Private company
LaFrance-Republic
Logo: LaFrance-Republic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Truck manufacturing company
LaFrance-Republic was a truck manufacturing company that was established in 1929 in Michigan as a merger of the Republic Motor Truck Company and American LaFrance. The company introduced a one-ton model in November 1929, and a "super truck" called the Mogul in 1931 powered by a 240 hp twelve-cylinder American-La France engine2.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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LaFrance-Republic was a truck manufacturing company that was established in 1929 in Michigan as a merger of the Republic Motor Truck Company and American LaFrance. The company introduced a one-ton model in November 1929, and a "super truck" called the Mogul in 1931 powered by a 240 hp twelve-cylinder American-La France engine2.2
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- WikipediaLaFrance-Republic
- WikidataQ134108081
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- 1WikidataLaFrance-Republic on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaLaFrance-Republic on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsLaFrance-Republic logo by LaFrance-Republic, Public domain