List of U.S. cars

This page tries to show every U.S. car ever made by manufacturer.

There were over 1800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were started after that period.

Major current US automakers

With their various brand-names, many of which earlier had been independent companies:

*Chrysler (1925-present) (formerly part of DaimlerChrysler)
**Chalmers-Detroit/Chalmers (1908-1924)
**DeSoto (1929-1961)
**Dodge (1914-present)
**Jeep
**Routan
**Willys-Overland
**Eagle (1988-1998)
**Imperial (1955-1975, 1981-1983)
**Maxwell (1905-1925)
**Plymouth (1928-2001)
**Valiant
*Ford (1903-present)
**Continental (1956-1957)
**Edsel (1958-1960)
**Lincoln (1920-present)
**Mercury (1939-present)
**Merkur (1985-1989)
*General Motors
**AM General (not sold to private individuals; similar vehicles are sold to ordinary consumers as Hummers)
**Buick (1903-present)
***Marquette (1930)
**Cadillac (1903-present)
***LaSalle (1927-1940)
**Cartercar (1906-1916)
**Chevrolet (1912-present)
***Geo (1988-1998)
**Elmore (1893-1912)
**Ewing (1908-1911)
**GMC
**Hummer (1992-present)
**Oakland (1907-1931)
**Oldsmobile (1897-2004)
***Viking (1929-1931)
**Pontiac (1926-present)
**Saturn (1990-present)
**Scripps Booth (1913-1923)
**Sheridan (1920-1921)
**Welch (1903-1911)

Minor current US automakers

*AC Propulsion [http://www.acpropulsion.com/]
*Advanced Automotive Technologies [http://www.aatcars.com/]
*Anteros [http://www.anterosmarketing.com/]
*Avanti [http://www.avantimotors.com/]
*Berrien Buggy [http://www.berrienbuggy.com/]
*Blast [http://www.blastautomotive.com/]
*Callaway [http://www.callawaycars.com/]
*Commuter [http://www.commutercars.com/]
*Dragon [http://www.dragonmotorcars.com/]
*Duesenberg [http://www.duesenbergcustomcoach.com/]
*Electro [http://www.electroauto.com/]
*E-Z-Go Textron [http://www.ezgo.com/]
*Formula1 Street [http://www.formula1street.com/]
*Fisker [http://www.fiskercb.com/]
*Ida [http://www.robidaconcepts.com/page/page/1916736.htm]
*Mosler (originally named Consulier)
*Packard [http://www.packardmotorcar.com/]
*Panoz [http://www.panozauto.com/]
*Saleen [http://www.saleen.com/]
*SSC
*Studebaker [http://www.studebakermotorcompany.com/]
*Tesla [http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php]
*Vector [http://www.vectormotors.com/]
*Zimmer [http://www.zimmermotorcars.com/]

