1911 oh… that was a great year! Well I don’t actually have any proof of that, but there sure were a lot of new car makes that year. Here the list:
Alpena; ArBenz; Atterbury; Carhartt, Case, Chevrolet; Colby, Crow-Elkhart, Dalton, Gaylord, Havers, Hupp-Yeats; King; Lenox; Mighty Michigan; Motorette; Nyberg: Penn; Rayfield; R.C.H.; Roader; Rogers; S.G.V.; Standard Electric (yes electric); Stutz; Stuyvesant; Virginian; W.F.S.
So who were the leaders for that year?
Ford out-paced all with 69,762 Cars.
Second up was Studebaker/EMF with 26,827.
Willys-Overland up next with 18,745 and Maxwell about 2,000 less at 16,000.
Buick came in at fifth with 13,389, beating out Cadillac with 10,071 cars.
Hudson and Chalmers finish up the list with 6,486 and 6,250 respectively.
1911 Milestones:
– International Motor Company was formed (MACK)
– Buick sets a speed record, running 20 miles in just over 13 minutes.
– First Indianapolis 500 was held and won by Ray Harroun in a six-cylinder Marmon Wasp – 6 hours, 42 minutes and 8 seconds of drive time.
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Tim
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