Kaiser-Frazer

Kaiser-Frazer
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1945
FounderHenry J. Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
Defunct1953; 71 years ago (1953)
FateMerged to Willys-Overland
SuccessorKaiser Jeep
Headquarters
Key people
Edgar F. Kaiser
ProductsAutomobiles

The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation (1947–1953 as Kaiser-Frazer) was an American automobile company. It was founded jointly by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and automobile executive Joseph W. Frazer.[1] In 1947, the company acquired the automotive assets of Graham-Paige, of which Frazer had become president near the end of World War II. Kaiser-Frazer was one of a few US automakers to achieve success after World War II, if only for a few years. Joseph W. Frazer left the company in 1949, replaced as president by Henry's son Edgar F. Kaiser.

In 1953, Kaiser bought the ailing Willys-Overland company, mainly for its Jeep brand, and merged the Kaiser and Willys operations under the "Kaiser-Willys Corporation". The Willys-Overland branch was renamed "Willys Motors", until ten years later, in 1963, it was renamed Kaiser Jeep.

  1. ^ Kaiser Cars, 1947–1955 by Kelsey Wright at AllPar, 16 Nov 2020