Marvel (automobile)

Marvel Motor Car Company
Marvel Motor Car Company
	1907 Marvel 14 HP Roadster
Overview
Manufacturer	Marvel Motor Car Company
Production	1907
Body and chassis
Body style	runabout
Powertrain
Engine	horizontal two-cylinder gasoline
Transmission	planetary
Chronology
Successor	Crescent Runabout

The Marvel was an automobile built at 284–290 Rivard Street,^[1] Detroit, Michigan, United States, by the Marvel Motor Car Company in 1907.^[2]

Marvel Motor Car Company purchased the Paragon factory and began building their own runabout. The Marvel was a two-seat runabout with a horizontal two-cylinder 14-hp engine, a planetary transmission and single chain drive. Price was set at $800, (equivalent to $26,160 in 2023).^[2]

The company lost its factory space and ended production. The car became the Crescent in 1908.

References

^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63.
^ ^a ^b 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.

[1] Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63.

[:0-2] 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.

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