Haynes Model History

United States · founded 1894

American automaker from Kokomo, Indiana (1894–1924) — Elwood Haynes' 1894 'Pioneer' was one of the first US gasoline cars; the marque went on to build the Light Six and one of America's earliest V12s before failing in the postwar recession.

Models

Pioneer

Elwood Haynes' 1894 gasoline 'Pioneer' — one of the earliest American automobiles, now in the Smithsonian as the oldest surviving US-made car.

Horseless carriage · 1894–1894
Haynes-Apperson

The flat-twin Brass Era cars built by Haynes and the Apperson brothers (~1896–1905) — among the first commercially produced automobiles in the United States.

Brass Era touring car · 1896–1905
Light Six

Haynes' long-running six-cylinder car, advertised as 'America's Greatest Light Six' from 1914 — the marque's volume model through to its 1924 collapse.

Touring car · 1914–1924
Light Twelve

Haynes' V12 (1916–1922) — one of the first American twelve-cylinder production cars, with a 5.8-liter 60-degree V12; fewer than ~650 built.

Luxury car · 1916–1922
Model 75

A late Haynes six-cylinder flagship (1922) — a 300-cubic-inch L-head six rated at 75 hp on a 132-inch wheelbase, priced $2,485–$3,485.

Luxury car · 1922–1922

Other makes