Peerless Motor Company

This article is about the American automobile. For the British automobile, see Peerless (UK car). For other uses, see Peerless (disambiguation).

Peerless Motor Car Company
Company typeAutomobile Manufacturing
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1900; 124 years ago (1900)
Defunct1931
FateBecame Peerless Corp. Brewers
Headquarters
Cleveland, Ohio
,
United States
Area served
United States
Key people
Louis P. Mooers, Chief Engineer (1901–1905)[1]
Charles Schmidt, Chief Engineer (1905–1921)[1]
ProductsLuxury automobiles
automotive parts
military vehicles

The Peerless Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer that produced the Peerless brand of motorcars in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1900 to 1931.[2] One of the "Three Ps" – Packard, Peerless, and Pierce-Arrow – the company was known for building high-quality luxury automobiles.[3][4] Peerless popularized a number of vehicle innovations that later became standard equipment, including drum brakes and the first enclosed-body production cars.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Vaughn, Daniel. "1912 Peerless Model 36". ConceptCarz. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ "History of Peerless Motor Company". historic-structures.com.
  3. ^ a b Georgano, G. N., ed. (1971). Encyclopedia of American Automobiles (2nd ed.). London: Rainbird Reference Books. pp. 153–154. ISBN 0-525-097929.
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