Gabriel Motor Company
Cleveland , Ohio , United States from 1910 to 1920
Gabriel Auto Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source mentions the company name for the period 1913-1919 Gabriel Motor Truck Company .
History
The company had its origins in the founded in 1851 WH Gabriel Carriage & Wagon Company , which manufactured carriages . For the motor vehicle manufacturing 1910 a separate enterprise in Cleveland in Ohio was created. The production of passenger cars began. The brand name was Gabriel . 1912 ended their production. Instead, commercial vehicles were created , which turned out to be more profitable. It was not until 1920 that production ended.
In March 1910, the first car was announced. In the same month, a vehicle was on the Cleveland Automobile Show . Series start was in April 1910. In July 1910, a vehicle successfully participated in the Cleveland News Reliability Run . The only production model had a four-cylinder engine . He had 107.95 mm bore , 114.3 mm stroke and 4184 cc displacement . The achievement was specified with 25/30 HP . The chassis had 305 cm wheelbase . The sales figures remained low.