Yellow Cab Ambassador
Ambassador was an automobile produced by the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., between 1921 and 1925.
[edit] History
Initially sold for use as a taxicab, the Model D-1 was introduced as a "drive-yourself" model in 1924.
Yellow Cab introduced the "Ambassador" in 1921 and "explained that this car was being made up to order".[1] The Ambassador was available as a 4-passenger sport or 7-passenger touring for US$4,500, as well as a Berlin limousine or sedan for $6,500.[2] All featured a 136-inch (3,454 mm) wheelbase and a special 6-cylinder Continental L-head (Flathead engine) engine.[3]
In 1925 Yellow Cab was taken over by General Motors. John D. Hertz remained as president and the Ambassador D-1 model became the "Hertz". Apart from a larger engine in 1927, production continued with little change until 1928. Most were sedans, although other body styles were available.[4]
Yellow Cab eventually became Hertz Rent A Car.
[edit] References
- ^ Automotive industries, the automobile, Volume 48. Class Journal Co.. 1923. p. 211.
- ^ Official Handbook of Automobiles. Morison Press. 2010. ISBN 9781445574653. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZU1nQ3CME8MC&pg=PT35&dq=Yellow+Cab+Ambassador+Chicago. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "New cars on the American market". The American Exporter 89 (3): 127. September 1921. http://books.google.com/books?id=P1hLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA127&dq=Yellow+Cab+Ambassador+Chicago. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Baldwin, Nick; Laban, Brian (1987). The World guide to automobile manufacturers. Facts on File Publications. p. 220. ISBN 9780816018444.
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