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Chalmers Motor Car Company was a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 based automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 company located in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
.

Chalmers flourished in the 1910s and then faltered in the 1920s post-World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 recession. It merged with the Maxwell Automobile Company
Maxwell automobile

The Maxwell was a brand of automobiles manufactured in the United States from about 1904 to 1925.The brand name of motor cars was started as the Maxwell-Briscoe Company of Tarrytown, New York....
 in the early 1920s, and ended all production in late 1923.

With a 115 in (2921 mm) wheelbase
Wheelbase

In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels....
 on 34 in (86 cm) wheels, Chalmers were expensive cars for the period.






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Chalmers Motor Car Company was a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 based automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 company located in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
.

Chalmers flourished in the 1910s and then faltered in the 1920s post-World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 recession. It merged with the Maxwell Automobile Company
Maxwell automobile

The Maxwell was a brand of automobiles manufactured in the United States from about 1904 to 1925.The brand name of motor cars was started as the Maxwell-Briscoe Company of Tarrytown, New York....
 in the early 1920s, and ended all production in late 1923.

With a 115 in (2921 mm) wheelbase
Wheelbase

In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels....
 on 34 in (86 cm) wheels, Chalmers were expensive cars for the period. The 30 Touring and the 30 Roadster sold for US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
1500, when the Black
Black Motor Company

The Black was a brass era United States automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.It was a high wheeler buggy priced at a surprisingly low United States dollar375-$450, when Western Tool Works 's Model A was US$500, the high-volume Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Curved Dash went for US$650, and the Ford "Doctor's Car" was...
 could be had as low as $375, the Brush Runabout
Brush Motor Car Company

Brush Motor Company, or the "Brush Runabout Company," based in Detroit, Michigan, was founded by Alanson P. Brush who designed a light car with wooden chassis , friction drive transmission and "underslung" coil springs in tension instead of compression on all four axles....
 for US$485, Western
Western Tool Works (automobile company)

Western Tool Works was a pioneering brass era automobile manufacurer in Galesburg, Illinois.Western in 1905 produced the Gale Model A, an open roadster, for sale at United States dollar500, which was less than high-volume Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Curved Dash, at US$650, the Ford "Doctor's Car" at US$850, or the Holsman Automobile Company...
's Gale Model A US$500, and the high-volume Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....
 Runabout
Oldsmobile Curved Dash

The Curved Dash Oldsmobile is credited as the first high-volume mass-produced automobile. It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1907....
 for US$650, while Cole 30 was US$1500, and the Oakland 40 was US$1600. The Chalmers 30 Coupe at US2400 was nearer the US$2000 Enger 40, while 40 Touring and 40 Roadster at US2750 and 40 Torpedo
Torpedo (car)

The torpedo body style was a type of automobile body used from the early twentieth century until the mid-1930s, and which fell quickly into disuse by the Second World War....
 at US3000 were still below American
American Motor Car Company

The American Motor Car Company was a short-lived company in the automotive industry founded in 1906, lasting until 1913. It was based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States....
's lowest-price model, at US$4250 (its highest was US$5250).

Taking part in early racing, a Chalmers won the 1910 Glidden Tour
Glidden Tour

The Glidden Tours were promotional events held during the Brass Era car by the American Automobile Association . The AAA, a proponent for safer roads, acceptance of the automobile and automotive-friendly legislation, started the tour to promote public acceptance and bring awareness of their goals....
.

The company also originated the Chalmers Award
MLB Most Valuable Player Award

The Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America....
 in professional baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
.

Sources

  • Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.


See also

  • List of automobile manufacturers
  • List of defunct automobile manufacturers
    List of defunct automobile manufacturers

    Below is a list of defunct United States automobile manufacturers from the 1800s to the present.ABC...
  • Brass era