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Marmon
The Marmon Motor Car Company was another renowned luxury manufacturer from Indianapolis, Indiana. Howard Carpenter Marmon established the brand in 1902. Soon, it became famous for its innovative V2, V4, V6 and later, V8 engines. Marmon cars were fast and powerful for their time, so the next logical step was to enter the races. So, in 1909 the Marmon Wasp racing car was the first car to win the famous Indianapolis 500 race.
And that was enough to give the company some valuable publicity. The company was famous for luxurious, fast sedans. But over the years, Marmon lost ground to its flashier, better-marketed counterparts. In its last attempt to win the market over, Marmon introduced a V16 engine to compete with Cadillac. But it just wasn’t enough, so they closed the company down in 1933.