Argo

The Argo was a short-lived United States automobile manufactured by the Argo Motor Co. in Jackson, Michigan, between 1914 and 1918. The factory had been previously used by the Standard Electric Car Co. to build an electric car.

The company originally made the four-cylinder "Motorvique" cyclecar based on the Ajax built by the Briscoe brothers in France. It had a 4-cylinder 12 HP engine and was different from the French market Ajax only in that it did not use friction drive.

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The Argo was a short-lived United States automobile manufactured by the Argo Motor Co. in Jackson, Michigan, between 1914 and 1918. The factory had been previously used by the Standard Electric Car Co. to build an electric car.

The company originally made the four-cylinder "Motorvique" cyclecar based on the Ajax built by the Briscoe brothers in France. It had a 4-cylinder 12 HP engine and was different from the French market Ajax only in that it did not use friction drive.

In 1917 the company was sold to Mansell Hackett and the name was changed to Hackett and moved its operations to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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