The American was an American automobile, built in Plainfield, New Jersey, manufactured from 1916 to 1924. It was an assembled car , one of many built in its time, and it used Amco, Rutenber , and Herschell-Spillman engines. The company was never large; its peak production was 1500 vehicles built in 1920. In 1923 the company became associated with the Bessemer Truck Corporation ; that October, the company became Amalgamated Motors , incorporating Northway and Winther as well.
For a time, famed racing driver and future automobile designer Louis Chevrolet worked as the head of American's engineering department.
