Production chronology1914–1915
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
curated ↗2 years
← Briscoe
Briscoe / Model record
BriscoeModel B
Production1914–1915
Recorded originUnited States
ClassFive-seat deluxe touring car
Power33 hp
Briscoe's debut light car, presented at the January 1914 New York Automobile Show after French design work at Briscoe Frères in Billancourt. Its signature single 'cyclops' headlamp was faired into the radiator shell, and early bodies used a light composition material often described as papier-mâché. The advertised $750 base price excluded top, windshield and starter. Touring and Cloverleaf bodies shared the same 107-inch chassis and remain one model family. The frequently repeated 'Four-Ninety' label is not used because period-derived catalog summaries identify this series simply as Model B and the documented launch price was $750.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
Company output was 4,938 cars in 1914 and 7,093 in 1915; sources do not divide those totals between body styles or Canadian and US finishing.