Detroit Auto Vehicle Company

Detroit Auto Vehicle Company
IndustryAutomobile
PredecessorDetroit Novelty Machine Company
Founded1904
Defunct1907
Fatebankruptcy
Successornone
HeadquartersDetroit, Michigan
Key people
F.H. Blackman (president), Joseph Lowthian Hudson (vice-president) H.H. Lind (secretary), B. Wuryburger (treasurer), Edward T. Ross (chief engineer), John North Willys (dealer)
Productsautomobiles
Brands
  • Crown
  • Detroit

Detroit Auto Vehicle Company was a short-lived early automobile manufacturer established in the summer of 1904 with a capital stock of US$150,000. Based in Detroit in the old Detroit Novelty Machine Company building, it also had a foundry in Romeo, Michigan. It ceased operation in October 1907 following bankruptcy.