Maxwell (automobile)

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Maxwell (automobile) was an early 20th-century American car marque known as one of the pioneering mass-market automobile brands before being absorbed into Chrysler.

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instanceOf automobile marque
defunct motor vehicle manufacturer
acquiredBy Chrysler Corporation NERFINISHED
acquisitionDate 1925
associatedWith Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company NERFINISHED
United States Motor Company NERFINISHED
Walter P. Chrysler NERFINISHED
brandOf Maxwell Motor Company, Inc. NERFINISHED
Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company NERFINISHED
United States Motor Company NERFINISHED
class compact car
mid-size car
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalReference featured in early 20th-century American popular culture and humor
dissolved 1925
driveLayout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
era Brass Era NERFINISHED
Vintage Era
fate absorbed into Chrysler
foundedBy Benjamin Briscoe NERFINISHED
Jonathan Dixon Maxwell NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED
New Castle, Indiana NERFINISHED
Tarrytown, New York NERFINISHED
inception 1904
industry automotive industry
knownFor extensive early 20th-century advertising
participation in early automobile racing and endurance runs
languageOfName English
marketSegment entry-level cars
middle-priced cars
massProduction true
namedAfter Jonathan Dixon Maxwell NERFINISHED
notableEvent became part of United States Motor Company trust in 1910
reorganized as Maxwell Motor Company, Inc. after U.S. Motor collapse
notableFor being a predecessor of Chrysler
being an early mass-market American automobile brand
notableModel Maxwell 25 NERFINISHED
Maxwell Model A NERFINISHED
Maxwell Model E NERFINISHED
product passenger cars
trucks
productionEnd mid-1920s
productionStart 1904
successor Chrysler (automobile) brand NERFINISHED
Plymouth (automobile) brand NERFINISHED
usedEngineConfiguration inline-four engine
inline-six engine

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Maxwell Motor Company brandOf Maxwell (automobile)
Star competitor Maxwell (automobile)
subject surface form: Star (automobile)
this entity surface form: Essex (automobile)