List of steam car makers


The steam car manufacturers listed here were mostly active during the first period of volume production, roughly 1860–1930, with a peak around 1900. From 1940 onwards, steam cars have tended to be either experimental or prototypes.
The first experimental steam-powered vehicles were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it was not until after Richard Trevithick had developed the use of high-pressure steam, around 1800, that mobile steam engines became a practical proposition. The first half of the 19th century saw great progress in steam vehicle design, and by the 1850s it was viable to produce them on a commercial basis. The next sixty years saw continuing improvements in vehicle technology and manufacturing techniques and steam road vehicles were used for many applications. In the 20th century, the rapid development of internal combustion engine technology led to the demise of the steam engine as a source of propulsion of vehicles on a commercial basis prior to World War II. Since then there have been sporadic resurgences of interest in steam, particularly in the late 1960s in California to address air pollution issues and later in response to the 1973 oil crisis.

1600s – Pioneers

1700s – Pioneers

1800s – Pioneers

1890s – Commercial manufacture

1900 to 1913 – Volume production

The early years of the 20th century, prior to World War I, were the heyday of the steam car.
MakeCountryYears activeComments
Albany-LamploughEngland1903Designed by Frederick Lamplough and better known as the Lamplough-Albany, it was only made in 1903. Albany also made petrol powered cars.
AltmannGermany1905–1907The Altmann was an automobile made by Kraftfahrzeug-Werke GmbH, Brandenburg-Havel from 1905 to 1907. See also the American Aultman.
AMCEngland1900-1910The Automobile Manufacturing Company was a short-lived British steam car manufactured in London around 1900. to 1910.
AndersonUS1901–1902Steam cars made by the Anderson Steam Carriage Company of Anderson.
ArdenEngland1908Steam cars made by the Arden Steam Car Company, Halifax probably not produced commercially.
ArtzbergerUS1903–1905See Foster.
AultmanUS1901–1902The Aultman was a 1901 American automobile manufactured in Canton, Ohio.
BallUS1902Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company Middletown Ohio.
BartonUS1903Barton Boiler Company Chicago, Illinois made steam cars to order.
Binney & BurnhamUS1901–1902A steam automobile built in Boston from 1901 to 1902 by James L Binney and John Appleton Burnham.
BlissUS1901A steam car made by the Bliss Chainless Automobile Company of Attenborough. The drive train was spur geared to the rear axle rather than chain drive.
BolsoverEngland1902Only made a prototype. No production model made. Best known as makers of the Bolsover Express boiler, used for steam launches and as a replacement boiler for Stanley steam cars.
Bon-CarEngland1905–1907No series production cars made.
BossUS1903–1907A steam car made by the Boss Knitting Machine Works of Reading.
BrechtUS1901–1903Steam-powered cars made by the Brecht Automobile Company of St Louis.
BreerUS1900 A steam-powered car made by Carl Breer, an engineer who later went on to work for Chrysler and is credited with providing much of the aerodynamic design to the Chrysler Airflow.
BuffardFrance1900–1902Details unknown—named in list of steam car makes.
CaliforniaUS1903–1905Maker of steam, electric, and gasoline automobiles based in San Francisco.
CampbellAustralia1901A steam car made by Archie M Campbell of Liverpool Street, Hobart.
CannonUS1902–1906Details unknown—named in list of steam car makes.
CapitolUS1902–1903A steam built by the Capitol Automobile Company of Washington DC and based on a Frank Goodwin model developed from experiments that commenced in 1889.
CentralUS1905–1906A rotary steam engine powered vehicle made by the Central Automobile Company of Providence, Rhode Island.
ChabocheFrance1901–1906 Chaboche made steam cars and a steam wagon with a 2.5 ton carrying capacity.
ChautauquaUS1911A car made by the Chautauqua Motor Company, Dunkirk, New York.
ChelmsfordEngland1901–1903The company exhibited two cars and a van at the 1903 motor show. They were made at the Moulsham Works in Chelmsford. Chelmsford also built many steam buses.
ChicagoUS1905–1907A steam car made by the Chicago Automobile Company.
CincinnatiUS1903–1905A two seat steam-powered car made by the Cincinnati Automobile Company of Ohia.
ClarkUS1900–1909Advanced flash boiler steam cars made by Edward S Clark Steam Automobiles of Dorchester.
CloughleyUS1902–1903A four seat steam-powered surrey made by the Coughley Motor Vehicle Company of Parsons.
ConnorSwitzerland1903Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
ConradUS1900–1924A variety of 2 seat and 4 seat models plus a dos-a-dos.
CookEngland1901–1902Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
CottaUS1901–1903A 4 wheel drive and steering steam car made by Charles Cotta's Cotta Autombobile Company of Lanark, Illinois.
CovertUS1901–1907B.V. Covert and Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Lockport, New York from 1901 to 1907. The company started as a manufacturer of steam-powered cars, but later switched to gas-powered vehicles. Some Coverts were exported to England as Covert-Jacksons.
CremorneEngland1903–1904A steam car made by the Cremorne Motor Manufacturing Company of Chelsea.
