- Founded
- 1905 – 1910
- Country
- United States
Amedee B. Cole sold several high-wheelers of his own design before organizing the Auto Buggy Manufacturing Company in St. Louis in 1905. Its light, lever-steered, wooden Autobuggy used a transverse air-cooled single, friction transmission and chain drive and was promoted as an exceptionally simple $300 rural car. A more refined 1907 version preceded reorganization as A.B.C. Motor Vehicle Company in 1908, when a water- or air-cooled 16/18 hp twin-cylinder family added two- and three-seat runabouts, a four-seat Surrey and delivery wagon; 183 vehicles were built that year. Renamed A.B.C. Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Company for 1909, the firm also introduced a modern low-wheel 30/35 hp four-cylinder range with front engine and 112-inch wheelbase. The simultaneous old and new platforms could not secure the business, and creditor proceedings began shortly before Christmas 1910. A.B.C. refers to Cole's name and is unrelated to Britain's later ABC Motors or St. Louis competitor Success Auto-Buggy.
Text adapted from “A.B.C. (St. Louis)” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