1911 Oldsmobile Autocrat Roadster

1911 Oldsmobile Autocrat Roadster

During the early years of the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the company experimented with a variety of vehicles including some electric vehicles, but settle on building a small, single-cylinder car which would soon become the best selling car in America from 1901 to 1904. Their small car weighed only 650 pounds and ironically sold for $650.

In 1904, Olds left the company and started a new company bearing his initials, R.E.O. The company built cars in Lansing from 1905 until the mid-1930s. After Olds left the Oldsmobile Company, the company began producing large and expensive vehicles and became the flagship, luxury division of the new General Motors Company when it joined in 1908.

In 1911, Oldsmobile produced four and six cylinder vehicles. The Autocrat was the largest four cylinder vehicle built by Olds and carries a rare sporting roadster body, making it one of Detroit's first high performance 'muscle cars.'

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