycles operated by steam, hydro-carbon, electric and pneumatic motors : a practical treatise for ... everyone interested in the development, use and care of the automobile, including a special chapter on how to build an electric cab, with detail drawings / by Gardner D. Hiscox. January 1, 1900. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
 - ^ "The American Automobile & The American Motors Corporation". www.american-automobiles.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 31.
 - ^ "F.A. Ames Co., Ames Body Corp., Ames Speedster, Ames Buggy Co., Carriage Woodstock Co., Ford Model T, Ames Motor Car Co". www.coachbuilt.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
 - ^ a b Kimes, p. 47
 - ^ Clymer, p. 205; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 19
 - ^ a b c d e Clymer, pp. 170-171.
 - ^ Kimes, p. 50
 - ^ Kimes, p. 57
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 205.
 - ^ a b c Kimes, p. 74
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 178, 205.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 153, 205.
 - ^ a b c Clymer, pp. 190, 205.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 38, 205.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 193.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 115.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 5, 61, 205.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb Clymer, p. 23.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz Clymer, p. 206.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 5, 190.
 - ^ a b c Clymer, p. 178.
 - ^ a b Suman-Hreblay, Marián (2000). Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland. p. 56. ISBN 9781476611402. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 16, 170, 206.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 206. One of three companies by this name.
 - ^ "Canoo Files for Bankruptcy, Ending Its Dream of Funky EV Vans". Retrieved February 26, 2025.
 - ^ a b Clymer, p. 153.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 252
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 22, 178.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 25, 206.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 178. Built in Little Rock, Arkansas.
 - ^ a b c Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 331
 - ^ Clipper Division, Studebaker-Packard Corp.; Packard, A History of the Motor Car and the Company (General edition), Beverly Rae Kimes, editor (1978), "Automobile Quarterly", ISBN 0-915038-11-0
 - ^ Triumph and Tragedy: The Last Real Packards by Richard M. Langworth, in Collectible Automobile, September 1984 issue; pp. 6-25; (ISSN 0742-812X)
 - ^ Clymer, p. 87.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 104.
 - ^ a b Clymer, p. 63.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 145.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 67.
 - ^ "Electric car for the average Joe not far away". Wheels.ca. September 14, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 357
 - ^ Clymer, p. 158.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt Clymer, p. 209.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 206.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 206.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 158, 206. One of two companies by this name.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 178. Named for the horse, built in Minneapolis.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 93. Built in St. Louis, Missouri.
 - ^ a b Clymer, pp. 5, 206.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 403
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 403–404
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 404–405
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 405
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 405–406
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 406
 - ^ Clymer, p. 206. Distinct from the tractor.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 206. Built in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 178. Built in Indiana. Distinct from DeSoto.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 178. Distinct from DeSoto Motor Car Company.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 38, 205. Offered an electric phaeton before 1916.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 206. Distinct from Diamond T.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 206. Tourist was a model.
 - ^ a b Clymer, p. 5.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 206. By Alberto Santos-Dumont
 - ^ Clymer, p. 206. Founder was later the author of Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia.
 - ^ Conceived by Buckminster Fuller.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 153. Built in Wisconsin, distinct from the Michigan company.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 190. Steam and electric cars, built in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 206. No connection to Eaton's.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 38.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 206. No connection to Electric Launch Company.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 207. Johnson model. Distinct from the Elite steam automobile company.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn Clymer, p. 207.
 - ^ a b Clymer, pp. 170–171, 207.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 104. Built in Cincinnati, Ohio.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207. Later Halladay or Streator, eventually Barley.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 190. Car and truck maker, based in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 104. Built in Chicago.
 - ^ "Early American Automobiles 1904 Models". Retrieved October 5, 2014.
 - ^ Scriven, Hayes (March 19, 2008). "Northfield, a town with a past" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2012.
 - ^ "Fisker's final drive: bankruptcy judge clears liquidation path, but SEC investigation looms large". Retrieved February 26, 2025.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 166.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 40.
 - ^ a b c d Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, p. 574.
 - ^ Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, p. 574. Not counting the Blair-Forth, of 1908.
 - ^ Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, pp. 574-575. Not counting the Blair-Forth, of 1908.
