Wilson Automobile Manufacturing Company was a

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between 1903 and 1905. Their automobile model was sold as the Niagara. Other American automobile manufacturers that used the brand name Niagara were Niagara Automobile Company (1901) and Niagara Motor Vehicle Company, both of which had minimal, if any production. Niagara Automobile Company (1915) used the brand Niagara and Niagara Motor Car Corporation called their automobile

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History

The Niagara was a runabout model that could seat 2 or 4 passengers and sold for $850, . The vertically mounted water-cooled

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, situated at the rear of the car, produced 5 hp (3.7 kW). A 2-speed sliding

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was fitted. The steel and wood-framed car weighed 1100 lb (499 kg). Full elliptic rear

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and semi-elliptic front suspension was fitted. The assets of the company were purchased by the La Salle-Niagara Company in 1905. Wilson became an automobile dealership.

References

{{Reflist * ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (January, 1904) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state) Veteran vehicles Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York (state) Brass Era vehicles 1900s cars