Rickenbacker (car)

Rickenbacker Motor Company
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Defunct1927; 97 years ago (1927)
FateBankruptcy
HeadquartersDetroit, Michigan,
Key people
Barney Everitt, Eddie Rickenbacker, Walter Flanders, William E. Metzger
ProductsAutomobiles
Production output
27,419 (1922-1927)

Rickenbacker was a Vintage Era automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, from 1922 until 1927. The car is best known for pioneering production of four-wheel brakes.[1]

  1. ^ Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.