Other US automakers

A

*A Car Without A Name (1909-1910)
*Abbott-Detroit (1909-1916)
*ABC (1906-1910)
*Able (1917-1919)
*Ace (1920-1922)
*Acme (1903-1911)
*Adams-Farwell (1905-1911)
*Adria (1921-1922)
*Aerocar (1946)
*Airscoot (1947)
*Airway (1949-1950)
*Ajax (1914-1915)
*Ajax (1920-1921)
*Ajax (1925-1926)
*Aland (1916-1917)
*Albany (1907-1908)
*Alco (1909-1913)
*Aldo (1910)
*Alena (1922)
*All-Steel (1915-1916)
*Allen (1913-1914)
*Allen (1913-1921)
*Allen Kingston (1907-1909)
*Allied (1932-1934)
*Allstate (1952-1953)
*Alpena (1910-1914)
*Alsace (1920-1921)
*Alter (1915-1917)
*Altham (1896-1899)
*Altman (1901)
*Aluminum (1920-1922)
*Amalgamated (1917-1919)
*Amco (1917-1922)
*America (1911)
*American (1899)
*American (1902-1903)
*American (1911-1912)
*American (1914)
*American (1910-24)
*American Austin (1930-1934) (later American Bantam) (1938-1941)
*American Chocolate (1903-1906)
*American Electric (1899-1902)
*American Electric (1913-1914)
*American Locomotive Company (ALCO) (1909-1913)
*American Populaire (1904-1905)
*American Simplex (1906-1910) (see also Amplex)
*American Steam (1924-1942)
*American Steamer (1922-1924)
*American Tri-Car (1912)
*American Underslung (1905-1914)
*American Waltham (1898-1899)
*American Voiturette (see Car-Nation)
*Ames (1910-1915)
*Amplex (1910-1913) (see also American Simplex)
*Anahuac (1922)
*Anchor Buggy (1910-1911)
*Anderson (1916-1925)
*Anderson Electric (later Detroit Electric)
*Anhut (1909-1910)
*Ann Arbor (1911-1912)
*Ansted (1926-1927)
*Ansted-Lexington (1922)
*Apollo (1906-1907)
*Apollo (1962-1964)
*Apperson (1902-1926)
*Apple (1917-1918)
*ArBenz (1911-1918)
*Ardsley (1905-1906)
*Argo (1914-1918)
*Argo Electric (1912-1916)
*Argonaut (1959-1963)
*Argonne (1919-1920)
*Ariel (1905-1906)
*Armstrong Electric (1901-1902)
*Arnolt
*Arrow (1914)
*Asardo (1959-1960)
*Astra (1920)
*Atlas (1907-1913)
*Auburn (1900-1936)
*Aultman (1901)
*Aurora (1957-1958)
*Austin (1901-1921) (note: this is different from both the UK Austin and American Austin)
*Auto Red Bug
*Autocar (1901-1912)
*Auto Cub (1956)
*Autoette (1910-1913)
*Autoette (1948-1970)
*Automatic Electric (1921)

B

*Babcock Electric (1906-1912)
*Baker Electric (1899-1916)
*Balzer (1894-1900)
*Barley (1923-1924)
*Bates (1903-1905)
*Beaver (1912)
*Bell (1916-1922)
*Belmont (1916)
*Bendix (1908-1909)
*Benham (1914-1917)
*Berg (1903-1905)
*Berwick Electric (1904)
*Biddle (1916-1923)
*Biesel (1914)
*Binghamton Electric (1920)
*Binney & Burnham (1901-1902)
*Black (1896-1900)
*Black Crow (1909-1911)
*Blackhawk (1929-1930)
*Blood (1902-1905)
*Bobbi-Kar (1945-1947)
*Bour-Davis (1915-1922)
*Brew-Hatcher (1904-1905)
*Brewster (1915-1925, 1934-1935)
*Briggs-Detroiter (1912-1917)
*Briscoe (1914-1921)
*Brush (1907-1912)
*Bryan (1918-1923)
*Buckmobile (1903-1905)
*Buffalo (1900-1902)
*Buffalo Electric (1901-1906, 1912-1915)
*Buffum (1901-1906)
*Burg (1910 - 1913)
*Bush (1916-1924)

