Kent Motors Corp.

The Kent Motors Corporation was a dealership in New York City that exported cars to Latin America. The original plans were to build cars in Havana, Cuba, but they built a factory in Newark, NJ. In 1916, the Kent Motors Company was incorporated for $200,000 with several investors and production began. Stock was offered in January, 1917. The Kent was just another ordinary car of the period. The investors behind the company proved its undoing, in 1917 when they were indicted for stock fraud and convicted.

 

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The Kent Motors Corporation was a dealership in New York City that exported cars to Latin America. The original plans were to build cars in Havana, Cuba, but they built a factory in Newark, NJ. In 1916, the Kent Motors Company was incorporated for $200,000 with several investors and production began. Stock was offered in January, 1917. The Kent was just another ordinary car of the period. The investors behind the company proved its undoing, in 1917 when they were indicted for stock fraud and convicted.

 

Subject ID: 79421

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