Saxon

US, 1913 – 1923

Saxon Motor Car Co, Detroit, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Mich.

The Saxon car appeared in the winter of 1913-1914 as a small two-seater roadster with a 1.4-litre 4-cylinder engine, and 2-speed rear-axle gearbox, soon this engine on the Saxon car was replaced by a 3-speed unit. Electric lights were available on the Saxon car at extra cost. At $395 (£105 in England), these wire-wheeled Saxon cars caught the public fancy and although the Saxon car looked more like cyclecars than conventional small automobiles, sales were high from the first. Peak year was 1916, with 27.800 Saxon cars delivred. Continental and Ferro engines were used and several thousand Saxon cars had been sold, wooden artillery spoke wheels were available as an option. Various improvements on Saxon cars were noted through 1915 and a small number of delivery vans were produced to augment the roadster in the Saxon car range. By 1915, electric lighting was standard equipment on every Saxon car. A 2.9-litre 6-cylinder touring Saxib car still with rear-axle gearbox appeared in 1915 as a companion to the 4-cylinder roadsters which were retained until 1917, when Saxon cars reached tenth place in sales among American manufacturers. In 1920, a 4-cylinder ohv Saxon car reappeared and by 1921, sixes were discontinued. In the years following this reappearance the Saxon carmodels were known as Saxon-Duplex. Production of Saxon cars dropped rapidly, the last Saxon cars being sold early in 1923.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; KM

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