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Speedwell Motor Car Company was an early
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manufacturing company producing cars from 1907 to 1914. The company's factory rented space for the
Wright CompanyThe Wright Company or Wright & Co. was the initial aviation business of the Wright Brothers, who had previously run a bicycle shop.They established the company in 1909 to sell aircraft to the U.S. Army Signal Corps....
from February to November 1910 while the Wright Company built its own factory building in west
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In 1911, Speedwell built a closed two-door, dubbed a sedan, which was the first recorded use of the term.
In England, another car was marketed under the Speedwell name from 1900 to 1908.
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The
Speedwell Motor Car Company was an early
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
automobileAn automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
manufacturing company producing cars from 1907 to 1914. The company's factory rented space for the
Wright CompanyThe Wright Company or Wright & Co. was the initial aviation business of the Wright Brothers, who had previously run a bicycle shop.They established the company in 1909 to sell aircraft to the U.S. Army Signal Corps....
from February to November 1910 while the Wright Company built its own factory building in west
DaytonDayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the 2000 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 848,153 in the 2000 census. Dayton is the fourth largest...
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In 1911, Speedwell built a closed two-door, dubbed a sedan, which was the first recorded use of the term.
In England, another car was marketed under the Speedwell name from 1900 to 1908. Other than the name, the two companies are unrelated.