Greyhound (automobile company)

1913 Greyhound Cyclecar advertisement from Carette magazine

1914 Greyhound Cyclecar advertisement from Carette magazine

The Greyhound Cyclecar Company was created in 1914 in Toledo, Ohio. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The original car was designed by E.J.Cooke as a two-passenger, ^[3] four-cylinder engine cyclecar ^[2] with electronic ignition. ^[4] The company said it would deliver 2,400 cars by the end of the year, but this did not happen. So, in 1915, the company moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Some confusing name changes then happened, first to Crown Automobile Manufacturing Company (which did not last long), then the States Motor Company, but the car was still called the Greyhound. The car had transformed from a cyclecar to a larger lightcar. ^[2] In April 1916, a new set of people came and the company was reorganized, and the Greyhound was dropped.

Model (year)	Engine	HP	Transmission	Wheelbase
Cyclecar-2p.(1914–1915)	4-cylinder	14/18	sliding-gear 2-speed [2]	104" [1]
lightcar-2p.(1915–1916)	4-cylinder	30 [2]	N/A	106"
lightcar-5p.(1915–1916)	4-cylinder	30	N/A	106"

References

1. Automotive Industries. Vol. 30. Chilton Company, Incorporated. 1914. p. 177. ISSN   0005-1527 . Retrieved 2015-04-10.
2. Kimes, Beverly (1996). standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause publications. ISBN   0-87341-428-4.
3. "American Cyclecar Manufacturers". american-automobiles.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
4. Georgano, G.N.; Andersen, T.R. (1982). The New encyclopedia of motorcars, 1885 to the present. Dutton. ISBN   9780525932543 . Retrieved 2015-04-10.