Century Motor Vehicle Company

Century Motor Vehicle Company (1899–1903) was a manufacturer of electric[1] and steam automobiles in Syracuse, New York. The company switched to gasoline-fuelled internal combustion engine-powered automobiles in January 1903,[2] and went out of business later that year.[3]

Century Motor Vehicle Company

Type	Automobile Manufacturing
Industry	Automotive
Genre	Runabouts, roadsters
Fate	Failed - underestimated their production costs
Founded	1899
Founder	Charles F. Saul, William Van Wagoner, Charles Listman, Charles A. Bridgman and Hiram W. Plumb
Defunct	1903
Headquarters	Syracuse, New York , United States
Area served	United States
Products	Vehicles Automotive parts

It is not to be confused with Century, a British motor company that produced cars until 1907.

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Century Motor Vehicle Company - Chainless transmission of power - The Horseless Age, 1901

Century Roadster - 1903

Century Motor Vehicle Company - 1903

Century Tourist - 1903

For Sale - Century Steam automobile - Altoona Mirror, December 10, 1906

References

1. Motor age, Volume 5, No. 23. The Trade Press - June 9, 1904. 1904. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
2. The Motor way, Volumes 6-7. The Automobile Review and News, 1902. 1902. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
3. "Early Steam Automobile Manufacturers". American Automobiles, Farber and Associates, LLC - 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

External links

• The Century Steam Car & The Century Motor Vehicle Co.
• Early American Automobiles, 1904 models