Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Automotive |
Predecessor | Rainier Motor Car Company |
Founded | 1909 |
Founder | William C. Durant |
Defunct | 1912 |
Fate | Company closed in 1912. The "Marquette" brand was later revived for Buick in 1929 |
Headquarters | Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
Products | Luxury vehicles |
Parent | General Motors (1909–12) |
Marquette was an American automobile manufacturer established by General Motors in 1909 after the purchase of the Rainier Motor Car Company. The Marquette Company did not last long and in 1912 GM announced the company would be closed.
The Marquette brand had been used before by the Berwick Auto Car Company in 1904, and then by the Buick division of GM for a car series released in 1929. The brand was then discontinued by GM and has not been used since.