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Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, in 1906–1907. The Atlas Automobile Company was established on College Avenue in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in late 1906 in a "fireproof garage." It was a four-cylinder car rated at 25/30 hp with shaft drive and a 3-speed sliding gear transmission.Kimes (1985), p. 64 It was offered as a
touring car Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars (i.e. cars without a fixed roof). "Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which seats four or more people. The style was popular from the early 1900s to the 1930s. Th ...
or runabout. The firm was out of business by the next year.


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, Nick (Ed.). ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile''. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. *Kimes, Beverly Rae and Clark Jr, Henry Austin. ''Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805–1942'' (Third Edition). Iola, WI: Krause. 1996. {{Pittsburgh Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Pennsylvania