Peerless Motor Company

Peerless Motor Car Company
Company typeAutomobile Manufacturing
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1900 (1900)
Defunct1931
FateBecame Peerless Corp. Brewers
Headquarters
Cleveland, Ohio
,
United States
Area served
United States
Key people
Louis P. Mooers, Chief Engineer (1901–1905)
Charles Schmidt, Chief Engineer (1905–1921)
ProductsLuxury automobiles
automotive parts
military vehicles

The Peerless Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer that produced the Peerless brand of motorcars in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1900 to 1931. One of the "Three Ps"  Packard, Peerless, and Pierce-Arrow  the company was known for building high-quality luxury automobiles. Peerless popularized a number of vehicle innovations that later became standard equipment, including drum brakes and the first enclosed-body production cars.