The Chalmers Motor Car Co of Detroit built cars from 1908-1924.
In 1907, Hugh Chalmers, vice president of the National Cash Register Co
bought half the stock of the Thomas-Detroit car company and became
president of the company which became Chalmers-Detroit Motor Company in
1908, and in 1910 it became Chalmers.
Design was by a gentleman name of
Howard Earle Coffin.
The Chalmers was available in both open and closed models with 4
cylinders in the early models and 6 cylinder engines standard in the
later years. Self-starters appeared in 1912.
In 1915 production was some 20,000 cars and even higher in subsequent
years.
For more than a decade the Chalmers was one of the most popular
automobiles made in the US.
1922 saw the takeover of Chalmers by Maxwell
and production ceased on the Chalmers line after 1924.
Maxwell eventually became the Chrysler Four in 1925.
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