C

*Cameron (1903-1920)
*Cannon (1902-1906)
*Car de Luxe (1906-1910)
*Car-Nation (c.1912-1915)
*Carhartt (1910-1911)
*Carter Twin-Engine (1907-1908)
*Case (1911-1927)
*Cavac (1910)
*Central
*Century Electric (1911-1915)
*Chadwick (1904-1916)
*Chandler (1914-1929)
*Chaparral
*Checker (1922-1982)
*Church
*Church-Field (1912-1915)
*Citicar (1974-1983)
*Cleveland (1919-1926)
*Cleveland Electric (1909-1910)
*Clenet
*Climber (1919-1924)
*Clipper
*Coates-Goshen (1908-1910)
*Coats Steamer (1921-1923)
*Coey (1913-1917)
*Cole (1909-1925)
*Colonial Six (1917)
*Colt (1907)
*Columbia Electric (1897-1913)
*Columbia Six (1916-1924)
*Commerce (1922)
*Commonwealth (1917-1922)
*Consolidated Motor Company (see Moyea)
*Continental (1933-1934)
*Corbin (1904-1912)
*Corbin (1999-2003)
*Cord (1929-1932, 1936-1937)
*Correja (1908-1915)
*Courier (1904-1905)
*Courier (1910-1912)
*Covert (1902-1907)
*Coyote (1909-1910)
*Crane (1912-1914)
*Crane & Breed (1912-1917)
*Crane-Simplex (1922)
*Crawford (1905-1923)
*Crestmobile (1901-1905)
*Cricket (1914)
*Crosley (1939-1952)
*Crow-Elkhart (1911-1923)
*Crown (1905)
*Croxton (1909-1910)
*Croxton-Keeton (1909-1910)
*Cunningham (1907-1936)
*Cunningham (1951-1955)
*Cutting (1909-1912)
*CVI (1907-1908)

D

*DAC (1922-1923)
*Dagmar (1922-1927)
*Daniels (1916-1924)
*Davis (1908-1929)
*Davis (1914)
*Davis Steam (1921)
*Day (1911-1914)
*Dayton Electric (1911-1915)
*Davis Totem (1921-1922)
*De La Vergne (1895-1896)
*De Lorean
*De Luxe (1910)
*De Mot (1910)
*De Schaum (1908-1909)
*De Tamble (1908-1913)
*De Vaux (1931)
*De Vaux Continental (1932)
*Deal (1905-1911)
*Del Mar (1949)
*Demotcar (1910-1911)
*Desberon (1901-1904)
*Detroit (1899-1902)
*Detroit (1904)
*Detroit Cyclecar (1913-1914)
*Detroit-Dearborn (1910-1911)
*Detroit Electric (1907-circa 1939)
*Detroit-Oxford (1905-1906)
*Detroit Steam (1923)
*Detroiter (1912-1917)
*DeWitt (c.1908-1910)
*Diamond T (1905-1911)
*Diana (1925-1928)
*Dile (1914-1916)
*Dingfelder (1903)
*Dispatch (1910)
*Dixie Flyer (1916-1923)
*Doble (1914-1918, 1923-1931)
*Dodge (1914-1915)
*Dodgeson (1926)
*Dolson (1904-1907)
*Dorris (1906-1925)
*Dort (1915-1924)
*Downing-Detroit (1913-1915)
*Dragon (1906-1908)
*Drexel (1916-1917)
*Dual-Ghia (1956-1962)
*Dudly Bug (1913-1915)
*Duesenberg (1920-1937)
*DuPont (1919-1931)
*Durant (1921-1932)
*Duryea (1893-1917)
*Dymaxion (1933-1934)

E

*Earl (1921-1923)
*Eisenhuth (1896-1900)
*Elcar (1915-1931)
*Eldredge (1903-1906)
*Electrakar
*Electric Carriage and Wagon Company (1896-1897) becomes Electric Vehicle Company
*Electric Vehicle Company (1897-1909) becomes Columbia
*Electrobat (see Morris & Salom)
*Elgin (1916-1924)
*Emerson (1917)
*E-M-F (1909-1912)
*Empire (1901-1902)
*Empire (1910-1919)
*Empire Steamer (1899-1900)
*Endurance (1922-1924)
*Enger (1909-1927)
*Engler (1914-1915)
*Entyre (1910-1911)
*Erskine (1927-1930)
*Eshelman (1953-1960)
*Essex (1919-1932)
*Etnyre (1910-1911)
*Eureka (1900)
*Eureka (1907-1909)
*Everitt (1909-1912)
*Excel (1914)
*Excalibur

