List of automobile manufacturers of Michigan
This is a list of current and defunct automobile manufacturers of Michigan.
There are 174 on the list.
| Company Name | Headquarters | Years | Marques | Models | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1909–1916 | Abbott-Detroit | Moved to Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Aerocar Company | Detroit | 1905–1908 | Aerocar | Factory sold to Hudson Motor Car Company | |
| Aland Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1916–1917 | Aland | ||
| Alpena Motor Car Company | Alpena | 1910–1910 | Alpena Flyer | ||
| Alter Motor Car Company | Plymouth | 1914–1916 | Alter | ||
| American Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1914 | American | ||
| American Motors Corporation | Southfield | 1954–1987 | AMC | Gremlin, Pacer, Eagle | Sold to Chrysler Corporation |
| American Voiturette Company | Detroit | 1913–1914 | Car-Nation | ||
| Anderson Electric Car Company | Detroit | 1907–1939 | Detroit Electric | ||
| Anhut Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1909–1910 | Anhut | ||
| Apex Motor Corporation | Ypsilanti | 1920–1922 | Ace | ||
| Argo Electric Vehicle Company | Saginaw | 1912–1916 | Argo Electric | Sold to Columbia Motors | |
| Argo Motor Company | Jackson | 1914–1918 | Motorvique, Argo | ||
| Austin Automobile Company | Grand Rapids | 1901–1921 | Austin | ||
| Autoparts Manufacturing Company | Detroit | 1910 | King-Remick | ||
| Barley Motor Car Company | Kalamazoo | 1916–1929 | Barley, Pennant, Roamer | ||
| Bates Automobile Company | Lansing | 1903–1905 | Bates | ||
| Bean-Chamberlain Manufacturing Company | Hudson | 1901–1902 | Hudson | ||
| Beisel Motorette Company | Monroe | 1914 | Beisel | ||
| Belmont Electric Auto Company | Wyandotte | 1916 | Belmont | ||
| Benham Manufacturing Company | Detroit | 1914–1917 | Benham | ||
| Berwick Auto Car Company | Grand Rapids | 1904 | Berwick | ||
| Blomstrom (C.H.) Motor Company | Detroit | 1904–1910 | Car de Luxe, Queen | ||
| Blomstrom Manufacturing Company | Detroit, Adrian | 1908–1909 | Gyroscope | ||
| Blood Brothers Auto & Machine Company | Kalamazoo | 1902–1905 | Blood | ||
| Bour-Davis Company | Detroit | 1916–1918 | Bour-Davis | Moved to Indiana, then Louisiana | |
| Briggs-Detroiter Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1912–1917 | Briggs-Detroiter | ||
| Briscoe Motor Corporation | Jackson | 1915–1917 | Briscoe | Became Earl | |
| Brush Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1907–1910 | Brush | Runabout | Merged to form United States Motor Company |
| Buick Motor Company; Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company | Detroit, Flint | 1903–1908 | Buick | Model B | Became part of General Motors Corporation |
| Burtt Manufacturing Company | Kalamazoo | 1902–1906 | Cannon | ||
| C.V.I. Motor Car Company | Jackson | 1907–1908 | C.V.I. | ||
| Cadillac Automobile Company | Detroit | 1902–1909 | Cadillac | Runabout and Tonneau | Sold to General Motors |
| Carhartt Automobile Company | Detroit | 1910–1911 | Carhartt | ||
| Century Motor Company; Century Electric Car Company | Detroit | 1911–1915 | Century | ||
| Chalmers Motor Car Company; Chalmers-Detroit | Detroit | 1908–1924 | Chalmers-Detroit (to 1910), Chalmers | 30 Roadster, 30 Touring | Sold to Maxwell Motor Corporation |
| Checker Motors Corporation | Kalamazoo | 1922–1982 | Checker Taxi Cab | ||
| Chevrolet Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1911–1918 | Chevrolet | Series 490 | Acquired by General Motors Corporation |
| Chrysler Corporation | Detroit | 1925–1998 | Chrysler | New Yorker | Sold to Daimler-Benz |
| Church Manufacturing Company | Adrian | 1903–1904 | Lenawee | ||
