The American Napier was an
automobile
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sold by the Napier Motor Car Company of America from 1904 until 1912.
Initially, the company imported assembled
Napiers from England. From late 1904 the cars were assembled under licence in
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is a Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Roxbury. The community seceded from Roxbur ...
, a section of
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
, in a building formerly used by the
B.F. Sturtevant Company. The cars were offered with both American and British built
coachwork
A coachbuilder manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles.
The trade of producing coachwork began with bodies for horse-drawn vehicles. Today it includes custom automobiles, buses, motor coaches, and railway carriages.
The word ...
.
History
In 1907 the company experienced financial problems and production was halted.
In 1909 a new company took over and production restarted in March that year. This lasted until 1911 when the
Napier Motor Company took over the interests, but this venture barely lasted a year.
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References
History of Massachusetts
Brass Era vehicles
Veteran vehicles
1900s cars
1910s cars
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