 - ^ Kimes and Clark, Standard Catalog, p. 575.
 - ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1289
 - ^ Clymer, p. 16.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 593
 - ^ a b Clymer, p. 190. Cars and trucks, built in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 51.
 - ^ Kimes and Clark (1996), p. 625.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from the Gearless steamer.
 - ^ Made by the multinational as experimental models.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from the multinational.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 190. Gasoline and steam.
 - ^ Flory, p. 1016, credits them only for 1950.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207. Supposedly from Atlanta, Georgia.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 190. Cars and trucks, built in Cleveland 1916–1922.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 14, 22.
 - ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1447
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207. One of two companies by this name.
 - ^ a b Clymer, p. 190. Truck maker, based in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 190.
 - ^ Schwarzkopf, E.E. (1910). Automobile Topics. Vol. 19. p. 1456. Retrieved December 5, 2019. (Google books)
 - ^ Sherron, Chas. B. (1907). American Vehicle: Devoted to the Interests of the Vehicle and Accessory Trades. Vol. 20. p. 26. Retrieved December 5, 2019. Google books: (Automobile Notes)
 - ^ Clymer, p. 170. No relation to the school.
 - ^ "Indiana Truck History Report". Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 652, 761
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 682 Distinct from Hatfield Motor Vehicle Company and the Hatfield Company truck manufacturer.
 - ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1524
 - ^ Clymer, p. 23. An air-cooled, built in Wisconsin, sold for US$2000.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 112.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from Hewitt-Lindstrom.
 - ^ "Hewitt". Hand book of automobiles (1906). January 15, 1906. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 190. Steam and gasoline, based in Cleveland.
 - ^ Distinct from the Australian company.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207. Distinct from Holley.
 - ^ a b Clymer, pp. 23, 207.
 - ^ a b Clymer, pp. 5, 23.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 207.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 742
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 769, 1407 In Boston.
 - ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769 In New York City.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 207; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769
 - ^ Clymer, p. 23; Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769. In Toledo, Ohio.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769 In Buffalo, New York.
 - ^ a b Clymer, pp. 18, 23.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 153. Built in Wisconsin.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd Clymer, p. 208.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Not to be confused with Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 53. Also sold commercial vans of 1, 2, 3, & 6 tons.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 131.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. One of three companies by this name.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 769
 - ^ Flory, pp. 1011–12.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 774
 - ^ Clymer, p. 158. Based in Toledo, Ohio.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 782
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Clymer, p. 190. Based in Cleveland.
 - ^ a b c Clymer, p. 153. Built in Wisconsin.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Electrette was a model.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from LaSalle.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from Lewis Motocycle.
 - ^ a b c Horseless Age 1895.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 8. A four-wheeler, despite the name.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 828
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 635
 - ^ Clymer, p. 90. Before 1912, the cars were called Sears.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 859–860
 - ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1975, p. 1004
 - ^ began with steam autos
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j Clymer, p. 22.
 - ^ Standard Catalogue of American Cars, p. 890
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 208. Based in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from the Mason steamer.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 93. Built in Waterloo, Iowa.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 84.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 153. Built in Wisconsin by Joe Merkel, who later built the Merkel Motorcycle.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 23. Distinct from the Meteor steamer and the Ford division.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Distinct from the Nash
 - ^ Clymer, p. 145. Built in Waltham, Massachusetts.
 - ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 929
 - ^ Clymer, p. 93. Built in Moline, Illinois.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 36, 153. Built in Racine, Wisconsin.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 57.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. One of two companies by this name, distinct from Moline-Knight.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Not to be confused with Moggie.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 22. 208.
 - ^ Lewis, Mary Beth. "Ten Best First Facts", in Car and Driver, 1/88, p. 92.
 - ^ "Mueller Manufacturing Company". Horseless vehicles, automobiles, motor cycles operated by steam, hydro-carbon, electric and pneumatic motors : a practical treatise for ... everyone interested in the development, use and care of the automobile, including a special chapter on how to build an electric cab, with detail drawings / by Gardner D. Hiscox. January 1, 1900. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
 - ^ Flory, p. 1016, dates it to 1950.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 178. Built in Traverse City, Michigan.
