One question that I am often asked is ?How many cars were made inIndianapolis??? Before I can answer that question, I have to mention some words of caution about automotive lists.
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1912 American Scout
Compiling lists about the automotive genesis is an imprecise art.? There is no single source of information for the American automobiles? progression.? Some reference works are fairly complete regarding makes, manufacturers, cities and dates.? These same works may miss some instances where a manufacturer?s model is built in a plant other than that company?s main places of business.? For example Ford Motor Company made cars inIndianapolisfrom 1914 ? 1932.
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The work is further compounded by list compilers who chose to include instances where only one car was made by an individual whether or not it was manufactured in quantity.? In Indiana?s case, for every one vehicle achieving production about two announcements of intent to manufacture or build a prototype were proclaimed.
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1929 Duesenberg
Early Indiana lists started at 160 makes made in more than 30 cities and have progressed to over 520 vehicles manufactured or assembled in more than 80 cities.
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Only those vehicles built with the intent of marketing to the public are included in this list.? In cases were no actual numbers are given, we counted the auto if a prototype was produced.? Defined thus, our list shows 97 autos produced inIndianapolis.? With this in mind, our list shows 22 better known manufacturers.? The list also shows 54 little known or obscure manufacturers who produced one or a limited number of autos.
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1931 Marmon Sixteen
Another interesting point is we are continually learning about additional cars made inIndiana.? That?s what makes automotive history continually interesting for me.
?Cars built ?in Indianapolis sorted? by Name
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| Indianapolis | Alena Steam | Alena Steam Products Co. | 1922 |
| Indianapolis | American | American Motors Co. | 1906-14 |
| Indianapolis | American Scout | American Motors Co. | 1912-13 |
| Indianapolis | American Tourist | American Motors Co. | 1907-12 |
| Indianapolis | American Traveler | American Motors Co. | 1909-13 |
| Indianapolis | American Underslung | American Motors Co. | 1906-14 |
| Indianapolis | Anahuac | Frontenac Motor Co. | 1922 |
| Indianapolis | Atlas Motor Buggy | Atlas Engine Works | 1909 |
| Indianapolis | Automotive Syndicate | Automotive Syndicate | 1928 |
| Indianapolis | Best | Best Automobile Co. | 1908-10 |
| Indianapolis | Barth-Keith | Barth-Keith Motor Car Co. | 1919 |
| Indianapolis | Black | C.H. Black Mfg. Co. | 1896-1900 |
| Indianapolis | Blackhawk | Stutz Motor Car Co. | 1929-30 |
| Indianapolis | Brook | Spacke Machine & Tool Co. | 1920-21 |
| Indianapolis | Capital | Capital Auto Co. | 1906 |
| Indianapolis | Central | Central Motor Car Co. | 1903 |
| Indianapolis | Co-Auto | Co-Auto Motor Co. | 1910 |
| Indianapolis | Coats Steamer | Coats Steamers Inc. | 1921-22 |
| Indianapolis | Cole | Cole Motor Car Co. | 1909-25 |
| Indianapolis | Cole Solid Tire Auto. | Cole Carriage Co. | 1908-09 |
| Indianapolis | Colonial Six | Colonial Automobile Co. | 1917 |
| Indianapolis | Comet | Comet Cyclecar Co. | 1914 |
| Indianapolis | Comet Racer | Marion Motor Car Co. | 1904 |
| Indianapolis | Craig-Hunt | Craig-Hunt Motor Co. | 1920 |
| Indianapolis | Cross | Harry E. Cross | 1924 |
| Indianapolis | Cyclop | L. Porter Smith & Bros. | 1910 |
| Indianapolis | Cyclops | Cyclops Cyclecar Co. | 1914 |
| Indianapolis | DaVinci | James Scripps-Booth | 1925 |
| Indianapolis | De Freet | Thomas M. De Freet | 1895 |
| Indianapolis | Duesenberg | Duesenberg Motors Corp. | 1920-37 |
| Indianapolis | Duesenberg II | Duesenberg Corp. | 1966 |
| Indianapolis | Electro | Electro Lighting Co. | 1911 |
| Indianapolis | Electrobile | National Vehicle Co. | 1901-06 |
| Indianapolis | Elgin | Elgin Motors Inc. | 1923-24 |
| Indianapolis | Empire | Empire Motor Car Co. | 1909-19 |
| Indianapolis | Fauber | Cyclecar Engineering Co. | 1914 |
