right|thumb|1916 Apperson Jack Rabbit Touring Car
right|thumb|Apperson Chummy Roadster
thumb|1920 Apperson advertisement
thumb|Apperson north plant (1916)
thumb|Apperson south plant (1916)
thumb|1905 Apperson Model B touring Car
The Apperson was a brand of American automobile manufactured from 1901 to 1926 in Kokomo, Indiana.
Company history
The company was founded by the brothers Edgar and Elmer Apperson shortly after they left Haynes-Apperson; for a time they continued to use a FR layout-mounted flat-twin engine, following it with a horizontal four.
Apperson cars
In 1904, Apperson offered vertical fours in two models. The 1904 Apperson Touring Car was a touring car model. Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat 6 passengers and sold for US$6000. The vertical-mounted straight-4, situated at the front of the car, produced 40 hp (29.8 kW). A 4-speed transmission was fitted. The steel-framed car weighed 2800 lb (1270 kg). The wheel base was 96 inches.||1902–1903||2 ||16–25 bhp (11,8–18,4 kW)||2590 mm
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|B||1903||2 ||20 bhp (14,7 kW)||2590 mm
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|A ||1904–1905||4 ||40 bhp (29 kW)||2743–2896 mm
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|B ||1904–1905||4 ||24 bhp (17,6 kW)||2590 mm
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|Special ||1905||4 ||50 bhp (37 kW)||2896 mm
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|A||1906–1907||4 ||55 bhp (40 kW)||2921–2946 mm
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|B||1906–1907||4||45 bhp (33 kW)||2845–2896 mm
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|C ||1906||4 ||35 bhp (26 kW)||2642 mm
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|D ||1906||4 ||95 bhp (70 kW)||2642 mm
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|Special||1907||4 ||96 bhp (71 kW)||2794 mm
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|K Jack Rabbit||1908–1909||4||55 bhp (40 kW)||2896 mm
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|M ||1908–1909||4 ||35–40 bhp (26–29 kW)||2705–3023 mm
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|S||1908||4 ||55 bhp (40 kW)||2896 mm
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|I||1909||4 ||40 bhp (29 kW)||3251 mm
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|O ||1909||4||30 bhp (22 kW)||3023 mm
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|4-30 (Jack Rabbit) ||1910–1911||4 ||30–32,4 bhp (22–23,8 kW)||2896–3023 mm
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|4-40||1910–1911||4 ||40 bhp (29 kW)||3099 mm
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|4-50||1910–1911||4 ||50 bhp (37 kW)||3251 mm
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|Jack Rabbit||1910||4 ||50 bhp (37 kW)||2946 mm
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|4-45||1912–1915||4 ||32–45 bhp (23,5–33 kW)||2896–3048 mm
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|4-55||1912–1913||4 ||55 bhp (40 kW)||2997 mm
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|4-65||1912||4 ||65 bhp (48 kW)||3251 mm
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|Light 4-45||1914||4 ||32 bhp (23,5 kW)||2946 mm
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|6-45||1914–1915||6 ||29–38 bhp (21,3–28 kW)||3099–3251 mm|| 6300 to 6400 and 10000 to 12000
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|6-55||1914||6 ||43 bhp (31,6 kW)||3251 mm
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|6-48||1915||6 ||29 bhp (21,3 kW)||3200 mm
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|6-16||1916||6 ||29 bhp (21,3 kW)||3251 mm|| 15000 to 17000
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|8-16||1916||8 V||31 bhp (23 kW)||3251 mm|| 12000 to 13000
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|6-17 / 6-18||1917–1918||6 ||29,4 bhp (21,6 kW)||3302 mm|| 15000 to 17000
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|8-17 / 8-18 / 8-19||1917–1919||8 V||31–33,8 bhp (23–25 kW)||3302 mm—||13000 to 15000
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|Anniversary / 8-20||1920||8 V||60 bhp (44 kW)||3302 mm
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|8-21 / Beverly||1921–1922||8 V||70 bhp (51 kW)||3302 mm
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|6-23 / 6-24 / 6-25 / 6-26||1923–1926||6 ||46 bhp (34 kW)||3048 mm
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|8-23 / 8-24 / V-Type Eight||1923–1925||8 V||60–70 bhp (44–51 kW)||3302 mm
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|Straightaway Eight / Eight||1925–1926||8 ||60–65 bhp (44–48 kW)||3048–3302 mm
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References
- Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904)
- Madden, W.C. (2003) Haynes-Apperson and America's first practical automobile : a history, Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Co.,