Canadian Motors

### Founded

possably founded in 1919 (As Delbert Motors LTD)1926 (As Canadian Motors) Canada

### Fate

Went Bankrupt in 1999 then in 2000 was bought out by Corey then disbanded in 2009

### Based On

Derby Motor Cars LTD/Dodge/Volkswagen/Fictional

Canadian Motors is a former Canadian automobile company founded by Roger Colt in 1926 but some automotive historians believe Roger Colt founded the company in 1919 originally as Delbert Motors LTD, as some early Canadian Motors vehicles look like Delbert vehicles. The company lasted until 2009.

## History

Founded in ether 1919 or 1926 by Roger Colt (1885-1952) after winning a bet that he and his friends made records state that Roger won the bet and got an old horse stable as his prize and in the summer of ether 1919 or 1926 Roger began making automobiles under the name Canadian Motors or if it was 1919 then he founded the company as Delbert Motors LTD ether way by 1926 he introduced the Moosie as a 4-door sedan which was advertised to have a Corporation Automobile Company, Six-cylinder engine one of the fastest Canadian made engines at the time.

Early Canadian Motors vehicles where in fact just rebadged versions of American built Dixon vehicles, only changing the nameplates and the rear windows and as well as the placement of the door handles. The conversions took place at the former Martin Tractors factory in Waskanoon.

In 1930 the Great Depression began and many of the smaller companies where getting hit the hardest like Canadian Motors on April 9th 1931 Roger Colt laid of 50 Canadian Motors workers in order to save money, the very next day a protest formed outside the company's main building blocking people from getting in and out as well as keeping those still loyal to Roger Colt and Canadian Motors. The protest lasted up until July 1932.

Sometime in 1933 the company began to design a vehicle called the Panelvan and when the vehicle was released in the winter of the same year many people criticized it for looking like a knockoff version of the Dogo, Airways which debuted two months earlier, the Canadian Motors, Panelvan was specifically advertised as a delivery truck and police transport unlike the Dogo, Airways which was advertised mostly as a tank truck.

During WWII Roger Colt was asked to end the civilian production of vehicles and switch to the manufacturing of military vehicles and weapons. The firm was quick to switch to military production and the first year of production the company made 20,000 and by the end of the war in 1947 the company had made in total 120,000 military vehicles. Civilian automobile production restarted in late 1947.

In 1948 the company introduced the CM-Series of trucks starting out with four models the CM5, CM10, CM15 & CM20. In 1949 the company lacking from any new post war designs was itching to get back up into civilian sales so they created the Streamliner a sleek modern car to compete with the post-war auto industry. In 1952 Roger Colt died in a car crash at the age of 67, his son James Colt then became the new CEO of the company and having learnt from his father would begin to efficiently run the company, the Streamliner was updated for the 1953 model year adding power windows as apposed to hand-cranked windows which was becoming obsolete since 1946. During the late 50s many automotive manufacturers started to switch to a more square design with big tailfins but James Colt went with a more rounded approach especially with the CM-Series with the 3rd gen CM100 being the test bed for the design.

During the 1960s many foreign automotive companies where beginning to appear in Canada and North America such as Motsuboshi & Rear Motors and in Canada especially well known American auto companies where dominating the auto market with their cars. To combat this North American auto makers had to design vehicles that where on the same level as the foreign cars. In 1961 the company released the Society a small compact car on scale with brands like forte and Barkin, in 1966 the company released the Rover a vehicle in many ways similar to the Rear Motors, Type 292.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s oil prices skyrocketed all culminating in the 1971 global oil crisis which forced many automobile companies to create small fuel efficient cars. Canadian Motors went hard on this and created a Compact car called the Colt a compact car similar in size to the Society that was already in production.

In the late 1990s Canadian Motors went bankrupt and by 1999 got Bought by Corey then was liquidated and ceased to exist in 2009.