| Church-Field Motor Company | Sibley | 1912–1913 | Church-Field | ||
| Clark-Carter Automobile Company; Cutting Motor Car Company | Jackson | 1909–1912 | Cutting | ||
| Clark & Company | Lansing | 1902–1904 | Clarkmobile | ||
| Clipper Automobile Company | Grand Rapids | 1902 | Clipper | ||
| Columbia Motors | Detroit | 1917–1924 | Columbia Six | ||
| Cricket Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1914 | Cricket | ||
| Davis Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1914 | Davis | ||
| Day Automobile Company | Detroit | 1911–1914 | Day Utility | ||
| De Luxe Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1908 | De Luxe | Sold to E-M-F Company | |
| De Vaux-Hall Motors Company; Continental-De Vaux Company | Grand Rapids | 1931–1934 | De Vaux, De Vaux Continental | ||
| Deal (J.J.) and Son Carriage Factory | Jonesville | 1905–1911 | Deal | ||
| Demot Car Company | Detroit | 1910 | De Mot | ||
| Detroit Air-Cooled Car Company | Detroit | 1922–1923 | D.A.C. | ||
| Detroit Auto Vehicle Company | Detroit | 1904–1907 | Crown | ||
| Detroit Automobile Company, Henry Ford Company | Detroit | 1899–1902 | Detroit | Delivery truck | Reorganized into Cadillac Automobile Company |
| Detroit Automobile Manufacturing Company | Detroit | 1905–1907 | Paragon | ||
| Detroit Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1913–1914 | Detroit Cyclecar, Little Detroit Speedster | ||
| Detroit Steam Motors Corporation | Detroit | 1922–1923 | Trask-Detroit | ||
| Detroit-Dearborn Motor Car Company | Dearborn | 1909–1910 | Detroit-Dearborn | ||
| Detroit-Oxford Motor Car Company | Oxford | 1905–1906 | Detroit-Oxford | ||
| Dingfelder Motor Company | Detroit | 1903 | Dingfelder | ||
| Dodge Brothers Company | Detroit | 1914–1928 | Dodge Brothers | Model 30 | Sold to Chrysler Corporation |
| Dodge (A.M.) Company | Detroit | 1914–1915 | Dodge | ||
| Dodgeson Motors | Detroit | 1926 | Dodgeson | ||
| DODO | Detroit | 1912 | DODO | ||
| Dolson (J.L.) & Sons | Charlotte | 1904–1907 | Dolson | ||
| Dort Motor Car Company | Flint | 1915–1924 | Dort | ||
| Downing Motor Company | Detroit | 1913–1915 | Downing-Detroit | ||
| Dragon Automobile Company | Detroit | 1906 | Dragon | Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Dudly Tool Company | Menominee | 1913–1915 | Dudly Bug | ||
| Durant Motors | Lansing | 1921–1931 | Durant, Flint, Star | Durant Touring Car, Flint Six "55" Brougham, Star Sedan | |
| Earl Motors Incorporated | Jackson | 1921–1923 | Earl | Formerly Briscoe | |
| Engler (W.B.) Cyclecar Company | Pontiac | 1914–1915 | Engler | ||
| Essex Motor Company | Detroit | 1918–1922 | Essex | Incorporated into parent company Hudson Motor Car Company | |
| Excel Distributing Company | Detroit | 1914 | Excel | ||
| E-M-F Company | Detroit | 1909–1912 | E-M-F | 30 | Sold to Studebaker |
| Faulkner-Blanchard Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1910 | Faulkner-Blanchard | ||
| Fischer (G.J.) Company | Detroit | 1914 | Fischer | ||
| Flyer Motor Car Company | Mount Clemens | 1913–1914 | Flyer | ||
| Ford Motor Company | Detroit | 1903–Present | Ford, Edsel, Mercury | Escort, Mustang | |
| Friend Motors Corporation | Pontiac | 1920–1921 | Friend | ||
| Gaylord Motor Car Company | Gaylord | 1911–1912 | Gaylord | ||
| Gem Motor Car Company | Grand Rapids, Jackson | 1917–1919 | Gem | ||
| General Engineering Company | Detroit | 1917–1918 | Doble | Formerly in Massachusetts, later in California | |
| General Motors Corporation | Detroit | 1908–Present | Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, LaSalle, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Scripps-Booth | Corvette, Volt | |