 - ^ Not to be confused with the producers of the Ruxton.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 170–171, 208.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Often misspelled as Neilson.
 - ^ a b c Kimes & Clark 1975, p. 1003
 - ^ Clymer, p. 208. Not to be confused with the motorcycle.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1975, p. 1005
 - ^ Clymer, p. 153. Built in Milwaukee.
 - ^ Catalog of American Cars 1805–1945 (1985), p. 1013
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 209.
 - ^ a b c Clymer, pp. 190, 209. Based in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 190, 209. Based in Cleveland. Distinct from Owen Magnetic.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1063 Built in Salem, Mass.; 1 gasoline & 2 electric cars
 - ^ Clymer, p. 102. Built in Indianapolis, Indiana.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 151. Built in Chicago.
 - ^ Standard Catalogue of American Cars, p. 1125
 - ^ Clymer, p. 42.
 - ^ a b c Standard Catalogue of American Cars, p. 1126
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 6, 153.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 5, 178, 190. Cars and trucks, built in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 153. Friction-drive, built in Wisconsin.
 - ^ Freund, Klaus, ed. (August 1981). Auto Katalog 1982 (in German). Vol. 25. Stuttgart: Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG. p. 165.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from the GM division.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 13, 23.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Porter Motor Company.
 - ^ Flory, p. 1016. Distinct from Powell Manufacturing Company?
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from the pickup.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 190. Cars & trucks, based in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 149.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Reading Steamer.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Said to be the cheapest car ever built.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 122-124. Producer of four-axle Octoauto and twin rear axle Sextoauto in Columbus, Indiana.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. 1895 car produced by Remington Arms Company.
 - ^ "Renaissance Cars Inc. / Zebra Motors Inc". Retrieved September 3, 2014.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 22, 209.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 209.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Rogers Steamobile. One of three companies by this name.
 - ^ Rolls-Royce
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1273
 - ^ Clymer, p. 8. A tricycle.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Also known as Dumont.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 8.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 90, 209.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 209. Distinct from Chrysler Sebring.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 5. Built in Buffalo, New York.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 88. Built by William H. Sharp.
 - ^ "Shay Model A Roadster". shayhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
 - ^ Dixie Junior and Dixie Tourist (1908-1910- Retrieved October 28, 2018
 - ^ The Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine, Volume 22- Retrieved October 28, 2018
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Unrelated to the steam car company.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 210.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. One of two companies with this name.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Stanley Motor Carriage Company.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Stearns (automobile).
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 512
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1351
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. One of three companies by this name.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 23, 210. Steam cars. One of three companies by this name.
 - ^ Production was continued in Canada until 1966.
 - ^ Flory, p. 1016. Fitting Cadillac V8s into Studebakers was common in the 1950s, under the nickname Studillac, as well as into Fords as Fordillacs; it appears Flory has mistaken it.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 38, 210.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Not to be confused with models from Dodge, Plymouth, Studebaker, Nash Motors, Chevrolet, or GMC.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 52.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Unrelated to Summit Racing Equipment.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 190, locates them in Cleveland.
 - ^ Clymer, pp. 170, 210.
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 1417–1419
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 1423–1424
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 1463, 45
 - ^ Clymer, p. 22; Kimes & Clark 1985, pp. 769, 1472
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Unrelated to Triumph Motor Company sportscars or Triumph Engineering Co Ltd motorcycles.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from the Victor steam cars.
 - ^ "The Victor Page Automobile & The Victor W. Page Corp". www.american-automobiles.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
 - ^ Kimes, Beverly R. (editor), and Clark, Henry A. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1945. Krause Publications, 1985, p. 1455. ISBN 0-87341-045-9.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 135. Built in Painesville, Ohio.
 - ^ Detroit-based builder of "generic" cars without badges so dealers could badge them as desired. Clymer, p.146.
 - ^ "Walter Automobile Company". Hand book of automobiles (1906). January 15, 1906. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Ward (electric automobile company).
 - ^ Clymer, p. 210. Distinct from Ward (automobile company).
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1491
 - ^ Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1519
 - ^ a b Kimes & Clark 1985, p. 1521
 
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