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Marquette was an American automobile manufacturer established by General Motors in 1909 after the purchase of the Rainier Motor Car Company. The Marquette Company did not last long and in 1912 GM announced the company would be closed. The Marquette brand had been used before by the Berwick Auto Car Company in 1904, and then by the Buick ...
May 4, 2014 · Just in time for the Great Depression, Buick introduced the Marquette, a lower-cost line of cars built for one model year – 1930. Marquettes were offered through Buick dealers in six body styles, all perched on 114-inch wheelbase chassis and powered by reworked L-head six-cylinder Oldsmobile engines. GM spent $26 million to launch Marquette and…
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Feb 26, 2010 · Not long after dealers received their new “Marquette – authorized Buick Service” signs, the decision was taken to discontinue the Marquette. Just over 35,000 were built before the Marquette passed into history. All were 1930 models, although a few leftovers may have been licensed as ’31s. The Marquette wasn’t a total loss for GM, however.
Feb 19, 2007 · Reviewers at the time the car was released described it either looking like a small Oldsmobile or small Cadillac. Compared to Oldsmobile's Viking, which only enjoyed a total production run of 7,224 over three model years (1929, 1930, 1931) Marquette produced 35,007 vehicles in the U.S. during its brief one year life span; additionally, GM Canada turned out another 6,535 Marquettes.
The first 1930 model Marquette, nicknamed "Baby Buick," rolled off the line in June of 1929 (and it appears that many were registered as 1929-model cars). These cars came to the public priced at an affordable $990 -- some $200 below the least expensive Buick. But few people if any had predicted the sudden economic disaster, and now the public ...
Marquette. MARQUETTE SIX. Saloon, fabric saloon, sportsman's coupé, tourer, roadster, various specials. A lower priced version of the Buick, this marquee was built at Flint, Michigan and closely resembled contemporary Pontiac products. It was the only sidevalve made by Buick, by the way.
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Located on corner of 6th & Washington Avenues. Bought by GM in 1909 as part of its purchase of Rainier Motor Car Company. Made Rainier, Marquette, and Peninsular cars as well as parts for Welch and Welch-Detroit cars. All of those activities ended at the end of 1912.