F-G

*Fal-Car (1909-1913)
*Falcon-Knight (1927-1929)
*Faulkner-Blanchard (1910)
*Fina-Sport (1953-1954)
*Firestone-Columbus (1909-1915)
*Fischer-Detroit (1914)
*Flint (1923-1927)
*Flyer (1913-1914)
*Fostoria (1915-1916)
*Franklin (1902-1934)
*Frazer (1947-1951)
*Fredonia (1902-1904)
*Friend (1920-1921)
*Fritchle Electric (1905-1920)
*FRP (1914-1916)
*Fuller (1907-1909)
*Gadabout (1913-1915)
*Gaeth (1902-1911)
*Gale (1905-1907)
*Gardner (1920-1931)
*Garford (1908, 1911-1913)
*Gas-au-Lec (1905-1906)
*Gasmobile (1899-1902)
*Gaylord (1911-1912)
*Gem (1917-1919)
*GJG (1909-1914)
*Glasspar (1950-1954)
*Glide (1903-1920)
*Globe Four (1921-1922)
*Graham (1930-1941)
*Graham-Paige (1928-1930)
*Grant (1913-1922)
*Gray (1922-1926)
*Great Eagle (1910-1918)
*Great Smith (1907-1911)
*Great Southern (1910-1914)
*Greenleaf (1902)
*Gregory (1920-1922)
*Grinnell (1910-1913)
*Griswold (1907)
*Grout (1900-1912)
*Gyroscope (1908-1909)

H

*Hackett (1916-1919)
*H.A.L. (1916-1918)
*Halladay (1905-1922)
*Hammer (1905-1906)
*Hammer-Sommer (1902-1904)
*Handley-Knight (1921-1923)
*Harrison (1905-1906)
*Harroun (1917-1922)
*Harvard (1915-1921)
*Hatfield (1907-1908)
*Havers (1908-1914)
*Hawk (1914)
*Haynes (1905-1924)
*Haynes-Apperson (1896-1905)
*Heine-Velox (1905-1906, 1921-1923)
*Henney (1960-1964)
*Henry (1910-1912)
*Henry J (1951-1954)
*Herff-Brooks (1915-1916)
*Herreshoff (1909-1914)
*Hewitt-Lindstrom (1900-1901)
*Hidley (1901)
*Hitchcock (1909)
*Hobbie Accessible (1908-1909)
*Hoffman (1931)
*Hol-Tan (1908)
*Holley (1900-1904)
*Hollier (1915-1921)
*Holsman (1903-1910)
*Hoppenstand (1949-1950)
*Huber (1903-1907)
*Hudson (1909-1957)
*Hudson (1901-1902)
*Huffman (1920-1925)
*Hupmobile (1909-1941)
*Hupp-Yates (1911-1916)

I-K

*International Harvester
*Inter-State (1909-1919)
*Jackson (1903-1923)
*Jacquet Flyer (1921)
*Jaeger (1932-1933)
*Janney (1907)
*Jeannin (1908)
*Jeffery (1914-1917)
*Jewett (1922-1927)
*Johnson (1905-1912)
*Jordan (1917-1931)
*JPL (1913)
*Kaiser (1947-1955)
*Kauffman (1909-1912)
*Keeton (1912-1914)
*Keller (1948-1950)
*Kent's Pacemaker (1899-1901)
*Kermath (1907-1908)
*Kess-Line 8 (1922)
*Kessler (1921-1922)
*Keystone (1899-1900)
*Keystone (1914-1915)
*King (1896, 1911-1923)
*King Midget (1947-1969)
*King-Remick (1910)
*Kissel (1907-1931)
*Kline Kar (1910-1923)
*Knox (1900-1914)
*Komet (1911)
*Koppin (1915)
*K-R-I-T (or Krit) (1910-1915)
*Kurtis Kraft (1949-1955)

