Peerless car logos and Peerless history
Peerless United States was an automobile produced by the Peerless Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The company has been known for building large, luxury cars of quality precision. Peerless' factory was located at 9400 Quincy Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. [1]
Headquartered in Cleveland in 1900, General Motors began producing Peerless De Dion-Bouton "machines" under license from the French company. At that time, Cleveland was the thriving center of automotive production in the United States. Barney Oldfield Peerless employed as a driver of his car racing Green Dragon in speed races Peerless proved early product durability and set world records for speed. Peerless was noted for his use of flat-plane crankshafts in its engine designs.
As the Peerless evolved, which, along with makes Packard and Pierce-Arrow, known as the "Three Ps of Motordom" (luxury vehicles) in the United States.
Peerless fall was its quality. [Edit] In the 1920s, the company produced conservative style vehicle that would last a decade or more. The current owners of Peerless held onto their car, which went very well, new money buyers of luxury cars were attracted to LaSalle, Packard and the Studebaker President series.
In 1930-31, Peerless commissioned Murphy Body Works in Pasadena, California, to design what the company envisioned as the Model 1933. The task was entrusted to a young Frank Hershey. Hershey's design for Peerless was a remarkably clean, elegant vehicle, powered by a V16 engine provided by the company.
As the car was ready to be shipped back to Cleveland, the Peerless board of directors fired outside the automotive business and moved the company to brew beer under the Carling Black Label brand.
Hershey prototype was walled into a room at the Peerless factory where it remained until the end of the Second World War. Prototype Hershey's is now owned by the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.
Today, Peerless vehicles are difficult to find.
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