Buffalo (1901 automobile)
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The Buffalo was an American
automobile A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarde ...
manufactured from 1900 until 1902, by the Buffalo Automobile and Auto-Bi Company of
Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...
. Two models were made, the Junior with a 3.5 hp, and the Senior with 6 hp single-cylinder engines. The company also produced an "Auto.Bi", a two-wheeled motorcycle. In 1903 the company was taken over by the E.R. Thomas Motor Company. They combined with Fort Plain Spring and Axel which also made 1 Cylinder Runabouts, Dr. Runabouts. It had no connection with the Buffalo Electric Carriage Company which built cars in Buffalo at the same time.


References

*David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''. *Scientific American, Volume 80, number 9-March, 1902 Cars introduced in 1901 Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state) Companies based in Buffalo, New York Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1901 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1903 1901 establishments in New York (state) 1903 disestablishments in New York (state) Defunct companies based in New York (state) 1900s cars Veteran vehicles {{veteran-auto-stub