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Year Founded
1945
Founder
Henry J. Kaiser
Headquarters
Oakland, California, United States
Parent
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc
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Kaiser Motors was previously known as Kaiser-Frazer. The company was founded in 1945 by Henry J. Kaiser and was defunct in 1953. The company’s headquarters is in Michigan, USA. The company was merged with Willys-Overland to become Willys Motors. The company was a merger between 2 companies; Graham-Paige Motors Corporation and Henry J. Kaiser Company.
After the year of formation, the company manufactured 11000 cars. In 1948, 300,000 cars were manufactured. The company manufactured a compact car named Henry J in 1950 and in 1953, the company announced in the New York Auto Show that it will manufacture fiber-glass bodied sports car named Kaiser-Darrin-Frazer 161. The company had great potential but it couldn’t compete the “Big Three” automakers.
Kaiser Motors was bought by AMC.
The slogan of Kaiser is “We Sell to Make Friends”.
Kaiser Manhattan car was made by the founder, Henry J. Kaiser.
The Kaiser 1954 model car was made by Howard “Dutch” Darrin.
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