Gardner Model History

United States · founded 1919

Defunct St. Louis assembled-car maker (1919–1931) — Lycoming-engined fours gave way to prestige straight-eights before fierce Big Three competition and the Depression ended the marque.

Models

Four-Cylinder

Gardner's founding model — a Lycoming-powered four on a 112-inch wheelbase, introduced late 1919 and discontinued after 1924 as the company moved to sixes and eights.

Touring car · 1920–1924
Series Six

Gardner's six-cylinder line — introduced in 1925 alongside the eight-cylinder models, paused while eights dominated 1928–1929, then returned as the Depression-era mainstay for 1930–1931.

Full-size car · 1925–1931
Series Eight

Gardner's straight-eight prestige line — Series 75 through 150, all Lycoming-powered — the marque's most celebrated cars and its sole US offering from 1928 to 1929.

Full-size car · 1925–1931
Front-Drive Six (prototype)

Gardner's ambitious 1930 front-wheel-drive concept — an 80 hp six on a 133-inch wheelbase with hydraulic brakes — announced in January 1930 but never produced beyond two prototypes.

Prototype · 1930–1930

Other makes