The Monarch was an automobile built in

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by the Monarch Motor Car Company from 1913 to 1916.

History

Joseph Bloom founded the company in the spring of 1913 and by August, the company moved into the former Carhartt Motor Car Company factory. The Monarch was designed by Bloom's brother-in-law Robert C. Hupp, formerly with

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. The 4-

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16- hp car sold as a runabout or

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with a

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style hood were priced at $1,050, . Production commenced later that year and 150 had been produced by spring of 1914. In 1914, a smaller 4-cylinder car was added, selling for $675. The Monarch was called "The Car with the Silver Wheels" in company advertisements. Hupp designed a larger vehicle with a 4.6 L

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. The five-passenger open model weighed and was priced at $1,500, . It was equipped with a

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Six engine. The new V8 Monarch entered production in 1915, but production could not be sustained, as new investment never materialized. Monarch Motors was declared

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in the spring of 1916. Assets were declared to be $20,833 and liabilities $5,753 but they had no cash to operate. By November, rights to the Monarch had been purchased by the Carter Brothers of

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. The V8 as well as a 12-cylinder model already developed in

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form by Hupp would be continued, but when the cars went on sale in 1917, they were called C.B.s by the new owners. File:1915 Monarch -Automobile Magazine ad.jpg, alt=, 1915 Monarch advertisement File:Monarch Advertisement Nov 1915 Motor Magazine.jpg, alt=, 1915 Monarch V8 advertisement

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monarch (Automobile) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Hupmobile Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan Brass Era vehicles 1910s cars Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1913 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1916 Cars introduced in 1913