Private company

American Napier

Veteran automobile based in Boston, founded in 19041

The American Napier was an automobile sold by the Napier Motor Car Company of America from 1904 until 1912. Initially, the company imported assembled Napiers from England. From late 1904 the cars were assembled under licence in Jamaica Plain, a section of Boston, Massachusetts, in a building formerly used by the B.F. Sturtevant Company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1904Founded1
  • HeadquartersBoston1
American Napier, BS 8329, London to Brighton veteran car run 2014 (15506800778)
Photo: Robert Hummerstone, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The American Napier was an automobile sold by the Napier Motor Car Company of America from 1904 until 1912.2

The story

In 1907 the company experienced financial problems and production was halted.

In 1909 a new company took over and production restarted in March that year. This lasted until 1911 when the Napier Motor Company took over the interests, but this venture barely lasted a year.

From Wikipedia’s article on American Napier (automobile), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1912Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1904Founded Founded1

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