National Motor Vehicle Company
The National Motor Vehicle Company was an American automobile manufacturer in Indianapolis, Indiana 1900-1924 was established. The company was founded by LS Dow and Philip Goertz, a former employee of the Waverley Division of the American Bicycle Company. Its subsequent president, Arthur C. Newby, was one of the investors in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
History
The company first National Automobile & Electric Company called initially built electric cars. The first, a runabout with the name style A and Stock Steering, was 1900. Starting 1903 vehicles were built with an internal combustion engine. The two- and four-cylinder engines came from Rutenber.
The National model 135 of 1904 cost U.S. $ 2000, -. His single electric motor was installed backwards and made 6.7 kW. Over a four-speed gearbox, the engine power was transmitted to the rear axle. The car with beplanktem wood frame construction reached a maximum speed of 24 km / h
1905 fell off the two-cylinder model and a six-cylinder with a round cooler came about. The last electric cars emerged in 1906 and in 1907 built his own National engines.
The largest vehicle emissions reached the National Motor Vehicle Company in 1915 than 1800 cars emerged. 1916, the company name (company) was changed to National Motor Vehicle Company and the Company and presented to the National Highway Twelve, a V12 - cylinder model, one of the first in the United States. This model was at U.S. $ 1900 - 3200 - even cheaper than the same time made National Newport Six Continental six-cylinder engine, the U.S. $ 2500, - 3400, - cost. Until 1919 six-and twelve-cylinder models were built in parallel, then they only decided again on six-cylinder.
1922, the Company together with the Dixie Car Company and the Jackson Automobile Company became part of the Associated Motor Industries - group. 1923 Brands Dixie Flyer and Jackson have been set. The Jackson model 6-38 became a national model 6-51 and the Dixie Flyer Model H Model for National 4-H. The sales figures at the beginning of the 1920s, but fell off and in January 1924 the bankruptcy proceedings have been instituted against the Company and ceased production.
Sporting successes
1912 Joe Dawson won the Indianapolis 500 race in a National.