Locomobile Model History

United States · founded 1899

American automaker (1899–1929) that started with cheap Stanley-licensed steam runabouts, then became a premier gasoline luxury marque — winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup with 'Old 16'.

Models

Steam Runabout

Locomobile's original product — a light, inexpensive Stanley-licensed steam runabout, over 4,000 built before the brand abandoned steam for gasoline.

Steam runabout · 1899–1903
Old 16

The Locomobile racer that won the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup — the first American-built car to win a major international motor race.

Race car · 1906–1908
Model 30

A six-cylinder Locomobile luxury car of the early 1910s, sitting below the flagship Model 48.

Luxury car · 1909–1913
Model 48

Locomobile's flagship — a large straight-six luxury car built to an impeccable standard from 1911 until the company's end in 1929.

Luxury car · 1911–1929
Model 38

A smaller, less costly six-cylinder Locomobile of the mid-1910s, offered alongside the flagship Model 48.

Luxury car · 1913–1916
Junior Eight (8-66)

Durant-era Locomobile's first new model — a more modern, lower-priced straight-eight aimed at a broader market.

Luxury car · 1925–1928

Other makes