The American Napier was an
automobile sold by the Napier Motor Car Company of America from 1904 until 1912.
Initially, the company imported assembled
Napier Napier may refer to:
People
* Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name
* Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders
Given name
* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
* Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
s from England. From late 1904 the cars were assembled under licence in
Jamaica Plain, a section of
Boston, Massachusetts, in a building formerly used by the
B.F. Sturtevant Company. The cars were offered with both American and British built
coachwork.
History
In 1907 the company experienced financial problems and production was halted.
In 1909 a new company took over and production restarted in March that year. This lasted until 1911 when the
Napier Motor Company took over the interests, but this venture barely lasted a year.
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References
History of Massachusetts
Brass Era vehicles
Veteran vehicles
1900s cars
1910s cars
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