Lane_(automobile)
Lane (automobile)
Defunct Steam Car Manufacturer
The Lane Steam Car was produced in Poughkeepsie, New York, from 1900 to 1911.[1]
| Lane Motor Vehicle Company | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Type | Steam car |
| Production | 1900-1911 |
| Designer | The Lane Brothers |
| Powertrain | |
| Propulsion | Steam Engine |
The Lane brothers; William, George and John built their first steam runabout for personal use in 1900. By the end of that year, they built five more and became a long term veteran and brass era producer of steam cars.[1]
Incorporated as the Lane Motor Vehicle Company, the 1900 Model No. 1, was a 4 passenger runabout with a 2-cylinder steam engine under the body. In 1905 a touring body with the boiler under a front hood would be offered. The Model 75 Touring of 1907 was a 30hp compound engine steam car priced at $2,500 to $3,400, equivalent to $111,180 in 2023. Production in 1908 was 89 cars and was almost 150 in 1909.[1][2]
Steam powered cars sales were slowing in favor of gasoline powered cars. Lane produced a final 63 steam cars in 1911.[2]
- 1907 Lane Steam Touring Advertisement
- Lane Motor Vehicle Co at the Virtual Steam Car Museum
- Two Lane Steam Cars were extant in 2022, a 1901 Runabout and a 1909 Model 15 Tourer
- Lane Model 15 at PreWarCar
- Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
- Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.