Chalmers Automobile 

Manufacturer Chalmers Automobile Company
Body style(s) roadster

1922 Chalmers
1922 Chalmers Touring

Chalmers Motor Car Company was a United States based automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan.

Chalmers flourished in the 1910s and then faltered in the 1920s post-World War I recession. It merged with the Maxwell Automobile Company in the early 1920s, and ended all production in late 1923.

With a 115 in (2921 mm) wheelbase on 34 in (86 cm) wheels,1 Chalmers were expensive cars for the period. The 30 Touring and the 30 Roadster sold for US$1500,2 when the Black could be had as low as $375,3 the Brush Runabout for US$485,4 Western's Gale Model A US$500,5 and the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout for US$650,6 while Cole 30 was US$1500,7 and the Oakland 40 was US$1600.8 The Chalmers 30 Coupe at US24009 was nearer the US$2000 Enger 40,10 while 40 Touring and 40 Roadster at US2750 and 40 Torpedo at US300011 were still below American's lowest-price model, at US$4250 (its highest was US$5250).12

Taking part in early racing, a Chalmers won the 1910 Glidden Tour.13

The company also originated the Chalmers Award in professional baseball.

Notes

  1. ^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.107.
  2. ^ Clymer, p.107.
  3. ^ Clymer, p.61.
  4. ^ Clymer, p.104.
  5. ^ Clymer, p.51.
  6. ^ Clymer, p.32.
  7. ^ Clymer, p.104.
  8. ^ Clymer, p.84.
  9. ^ Clymer, p.107.
  10. ^ Clymer, p.104.
  11. ^ Clymer, p.107.
  12. ^ Clymer, p.91.
  13. ^ Clymer, p.107.

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