Marvel Motor Car Company | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Marvel Motor Car Company |
Production | 1907 |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | runabout |
Powertrain | |
Engine | horizontal two-cylinder gasoline |
Transmission | planetary |
Chronology | |
Successor | Crescent Runabout |
The Marvel was an automobile built at 284–290 Rivard Street, [1] Detroit, Michigan, United States, by the Marvel Motor Car Company in 1907. [2]
Marvel Motor Car Company purchased the Paragon factory and began building their own runabout. The Marvel was a two-seat runabout with a horizontal two-cylinder 14- hp engine, a planetary transmission and single chain drive. Price was set at $800, (equivalent to $25,126 in 2022). [2]
The company lost its factory space and ended production. The car became the Crescent in 1908.