Stutz Motor Company

The Stutz Motor Car Co., founded later than Stutz Motor Car of America, was a manufacturer of luxury automobiles. Its founder, Harry C. Stutz, however, who was active at this time no longer in business, already passed away in 1930.

History

Stutz Motor Company (1898-1939)

Since 1898, the Kutschenbauer Harry Stutz was engaged in construction of prototypes motorized carriages. After he had increasingly involved over the years with this issue, he founded in 1911 in Indianapolis the Ideal Motor Company. In the same year he began a car with the 500 miles of Indianapolis, who came a respectable eleventh place. In 1913 Stutz named his company around in Stutz Motor Car. In the following years, Stutz was concerned with the development of its Roadster, which he called Bearcat, and achieved further success. To the increasing capital requirements, which resulted from the construction of a new production facility and the expenses for research and development, blankets, Stutz transformed his company into a joint stock company in 1916. 1919, the company was acquired by its main shareholder Allan Ryan. This, however, had to file for bankruptcy, and two years later the company was taken over by a group of financial investors. Moskowics, who took over the line, initiated a change of course. The production of roadsters was adjusted in favor of the luxury sedans, of which several models were presented in the following years. 1929 was completed with the Blackhawk the last model under Moskowics ' leadership, which gave the business to Edgar Gorrell. The world economic crisis drove the company to the brink of financial ruin. However, the business could continue for up to 1939, before ultimately bankruptcy was filed. In the last year of production just six cars were manufactured.

Stutz Motor Car of America (1968-1987)

James O'Donnell was in 1968 revived the brand name Stutz with the newly founded company Stutz Motor Car of America again. In 1970 he presented the based on a Pontiac chassis and Virgil Exner designed Stutz Blackhawk, which has been produced in five different series. These were not a replica, but a design with elements of 1930s with contemporary components.

Over the years, followed by the convertibles and Bearcat d'Italia, Limousines duplex, IV Porte and Victoria as well as the representation of vehicles and Diplomatic Royale.

The " New Stutz ," as O'Donnell called his vehicles were the most expensive American automobiles of their time. Between 1970 and 1988 caused a total of about 600 vehicles, most of them Blackhawk coupé. From Diplomatic just seven examples were built ( six of them went to Saudi Arabia), the Royale only three copies (two for the King of Saudi Arabia). In 1987 the production was finally stopped.

Known Stutz owners

  • Fahd ibn Abd al - Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
  • Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
  • Elvis Presley, musician

Fictional Stutz owners

  • Charles Montgomery Burns is traveling in the Simpsons episode " The Trillion -dollar bill " a dark brown 1936er Stutz Bearcat.
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