Marmon Motor Company

Marmon Motor Company was a Texas-based manufacturer of exclusive trucks from 1963 through 1997.

Marmon Motor Company
IndustryPremium Trucks
FateDissolved
SuccessorNavistar International (For construction plant only)
Founded1963
Defunct1997
HeadquartersDenton, Texas, United States
ProductsVehicles

History

Marmon P 57

In 1963, after Marmon-Herrington, the successor to the Marmon Motor Car Company, ceased truck production, a new company, Marmon Motor Company of Denton, Texas, purchased and revived the Marmon brand to build and sell premium truck designs that Marmon-Herrington had been planning.

The Marmon truck was a low-production, handmade truck sometimes dubbed the Rolls-Royce of trucks. An overcrowded American truck industry and the lack of a nationwide sales network led to the eventual failure of Marmon trucks in the USA. The last Marmon was made in 1997, and the production facilities in Garland, Texas, were taken over by Navistar’s Paystar division.


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