| Gray Motor Corporation | Detroit | 1922–1926 | Gray | ||
| Greenleaf Cycle Company | Lansing | 1902 | Greenleaf | ||
| Grinnell Electric Car Company | Detroit | 1910–1913 | Grinnell | ||
| Griswold Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1907 | Griswold | ||
| Hackett Motor Car Company; Lorraine Motors Corporation | Detroit, Grand Rapids, Jackson | 1916–1922 | Hackett, Lorraine | ||
| Hammer Motor Company | Detroit | 1905–1906 | Hammer | ||
| Hammer-Sommer Auto Carriage Company | Detroit | 1902–1904 | Hammer-Sommer | Split into Hammer Motor Company and Sommer | |
| Handley Motors Incorporated | Kalamazoo | 1921–1923 | Handley-Knight | ||
| Harrison Motor Car Company | Grand Rapids | 1905–1907 | Harrison | ||
| Harroun Motor Sales Corporation | Wayne | 1917–1922 | Harroun | ||
| Havers Motor Car Company | Port Huron | 1908–1914 | Havers | ||
| Hawk Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1914 | Hawk | ||
| Henry Motor Car Company | Muskegon | 1910–1912 | Henry | ||
| Herreshoff Motor Company | Detroit | 1909–1914 | Herreshoff | ||
| Hitchcock Motor Car Company | Warren | 1909 | Hitchcock | ||
| Hudson Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1909–1954 | Hudson, Terraplane | Twenty | Merged to form American Motors Corporation |
| Hupp Motor Company | Detroit | 1909–1940 | Hupmobile | ||
| Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Company | Detroit | 1911–1916 | Hupp-Yeats | ||
| Huron River Manufacturing Company | Ann Arbor | 1911–1912 | Ann Arbor | ||
| Imperial Automobile Company | Jackson | 1908–1916 | Imperial | Merged to form Mutual Motors Company | |
| J.P.L. Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1913 | JPL | ||
| Jackson Automobile Company | Jackson | 1903–1923 | Jackson, Jaxon, Orlo | ||
| Jacquet Motor Corporation of America | Belding | 1921 | Jacquet Flyer | ||
| Jaeger Motor Car Company | Belleville | 1932–1933 | Jaeger | ||
| Janney Motor Company | Flint | 1906 | Janney | ||
| Kaiser-Frazer | Ypsilanti | 1945–1963 | Allstate, Frazer, Henry J, Jeep, Kaiser Darrin | Sold to American Motors Corporation | |
| Keeton Motor Company | Detroit | 1912–1914 | Keeton | "48", Riverside Tourer | Merged to form American Voiturette Company |
| Kermath Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1907–1908 | Kermath | ||
| Kessler Motor Company | Detroit | 1921–1922 | Kessler | ||
| King Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1911–1923 | King | ||
| Koppin Motor Company | Fenton | 1915 | Koppin | ||
| K-R-I-T Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1909–1916 | "KT" | ||
| Lewis Spring and Axle Company | Chelsea, Jackson | 1915–1921 | Hollier | ||
| Liberty Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1916–1923 | Liberty | Six | Sold to Columbia Motors |
| Light Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1914 | Light | ||
| Lincoln Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1914 | Lincoln | ||
| Lincoln Motor Company | Dearborn | 1917–1922 | Lincoln | L-Series | Sold to Ford Motor Company |
| Lion Motor Car Company | Adrian | 1909–1912 | Lion | ||
| Little Motor Car Company | Flint | 1912–1915 | Little | Introduced by William Durant at same time as Chevrolet | |
| Lozier Motor Company | Detroit | 1910–1915 | Lozier | Big Six | |
| Malcolm Jones Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1914–1915 | Malcolm Jones | ||
| Manistee Motor Car Company | Manistee | 1910–1913 | Autoette | ||
| Marvel Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1907 | Marvel | ||
| Matheson Motor Car Company | Grand Rapids | 1903 | Matheson | Moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts | |
| Maxwell Motor Company | Detroit | 1913–1925 | Maxwell | Model 25 | Became Chrysler Corporation |
