Chandler Motor Car
The Chandler Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer in the 1910s and 1920s.
Creation and strategy of the company
The company was founded in 1913 by Frederick C. Chandler in Cleveland (Ohio ). Chandler was previously a designer at the Lozier Motor Company, a manufacturer of luxury automobiles. Chandler and several other executives left Lozier and joined the newly founded Chandler Motor Company.
Chandler focused on producing a mid-size car of good quality. Chandler cars were well received by the market.
Production
1920 Chandler had a lineup of six cars to offer, which were offered at prices 1995-3595 U.S. dollars. In 1922 there were ten models that cost 1495-2375 $. Like many other car manufacturers in the medium price segment also led Chandler a a cheaper vehicle for company fleets, the Cleveland.
Chandler's best year was 1927; he sold 20,000 cars. It was hoped to be able to continue to increase sales and therefore expanded too strong in the following year. The financial year 1928 has had to close the company with over $ 500,000 debt.
1929 Chandler Motor Company was bought out by its competitors, the Hupp Motor Car Company, which wanted to also expand. Hupp was only interested in factory and machinery and put the brand.
The Chandler had, like most cars that arose prior to the introduction of the all-steel body as the industry standard, coachwork, which consisted of planked with sheet metal wood frame. Because of the time becoming leaky roofs, rotted wood frame material away after a few decades, so do not have as many of the Chandler automobiles survived as other popular brands of that time.