L

*LaFayette (1921-1924)
*LaPonette
*Lambert (1905-1917)
*Laurel (1916-1920)
*Lenawee (1903-1904)
*Lenox (1911-1917)
*Lexington (1910-1927)
*Liberty (1916-1924)
*Light (1914)
*Lincoln (1912-1913)
*Lincoln Highway (1914)
*Lion (1909-1912)
*Liquid Air (1899-1902)
*Little (1911-1913)
*Little Detroit (1913-1914)
*Little Princess (1913-1914)
*Locomobile (1899-1929)
*Lone Star (1920-1922)
*Lorraine (1920-1922)
*Lozier (1898, 1901, 1905-1918)
*LuLu (1914)
*Luverne (1904-1917)
*Lyons Atlas (1913-1915)

M

*Madison (1915-1919)
*Maibohm (1916-1922)
*Majestic (1917)
*Malcolm Jones (1914-1915)
*Marathon(1908-1914)
*Marble-Swift (1903-1905)
*Marion (1904-1915)
*Marion Flyer (1910)
*Marion-Handley (1916-1919)
*Marmon (1902-1933)
*Marr (1903-1904)
*Martin
*Marvel (1907)
*Maryland (1907-1910)
*Matheson (1903-1912)
*Maxwell (1905-1925)
*Maxwell-Briscoe
*McFarlan (1910-1928)
*McIntyre (1909-1915)
*Mecca (1915-1916)
*Menominee (1915)
*Mercer (1910-1926)
*Mercury (1914)
*Metz (1909-1921)
*Metzger (see Everitt)
*Michigan (1903-1908)
*Michigan (1908-1911)
*Midland (1908-1913)
*Miller (1912-1913)
*Mitchell (1903-1923)
*Model (1903-1907)
*Mohs (1967-1979)
*Moline (1904-1913)
*Moline-Knight (1914-1919)
*Monarch (1914-1917)
*Monitor (1915-1922)
*Monroe (1914-1923)
*Moon (1905-1929)
*Morris & Salom (1894-1897)
*Morse (1910-1916)
*Motor Bob (1914)
*Moyea (1903-1904)
*MPM (1914-1915)
*Munson (1896-1900)
*Muntz (1951-1954)
*Murray (1916-1921)
*Murray-Mac (1921-1929)

N-O

*Nash (1917-1957)
*Nash-Healey
*National (1900-1924)
*Nelson (1917-1921)
*New Parry (1911-1912)
*Niagara (1903-1905)
*Nielson (1907)
*Noma (1919-1923)
*Northern (1902-1908)
*Northway (1921-1922)
*Nu-Klea (1959-1960)
*Nyberg (1911-1914)
*O-We-Go (1914)
*Olympian (1917-1921)
*Orient (1902-1908)
*Orlo (1904)
*Overland (1903-1926, 1939)
*Owen Magnetic (1915-1922)

P-R

*Packard (1899-1958)
*Paige (1911-1928)
*Paige-Detroit (1909-1912)
*Parry (1910)
*Partin (1913)
*Partin-Palmer (1913-1917)
*Paterson (1909-1923)
*Pathfinder (1912-1917)
*Peerless (1900-1931)
*Penn (1910-1913)
*Phelps (1903-1905)
*Piedmont (1917-1922)
*Pierce-Arrow (1901-1938)
*Piggins (1909)
*Pilot (1909-1924)
*Pittsburgh Six (1908-1910)
*Plass (1897)
*Playboy (1947-1951)
*Pope-Hartford (1904-1914)
*Pope-Robinson (1902-1904)
*Pope-Toledo (1903-1909)
*Pope-Tribune (1904-1908)
*Pope-Waverley (1903-1908)
*Powell (1955-1956)
*Premier (1902-1926)
*Princess (1914-1918)
*Publix (1947-1948)
*Pullman (1905-1917)
*Pungs Finch (1904-1908)
*Pup (1948-1949)
*Queen (1904-1907)
*Quick (1899-1900)
*Quinby (1899)
*Rambler
*Rauch & Lang (1905-1932)
*Rayfield (1911-1915)
*Reber (1902-1903)
*Regal (1908-1918)
*Reliable Dayton (1906-1909)
*Reliance (1904-1906)
*Reo (1905-1936)
*Republic (1910-1916)
*ReVere (1918-1926)
*Richmond (1904-1917)
*Rickenbacker (1922-1927)
*Riker (1897-1902)
*Roamer (1916-1929)
*Rocket (see Scripps-Booth)
*Rockne (1932-1933)
*Rollin (1924-1925)
*Roosevelt (1929-1930)
*Ross (1915-1918)
*Ross Steamer (1905-1909)
*Royal Tourist (1904-1911)
*Rugby
*Russell-Knight
*Rutenber (1902)
*Ruxton (1929-1930)

