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The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation (1947–1953 as Kaiser-Frazer) was an American automobile company. It was founded jointly by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and automobile executive Joseph W. Frazer.
La Kaiser-Frazer è stata una casa automobilistica statunitense attiva dal 1946 al 1953 a Ypsilanti, nel Michigan. Nel 1953 la Kaiser-Frazer cambiò nome in Kaiser Motors e si fuse con la Willys-Overland a formare la Willys Motors Incorporated .
In 1950, Kaiser-Frazer began production of a new compact car, the Henry J and ended production of the Frazer automobiles. Both makes were 1951 model year automobiles. In 1952 and 1953, Kaiser-Frazer provided Sears, Roebuck and Company with Allstate-branded automobiles that retailers sold through select Sears Auto Centers.
27 set 2021 · As the Big Three automakers were introducing high-compression, overhead-valve V-8s, Kaiser-Frazer was using a flathead six it had bought from Continental whose design dated back to the 1920s. Kaiser-Frazer was also hamstrung by one of Henry Kaiser’s lesser ideas.
Introduced in 1947, the Kaiser was a family of cars built by Kaiser-Frazer. Alongside the upmarket Frazer, the Kaiser was positioned as a more economical series of cars. The Kaiser was available in two or four door sedan body styles, as well as a hatchback version known as the Traveler.
Both the Kaiser and Frazer (which were essentially identical) were designed and mocked up in Kaiser’s Emeryville facility under the watchful eye of Henry Kaiser himself. It was here that Kaiser-Frazer engineers developed the first fenderless car designs of the postwar era, and also beat Detroit in the race to release them.
30 gen 2010 · Kaiser-Frazer ultimately sold 70,474 Kaisers and 68,775 Frazers in the 1947 model year, giving the company the best market share of any of the American independents. Kaiser-Frazer posted a $19 million profit for 1947 calendar year, offsetting the previous year’s losses.
