The Marmon Heritage

Recipient McKean Cup & Cugnot Awards. An automotive business & technical history addressing innovative products, construction details, marketing & manufacture, organization & financing. Marmon of Indianapolis revolutionized grain milling, electrified major cities, was innovator in engineering & styling the automobile for three decades. Dominance in racing & victory in first INDY 500 made Marmon Speedsteers the 'Corvettes' of the 1920s. Marmon-Herrington built All-Wheel-Drive trucks during the next three decades, including AWD Ford cars & trucks. Marmon Group today is among world's most diverse firms. The book contrasts sharply with the perceived state of early century technology & product reliability-durability.