| Menominee Electric Manufacturing Company | Menominee | 1915 | Menominee | ||
| Mercury Cyclecar Company | Detroit | 1914 | Mercury | ||
| Michigan Automobile Company | Kalamazoo | 1903–1908 | Michigan | ||
| Michigan Buggy Company | Kalamazoo | 1911–1914 | Michigan | ||
| Miller Car Company | Detroit | 1912–1913 | Miller | ||
| Monarch Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1913–1916 | Monarch | ||
| Monroe Motor Car Company | Flint, Pontiac | 1914–1918 | Monroe | ||
| Mount Pleasant Motor Company | Mount Pleasant | 1914–1915 | M.P.M. | ||
| Motorcar Company; Cartercar Company | Detroit, Jackson, Pontiac | 1905–1909 | Cartercar | Sold to General Motors Corporation | |
| Mutual Motors Company | Jackson | 1916–1919 | Marion-Handley | ||
| Nelson (E.A.) Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1917–1921 | Nelson | ||
| Nielson Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1907 | Nielson | ||
| Northern Manufacturing Company | Detroit | 1902–1908 | Northern | Sold to E-M-F Company | |
| Nu-Klea Automobile Corporation | Lansing | 1959–1960 | Nu-Klea | Starlite | |
| Oakland Motor Car Company | Pontiac | 1907–1909 | Oakland | Sold to General Motors Corporation | |
| Olds Motor Works | Lansing | 1897–1908 | Oldsmobile | Curved Dash | Sold to General Motors Corporation |
| Olympian Motors Company | Pontiac | 1917–1921 | Olympian | ||
| Owen Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1910–1914 | Owen | ||
| Packard Motor Car Company; Studebaker-Packard Corporation | Detroit | 1903–1956 | Packard | Clipper, Patrician | |
| Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1908–1927 | Paige, Jewett | Daytona | Became Graham-Paige |
| Paterson (W.A.) Company | Flint | 1909–1923 | Paterson | ||
| Pilgrim Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1914 | Pilgrim | ||
| Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works | Pontiac | 1899–1908 | Pontiac | Merged to form Oakland Motor Car Company | |
| Princess Cyclecar Company; Princess Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1913–1918 | Little Princess, Princess | ||
| Pungs-Finch Auto & Gas Engine Company | Detroit | 1904–1910 | Pungs-Finch | ||
| Railsbach (L.M.) | Saginaw | 1914 | Railsbach | ||
| Rapid Motor Vehicle Company | Pontiac | 1902–1909 | Rapid | Buses, Cars, Trucks | Sold to General Motors Corporation |
| Read Motor Company | Detroit | 1913–1914 | Read | ||
| Regal Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1907–1918 | Regal | ||
| Reliance Automobile Manufacturing Company | Detroit | 1903–1907 | Reliance | ||
| REO Motor Car Company | Lansing | 1905–1954 | REO | Flying Cloud, Royale | Merged to form Diamond Reo Trucks |
| Rex Motor Company | Detroit | 1914 | Rex | ||
| Rickenbacker Motor Company | Detroit | 1922–1927 | Rickenbacker | ||
| Robie Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1914 | Robie | ||
| Ross Automobile Company | Detroit | 1915–1918 | Ross | ||
| Saginaw Motor Company | Saginaw | 1916–1918 | Yale | ||
| Saxon Motor Car Company | Detroit, Ypsilanti | 1914–1922 | Saxon | Duplex | |
| Small Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1910 | Cavac | ||
| Scripps-Booth | Detroit | 1913–1916 | Scripps-Booth | Model C | Sold to Chevrolet Motor Car Company |
| Soules Motor Car Company | Grand Rapids | 1905–1908 | Soules | ||
| Stout Motor Car Company | Dearborn | 1932–1936 | Stout | Scarab | |
| Walker Motor Car Company | Detroit | 1905–1906 | Walker | Model B | |
| Wheeler Manufacturing Company | Detroit | 1904 | Detroit | ||
| Wills (C.H.) and Company | Marysville | 1921–1927 | Wills Sainte Claire |
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