Marvel (automobile) explained

Marvel Motor Car Company
Manufacturer:Marvel Motor Car Company
Production:1907
Successor:Crescent Runabout
Body Style:runabout
Engine:horizontal two-cylinder gasoline
Transmission:planetary

The Marvel was an automobile built at 284–290 Rivard Street,[1] Detroit, Michigan, United States, by the Marvel Motor Car Company in 1907.

Marvel Motor Car Company purchased the Paragon factory and began building their own runabout. The Marvel was a two-seat runabout with a horizontal two-cylinder 14-hp engine, a planetary transmission and single chain drive. Price was set at $800, .

The company lost its factory space and ended production. The car became the Crescent in 1908.

Notes and References

  1. Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63.