Story of the automobile: Its history and development from 1760 to 1917: With an analysis of the standing and prospects of the automobile industryBarber, H. L. (Herbert Lee)
History
Story of the automobile: Its history and development from 1760 to 1917: With an analysis of the standing and prospects of the automobile industry
Barber, H. L. (Herbert Lee)
Automobiles -- History
The following is, as near as possible, a complete list of the passenger
automobiles manufactured in the United States, with the number of
cylinders and the retail price of each. New cars are being put on the
market so rapidly that it is difficult to keep track of them.
The prices quoted may not be exact in every case, as manufacturers are
putting up prices quite generally as this volume goes to press. They
are the prices at which the cars sold for a long time, and they are
given without the intention to be exact to the dollar, but merely as
relative figures of retail cost.
An automobile quoted at $1,195 may have undergone a price raise to
$1,350, but the former price quotation fixes the car’s retail price
status as compared with a car that sells for $360 or $550.
One hundred manufacturers are said to have raised their prices,
and forty made increases from $10 to $700 on each car, the average
advance being $146. Freight conditions and the uncertainties of the
international situation were advanced as reasons for the increase.
Practically all the American manufacturers of tires also raised prices
a second time within a year, the range of the last increase being from
6-1/2 to 12 per cent. Where price is not given, it was not available.
Cylinders Price
“Abbott-Detroit” Abbott Corporation,
Cleveland, O. 6 $1,195 to $1,820
“Allen” Allen Motor Car Co.,
Fostoria, O. 4 850 to 1,195
“Alter” Alter Motor Car Co.,
Grand Haven, Mich. 4-6 675 to 850
“American” American Motors
Corporation, New York,
N. Y. 6 1,285 and 845
“Ams-Sterling” Sterling Automobile
Manufacturing Co.,
New York, N. Y. 4 825 to 845
“Anderson” Anderson Motor Co.,
Rock Hill, S. C. 6 1,250 and 1,275
“Apperson” Apperson Bros. Auto Co.,
Kokomo, Ind. 6-8 1,690 to 2,000
“Arbenz” Arbenz Motor Car Co.,
Chillicothe, O.
“Auburn” Auburn Automobile Co.,
Auburn, Ind. 6 1,145 to 1,785
“Austin” Austin Automobile Co.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 6-12 3,400 to 5,250
“Beardsley” Beardsley Electric Co.,
Los Angeles, Cal.
(Electric) .... 1,285 to 3,000
“Bell” Bell Motor Car Co.,
York, Pa. 4 875
“Ben-Hur” Ben Hur Motor Co.,
Cleveland, O. 6 1,875 to 2,750
“Biddle” Biddle Motor Car Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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