Peerless Motor Company

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]

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  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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