White Motor Company

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White Motor Company was an United States automobile and truck manufacturer, in existence from 1902 to 1981.

Automobile manufacturing In 1876, Thomas H. White incorporated his business in Cleveland, Ohio, as the White Sewing Machine Co., later to evolve into White Consolidated Industries (WCI), now owned by AB Electrolux. His three sons (Windsor T. White, Rollin White, and Walter White (automobiles)) eventually became involved in their father's very successful sewing machine manufacturing business and in 1901 they set up operations to build automobiles.

Their first automobile, offered to the public in 1900, was chain-drive, tiller-steered, and run by a two-cylinder, steam-powered engine mounted under the floorboards. The following year, the White family created the White Motor Company as a separate entity from the rest of their business. White automobiles grew in both size and power, and provided chassis for light duty buses and other larger vehicles. In 1909, White introduced a companion line of cars powered by gasoline internal-combustion engines, giving White the distinction of being the world's only significant maker of both steam and gasoline automobiles. The last White steam cars were built in 1911. Meanwhile, White had become one of the world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks. The company discontinued its automobile lines in favor of truck production after the 1918 model season, although passenger cars remained available by special order for a time.

Today, only about 150 White steam cars are known to remain from the 10,000 or so that were made. White produced more steam cars than any other maker, even the more famous Stanley_automobile.

Truck manufacturing White Motor Co. began producing trucks and was a large semi truck manufacturer following the 1920s. White acquired several truck companies during this time: Sterling, Autocar Company, Diamond T, and REO. White produced trucks under the Autocar nameplate following its acquisition. Diamond T and REO Motor Car Company became the Diamond REO division, which was discontinued in the 1970s.

White designed and (with other companies) produced the M3 Scout Car, the standard United States Army reconnaissance vehicle at the start of World War II, and the basis for the later M2 Half Track Car and M3 Half-track Half-track fighting and tractor vehicles.

In the 1970s, White started the Western Star division to sell trucks on the west coast.

Demise In 1953 White purchased the Autocar Company, a truck manufacturer located in Pennsylvania. From the 1950s until 1975, White Motors distributed Freightliner LLC trucks under an agreement with Freightliner's parent, Consolidated Freightways Inc. White manufactured, under its own brands—White, Autocar and Western Star—as well, leading to the company becoming known as the "Big Four" through to the mid-1970s.

By 1980, White was insolvent, despite importing Semon E. "Bunkie" Knudsen, son of General Motors legend Semon Knudsen, and President of Ford Motor Company in 1969–70. AB Volvo acquired the U.S. assets of the company, while two, energy-related companies based in Calgary, Alberta, Alberta, Bow Valley Resource Services and Nova, an Alberta Corp., purchased the Canadian assets, including the Kelowna, British Columbia, British Columbia, plant, and the Western Star nameplate and product range.

Volvo produced trucks as White and Autocar through the 1980s, while Western Star continued independently in Canada and the U.S., although Volvo-White–produced high Cab forward models were purchased and re-badged Western Star for sale in the Canadian market through the early 1990s.

Volvo-White was merged with GMC (General Motors division)'s heavy truck business in 1987 creating the WhiteGMC brand, while Western Star was sold to Australian entrepreneur Terry Peabody in 1990. Subsequently, Western Star was resold by Peabody to DaimlerChrysler and merged with its Freightliner subsidiary. Volvo dropped any reference to White, and is now Volvo Trucks North America. Autocar remained a part of Volvo until 2000, when the trademark was withdrawn from the market, and was subsequently sold to Grand Vehicle Works together with the Xpeditor low cab forward heavy duty product, which remains in production to this day under the Autocar badge, the last vestige of what was once America's leading commercial vehicle producer.

A former White subsidiary, White Farm Equipment, produced farm tractors until 2001. As of 2006, the only products made under the White name is a series of corn planters (made by AGCO) and garden tractors (made by MTD Products).

Products

WA
WC
WX42 pumper/rescue
White Horse (1939–1950s)
50A bus
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7000
9000
Construcktor
PDQ Delivery (1960–1966)
Road Boss
Road Commander
Road Xpeditor
Western Star
Freightliner

Clients

Toronto Transportation Commission
Hamilton Street Railway
Chicago Transit Authority

External links

Western Star Trucks For Sale
White Motor Exhibit and History
White Motor Truck Photos
White Motor Factory Photos
Autocar
Western Star trucks
Sterling trucks
White farm machine
Volvo