Yale (automobile)

This article is about the car made by Kirk Manufacturing Company. For the car made by Saginaw Motor Company, see Yale (1916 automobile).

The Yale was an automobile by the Kirk Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio, from 1901 to 1905.^[2]

Kirk Manufacturing Company

Company type	Automobile Manufacturing
Industry	Automotive
Genre	Touring cars[1]
Headquarters	Toledo, Ohio , United States
Area served	United States
Products	Vehicles Automotive parts

History

Yale Model A (1903)

Yale Model B (1904)

Yale Model C (1904)

Yale Model D Canopy (1904)

Yale Model E (1905)

Yale Model F (1905)

The 1904 Yale was a touring car. Equipped with a tonneau, the basic model could seat 5 passengers and sold for US$1500. The car's engine was a horizontally mounted water-cooled flat-2, mid-mounted, which produced 16 hp (11.9 kW). It powered the wheels through a 2-speed transmission. The car weighed 1800 lb (816 kg).^[2]

A model with a 30 hp (22.4 kW) engine sold for US$2500.^[2] A 12-horsepower Yale touring car was also sold in 1904 for US$1700. It was advertised nationally that year in Dun's Review as "the simplest, safest and most economical touring car made in America."^[1]

Production models

Year	Model	Cylinder	Horsepower	wheelbase mm	Body design
1902	Model A	2	10		Detachable Tonneau 4-seater
1903	Model A	2	12		Detachable Tonneau 4-seater
1904	Model B [3]	2	16	2134	Touring 4-seater
1904	Model C	2	16		Touring 5-seater
1904	Model D [4]	2	16		Canopy Top Tonneau
1905	Model E [5]	2	14/16	2108	Rear Entrance Tonneau 5-seater
1905	Model F [6]	4	24/28	2642	Touring 5-seater
1905	Model G [7]	2	14/16	2159	Side Entrance Tonneau 5-seater

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Kirk Manufacturing Company - The Yale Touring Car - 1904

Yale Model D (1904)

Yale Model A 10,5 HP (1903)

Yale 1904 Touring Car 16 HP

External links

• Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904)