Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company Explained

Manufacturer:	Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company
Production:	1906–12

Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company was a pioneer brass era, American automobile company, built in Miamisburg, Ohio, from 1909 until 1912.^[1]

History

The company was begun in 1906^[2] as the Kauffman Buggy Company, providing bodies and chassis for Hatfield, located across town. In 1908, as Hatfield ran into financial difficulties,^[3] the two firms merged, to form the Advance Motor Vehicle Company.

Under the Advance name, they introduced a four-passenger roadster with a refined version of Hartfield's four-cylinder on a 104 in (2642 mm) wheelbase.^[2] The Model C sold for US$1000,^[2]

Advance became the Kauffman Motor Car Company in 1911, and folded the next year.^[4]

Sources

• Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
• Kimes, Beverly Rae. The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805–1942. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989. .
• Book: Burgess-Wise , David . David Burgess-Wise

. David Burgess-Wise . The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles . BookSales Inc; Rev Upd edition (May 2000) . 559 . 0-7858-1106-0. 2000 .

See also

• List of automobile manufacturers
• List of defunct automobile manufacturers

Notes and References

1. Kimes, Beverly Rae. The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805–1942 (Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989), p.761.
2. Kimes, p.761.
3. Kimes, p.652.
4. Kimes, 761.