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Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company was a pioneer brass era, American automobile company, built in Miamisburg, Ohio, from 1909 until 1912.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1906Founded1
  • HeadquartersMiamisburg1

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, 1905, Plate 0002
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company was a pioneer brass era, American automobile company, built in Miamisburg, Ohio, from 1909 until 1912.2

The story

The company was begun in 1906 as the Kauffman Buggy Company, providing bodies and chassis for Hatfield, located across town. In 1908, as Hatfield ran into financial difficulties, the two firms merged, to form the Advance Motor Vehicle Company.

Under the Advance name, they introduced a four-passenger roadster with a refined version of Hartfield's four-cylinder on a 104 in (2642 mm) wheelbase. The Model C sold for US$1000,

Advance became the Kauffman Motor Car Company in 1911, and folded the next year.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kauffman Motor Vehicle Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1906Founded Founded1

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