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Ardsley Motor Car Company

Logo: Arsley Motor Car Co., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

The Ardsley was a short-lived American automobile designed by W. S. Howard and manufactured from 1905 to 1906 in Yonkers, New York, by the Ardsley Motor Car Company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1905Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersYonkers1

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Ardsley Model B (1906)
Photo: EDW.J. KUNZE, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Ardsley was a short-lived American automobile designed by W. S. Howard and manufactured from 1905 to 1906 in Yonkers, New York, by the Ardsley Motor Car Company.2

The story

The company salesrooms were located at 50th Street and Broadway in Yonkers.

By 1906, the automobile was advertised in a national automobile trade magazine as "quiet and powerful." It had 35 horsepower, could seat five and was priced at US$3,500.

The displacement of the four-cylinder Model B was 6470 cc with a bore of 117.475 mm and a stroke of 149.225 mm. The engine reached 35 horsepower at 900 RPM, at 1500 RPM it was 40 horsepower, hence the designation 35-40 horsepower. The transmission had three gears. The wheelbase was 2540 mm. The vehicle weight was 1021 kg.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ardsley (automobile), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Ardsley Model A (1905) 30-35 HP

Ardsley Model B (1906) 35-40 HP

From Wikipedia’s article on Ardsley (automobile), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1906Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1905Founded Founded1

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