*Sampson (1911)
*Saxon (1913-1922)
*Sayers (1917-1924)
*Scarab (1958)
*Schacht (1904-1914)
*Schaum (1901-1905)
*Sears (1908-1912)
*Selden (1909-1912)
*Shad-Wyck (1917-1923)
*Shawmobile
*Shelby American
*Simplex (1907-1919)
*Simplo (1908-1909)
*Sinclair-Scott (1904-1907)
*Singer (1914-1920)
*Single Center (1907-1908)
*Sintz (1899-1904)
*Skene (1900-1901)
*Smith (1903-1907)
*Smith Flyer (1915-1919)
*Spaulding (1910-1916)
*Speedwell (1907-1914)
*St. Louis (1899-1907)
*Standard (1904-1908)
*Standard (1912-1923)
*Standard Six (1909-1910)
*Standard Steam (1920-1921)
*Stanley (1896-1924)
*Stanwood (1920-1922)
*Star (1922-1928)
*Staver (1907-1914)
*Steamobile (1900-1902)
*Stearns (1900-1911)
*Stearns-Knight (1912-1929)
*Stephens (1917-1924)
*Stevens-Duryea (1901-1927)
*Stewart (1915-1916)
*Stewart-Coats (1922)
*Stoddard-Dayton (1904-1913)
*Stout-Scarab (1932-1936)
*Studebaker (1902-1966)
*Studebaker-Garford (1904-1911)
*Stutz (1911-1935)
*Success (1906-1909)
*Sun (1916-1917)
*Sun (1921-1922)

T-V

*Templar (1917-1924)
*Terraplane (1932-1938)
*Thomas (1902-1919)
*Thomas-Detroit (1906-1908)
*Tincher (1903-1909)
*Towne Shopper (1948)
*Twombly (1910)
*Twombly (1913-1915)
*Tucker (1948)
*Union (1902-1905)
*US Automobile (1899-1901)
*Van Wagoner (1899-1900)
*Velie (1908-1929)
*Virginian (1911-1912)
*Vulcan (1913-1915)

W-Z

*Wagenhals (1910-1915)
*Ware Steam Wagon (1861-1867)
*Warren-Detroit (1910-1913)
*WaterCar
*Waverley Electric (1898-1903, 1909-1916) (see also Pope-Waverley)
*Wayne (1904-1908)
*Westcott (1912-1925)
*Whippet (1927-1931)
*White (1900-1918)
*Wills Sainte Claire (1921-1927)
*Willys
*Willys Knight (1914-1933)
*Wilson (1903-1905)
*Windsor (1929-1930)
*Winton (1896-1924)
*Wolverine (1927-1928)
*Woods Electric (1899-1916)
*Xenia (1914)
*Yale (1902-1905)
*Yale (1916-1918)
*Yellow Cab (1915-1930)
*ZAP
*Zent (1900-1902, 1904-1906)
*Zimmerman (1908-1915)
*Zip (1913-1914)
*Zoe

ee also

*List of automobile manufacturers
*List of cars