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The Sheridan was a brand of American automobile manufactured from 1920 to 1921. Manufacture of the car was based in Muncie, Indiana.[1][2] The Sheridan nameplate has the distinction of being the first automotive brand started from scratch by General Motors. Prior to the Sheridan, General Motors, under William (Billy) Durant, grew its automotive marques Chevrolet, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac, by acquiring independent manufacturers and then folding their operations into the GM structure.[3]

Sheridan Motor Car Company
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1920; 102 years ago (1920)
Defunct1921; 101 years ago (1921)
FateDissolved
SuccessorDurant Motors
HeadquartersMuncie, Indiana,
United States
Key people
William C. Durant, D. A. Burke, Eddie Rickenbacker
ProductsAutomobiles
Production output
unknown (1920-1921)
ParentGeneral Motors
1920–21 Sheridan Touring Car
1920–21 Sheridan Touring Car
1920 Sheridan advertisement in the Atlantic Monthly
1920 Sheridan advertisement in the Atlantic Monthly

History


Throughout his years at GM, Billy Durant was interested acquiring outside companies and new products to grow the GM empire, many times without great success. When Buick's D. A. Burke approached Durant about the idea of designing a car from the ground up,[4] and then marketing the car as a bridge vehicle between GM's established divisions of Chevrolet and Oakland (a four-cylinder), and between Buick and Cadillac (an eight-cylinder), respectively. Durant approved the project and a facility was secured in Muncie, Indiana.[5]

To market the Sheridan, Burke hired World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, himself an accomplished automobile racer in his own right. Through prosaic marketing, and Rickenbacker’s endorsements, Sheridan officials felt the production target of 300 cars a day was not only achievable, but profitable as well.[3]

Just as production began to ramp up, Durant was fired for the second and final time from General Motors. Since the Sheridan was a Durant pet project, GM, now under Alfred Sloan, was left with Sheridan, one of Durant’s more costly but viable caprices. Durant on the other hand knew that the vehicle was soundly engineered and knew what GM paid for the Muncie facility. In May 1921, Durant purchased the rights to the Sheridan and to the Muncie plant, with the intent on using the facility to continue building the Sheridan and Durant’s new project, the Durant and Princeton automobiles, now to be built by Durant Motors.[2][1]

Despite a backlog of orders that went unfulfilled, production was wound down to begin production of the Durant automobile. Rickenbacker abandoned his role as the spokesman for the company, and the Sheridan ceased to exist by September, 1921.[2][1]



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References


  1. Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
  2. Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
  3. TIME MACHINES: GM'S FORGOTTEN MARQUE on Autonet, 7 Jul 2013
  4. The Strange Story Of EDDIE RICKENBACKER, W.C. DURANT, & THE SHERIDAN at Golden Era Automobile Association (archived, 26 Jun 2010)
  5. Sheridan historia on Auto Pasión website

На других языках

[de] Sheridan Motor Car Company

Sheridan Motor Car Company war ein US-amerikanischer Hersteller von Automobilen.[1][2]
- [en] Sheridan (automobile)


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