CB Abbott-Detroit
Abbott-Detroit was an automobile manufacturer based in America. It started in 1909 and was closed in 1919. The company excelled at manufacturing high-end luxury cars with high-performance. The company was closed due to the financial issues caused by WWI.
Logo Details
Logo designed by: information not disclosed by the company
Meaning
The name of the company is kept due to 2 reasons; Abbot is the surname of the founder and Detroit is the founding place of the company.
Colors
Black, White
History of Abbott-Detroit Logos
Abbott-Detroit changed its logo 3 times in the following years and ways.
1909
This is the first logo of Abbott-Detroit. The logo has a customized shape of a triangle that is upside down and its left and right edges are leaning down and the center is expanded. This shape is in golden and black color with white color fill. Inside on the left is the word “Abbot” designed in golden with all capitalized letters using a customized Times New Roman font and on the right is the word “Detroit” using the same design details. There are letters in the center of the shape in A and D designed in red. The letters are overlapping each other. On the left side of these letters are two words “Motor Co.” and on its right is “U.S.A.”. These words are designed in golden using the same design details.
1910
This is the second logo of Abbott-Detroit. The logo has a the almost the same shape, the only difference is that there are two down curved lines inside the shape at the top making 2 pockets. The color scheme is the same. The top left pocket has the word “Abbot” and the top right pocket has “Motor Co.”. There is a capitalized letter A designed in red in the center of this shape and on its left is the word “Detroit” and on its right is “U.S.A.”. All these words are designed in golden with all capitalized letters using Calibri Body Bold font type.
1916
This is the third logo of Abbott-Detroit. The logo is the name of the company designed in black on a transparent background. The first letters of each both words are capitalized and the rest are in small case. The words “Abbott-Detroit” is designed using a customized P22 Founders font type. There are underlines under each words; the first underline starts from letter B and ends at T and the second starts from letter E and ends at T.
Abbott-Detroit: Company Overview
Abbott-Detroit was a luxury automobile manufacturing company based in America. It was founded by Henry Abbott in 1909 and was then known as Abbott Motor Car Company. The company was known for manufacturing high-quality luxury cars. The company did partnership with a Detroit-based firm named Leach & Lang and this is when the company was renamed to Abbott-Detroit. After this partnership, the company manufactured various vehicles like sedans, roadsters, and touring cars. The company faced a lot of financial damage due to low sales in WWI and announced to close the company in 1919.
FACT
Abbott-Detroit was one of the first car manufacturing companies to introduce left-hand steering feature.
FAQs
What was the slogan of Abbott-Detroit?
Abbott-Detroit had a slogan “Built for Permanence”.