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Yale

The Yale was an automobile by the Kirk Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio, from 1901 to 1905.

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The 1904 Yale was a touring car. Equipped with a tonneau, the basic model could seat 5 passengers and sold for US$1500. The car's engine was a horizontally mounted water-cooled flat-2, mid-mounted, which produced 16 hp (12 kW). It powered the wheels through a 2-speed transmission. The car weighed 1,800 lb (820 kg). A model with a 30 hp (22 kW) engine sold for US$2500. A 12-horsepower Yale touring car was also sold in 1904 for $1700. It was advertised nationally that year in Dun's Review as "the simplest, safest and most economical touring car made in America."

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• Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8047339CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_(automobile)CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1359646938 · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yale-auto_1904.jpgPublic domain · Photo: Kirk Manufacturing Co. · retrieved 2026-10-01
• Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.