Kaiser Motors

Kaiser Motors
IndustryAutomobiles
PredecessorKaiser-Frazer Corporation
FoundedJuly 14, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-07-14)
FounderHenry J. Kaiser
DefunctAugust 13, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-08-13)
FateMerged with Willys-Overland Motors and re-named it Willys Motors; renamed it again as Kaiser Jeep Corporation
SuccessorKaiser Jeep
Headquarters
Willow Run, Michigan
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United States
Key people
Henry J. Kaiser, Edgar Kaiser
Production output
1945–1953
OwnerHenry J. Kaiser
1949 hood ornament of the Virginian
1953 Kaiser Manhattan
1952 Allstate
1953 Kaiser Custom 6
1954 Kaiser Darrin
Share of the Kaiser Motors Corp., issued 19. February 1954

Kaiser Motors (formerly Kaiser-Frazer) Corporation made automobiles at Willow Run, Michigan, United States, from 1945 until 1953. In 1953, Kaiser merged with Willys-Overland to form Willys Motors Incorporated, moving its production operations to the Willys plant at Toledo, Ohio, where the company continued to build automobiles under the Kaiser marque including the Kaiser Darrin until 1955. Their South American operations continued to build passenger cars well up into the 1960s. The company changed its name to Kaiser Jeep Corporation in 1963.