| Indianapolis | Ford | Ford Motor Co. | 1914-32 |
| Indianapolis | Frontenac | Frontenac Motor Co. | 1921-25 |
| Indianapolis | Gale Four | Garde Gale | 1920 |
| Indianapolis | H.C.S. | H.C.S. Motor Co. | 1920-25 |
| Indianapolis | H.C.S. Cab | H.C.S. Cab Mfg. Co. | 1924-27 |
| Indianapolis | Hassler | Hassler Motor Co. | 1917 |
| Indianapolis | Hassler Motor Buggy | Robert H. Hassler | 1898 |
| Indianapolis | Henderson | Henderson Motor Car Co. | 1912-14 |
| Indianapolis | Herff-Brooks | Herff-Brooks Corp. | 1915-16 |
| Indianapolis | Hoosier Scout | Warren Electric & Machine Co. | 1914 |
| Indianapolis | Hunter | Riley & Scott, Inc. | 1994 |
| Indianapolis | Hunter-Hammond | Hunter-Hammond Auto Co. | 1912 |
| Indianapolis | Ideal | Ideal Motor Co. | 1911-12 |
| Indianapolis | Indiana | Indiana Motor & Vehicle Co. | 1901 |
| Indianapolis | Indianapolis | C. H. Black Mfg. Co. | 1897-00 |
| Indianapolis | Lafayette | Lafayette Motors Co. | 1921-22 |
| Indianapolis | Lindsay | T.J. Lindsay Automobile Parts Co. | 1902-03 |
| Indianapolis | Liquid Air | Liquid Air Co. | 1900 |
| Indianapolis | Lyons-Knight | Lyons-Atlas Co. | 1913-15 |
| Indianapolis | Marathon | Herff-Brooks Corp. | 1915-16 |
| Indianapolis | Marion | Marion Motor Car Co. | 1904-14 |
| Indianapolis | Marmon | Nordyke & Marmon Co. | 1902-33 |
| Indianapolis | McGill | McGee Mfg. Co. | 1917-28 |
| Indianapolis | McLellen | McLellen Auto Shop | 1912 |
| Indianapolis | Merz | Merz Cyclecar Co. | 1914 |
| Indianapolis | Mohawk | Mohawk Cycle & Automobile Co. | 1903-05 |
| Indianapolis | Monroe | William Small Co. | 1918-23 |
| Indianapolis | National | National Motor Vehicle Co. | 1904-24 |
| Indianapolis | National Electric | National Automobile & Electric Co. | 1900-04 |
| Indianapolis | Nesom | Nesom Motors Co. | 1912 |
| Indianapolis | New Parry | Parry Auto Co. | 1911-12 |
| Indianapolis | Overland | Standard Wheel Works | 1905-06 |
| Indianapolis | Overland | Overland Auto Co. | 1906-08 |
| Indianapolis | Overland | Willys-Overland Co. | 1908-11 |
| Indianapolis | Pak-Age-Car | Stutz Motor Co. | 1930-38 |
| Indianapolis | Pan | Pan Motor Co. | 1919-21 |
| Indianapolis | Parry | Parry Auto Co. | 1910 |
| Indianapolis | Pathfinder | Motor Car Mfg. Co. | 1912-17 |
| Indianapolis | Peters | Spacke Machine & Tool Co. | 1921 |
| Indianapolis | Pope-Waverley | Pope Motor Car Co. | 1904-08 |
| Indianapolis | Premier | Premier Motor Mfg. Co. | 1903-26 |
| Indianapolis | Premier Taxicab | Premier Motor Car Co. | 1923-26 |
| Indianapolis | Prowler Prototype | Riley & Scott, Inc. | 1994 |
| Indianapolis | Rex | Rex Motor Car Co. | 1908 |
| Indianapolis | Roosevelt | Marmon Motor Car Co. | 1929-30 |
| Indianapolis | Schebler | Wheeler & Schebler Carburetor Co. | 1908-09 |
| Indianapolis | Sears Steam | Sears Bros. | 1901 |
| Indianapolis | Smart | Smart Auto & Mfg. Co. | 1912 |
| Indianapolis | Spacke | Spacke Machine & Tool Co. | 1919 |
| Indianapolis | Star | Star Motor Car Co. | 1909-11 |
| Indianapolis | Strattan | Strattan Motors Corp. | 1923 |
| Indianapolis | Streamline | Streamline Motor Car Co. | 1923 |
| Indianapolis | Stutz | Stutz Motor Car Co. | 1912-35 |
| Indianapolis | Tone | Tone Car Corp. | 1913 |
| Indianapolis | Tricolet | H. Pokorney & Richards Auto. & Gas | 1904-06 |
| Indianapolis | Turner | George Turner | 1910 |
| Indianapolis | Vaughn | Marion? E. Vaughn | 1912 |
| Indianapolis | Vixen | Vixen Motor Co. | 1912 |
| Indianapolis | Waverley | Waverley Co. | 1909-16 |
| Indianapolis | WaverleyElectric | Indiana Bicycle Co. | 1898-1903 |
| Indianapolis | Wizard | Wizard Motor Co. | 1914 |
This list is courtesy of Indiana Cars: A History of the Automobile in Indiana, Dennis E. Horvath and Terri Horvath, Indianapolis, IN, Hoosier Auto Show & Swap Meet, Inc., ? 2002, ISBN 0-9644364-5-0
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Indianapolis was commercial producer of automobiles and taxicabs from 1896 to 1994.? The circle city with 97 different vehicles manufactured here ranked second to Detroit as chief rival for the title of the nation?s auto capital.? We can be proud of our place in automotive history.
Source: http://historicindianapolis.com/made-in-indianapolis/
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