CromptonUS1903–1905A steam car made by the Crompton Motor Carriage Company of Worcester.
DawsonUS1900–1902A steam car made by George Dawson's Dawson Manufacturing Company at Waynesboro. Only one was completed and sold.
DesberonUS1901–1904The Desberon was an American automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1904. The company initially built steam trucks, and later branched out into making 4 hp gas-driven "pleasure carriages" built along "French lines".
DobleUS1906–1930 The first Doble was made from wrecked White with a Doble steam engine. Two more prototypes were made with production starting with the Model B. The most technically sophisticated of the steam car manufacturers. Even after they had been supplanted by petrol engines for use in automobiles, Abner Doble continued to sell his experience in designing water-tube boilers to railway locomotive manufacturers, such as Sentinel.
EastmanUS1900–1903Henry Eastman and Jay Hayes formed the Eastman Automobile Company in Cleveland to make steam cars. At the end of 1900 Eastman and Hayes sold the company to the Benson Automobile Company.
EclipseUS1900–1903Eclipse Automobile Company Boston.
E.J.Y.REngland1907See Rutherford.
ElberonUS1903Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
ElectronomicUS1900–1901The Electromagnetic Steamer was manufactured by the Simplex Motor Vehicle Company. The company was incorporated in 1900, but made its first car in 1899.
EliteUS1900–1901A model built by D B Smith and Company, Utica, New York.
EmpireUS1901Built by Empire Manufacturing Company of Stirling, Illionois also known as the Stirling steam car.
EmpireUS1904–1905A steam-driven car designed by William H Terwilliger of the Empire Auto Company of Amsterdam, New York. Several experimental models were made from 1898 but production only started in 1904.
English MechanicEngland1900–1905 Do-it-yourself tricycle and steam car designed by Thomas Hyler White for The English Mechanic and World of Science magazine. He also designed petrol cars as the one shown to the photograph.
EssexUS1905–1906A 4 cylinder steam car made by the Essex Motor Car Company of Boston.
Fawcett-FowlerEngland1907–1909
FederalUS1901–1903A steam car made by Federal Motor Vehicle Company of Brooklyn, New York.
FideliaFrance1905–1906A steam car produced by Voitures Fidelia of Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France.
FiltzFrance1901–1910Mostly commercial vehicles.
FosterUS1900–1903 The Foster Automobile Manufacturing Company of Rochester, New York produced 165 vehicles before bankruptcy in 1903. One of the investors in the company William H. Artzberger, an artist of Allegheny acquired the rights, and founded the Artzberger Automobile Company. Re-launching the cars as improved Foster's in 1903. The company ceased auto production in 1905.
FrazerEngland1911Possibly only a prototype made.
FriedmannUS1900–1903A steam car made by the Friedmann Automobile Company of Chicago.
GageUS1903Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
GenevaUS1901–1904The Geneva Steamer was made in 1901 by the Geneva Automobile and Manufacturing Company of Geneva, Ohio. One is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. Geneva also made the Turtle, a racing car. In 1904 the company was sold to the Colonial Brass Co.
HenriettaUS1901A steam car made by the Henrietta Motor Company of New York.
HessUSNamed in list of steam cars—details unknown.
HidleyUS1901Between one and four were made by the Hidley Automobile Company of 257 Broadway, Troy, New York.
HoffmanUS1902–1904A light steam car made by the Hoffman Automobile and Manufacturing Company at Cleveland, Ohio. From 1904 the company switched to petrol powered vehicles, the Royal Tourist.
HollandUSNamed in list of steam cars—details unknown.
HoodUS1900–1901Steam car made by Ralph Hood of Danvers associated with the Simplex Motor car company.
HoughtonUS1900–1901A steam car made by H R Houghton's Houghton Automobile Company of West Newton.
HowardUS1900–1902Steam cars built by the Howard Automobile Company of Trenton, New Jersey.
HowardUS1901–1903A chainless steam car built by William S Howard's Trojan Launch and Automobile Works of Troy, New York.
HudsonUS1901–1902A steam car designed by Howard Coffin and built by Bean-Chamberlain Manufacturing Company.
HytheEngland1903Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
InternationalUS1903In Toledo became the International Motor Car Company for a time before becoming Pope Motor Car Company.
JaxonUS1903–1904 Steam cars made by Jackson Automobile Company of Jackson, Michigan.
JohnsonUS1905–1907Steam cars made by Professor Warren F Johnson's Johnson Service Company of Milwaukee until 1907 when the company switched to petrol powered vehicles. The company ceased business after Johnson died in 1912.
KeeneUS1900–1901The Keen Steammobile was built by the Trinity Bicycle Company of Keene. In 1901 the company changed name to the Steammobile Company of America and the cars name also changed to Steammobile.
KeeneletEngland1904Possibly only a prototype built by Keene's Automobile Works of London.
KelloggUS1903Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
Kent's PacemakerUS1900An unusual steam car made by A.W. Kent's Colonial Company of Boston. It had a wheel for steering at the front and three rear wheels, one of which propelled the car while the other two could be lifted making it more like a motorbike.
KidderUS1900–1901Three styles of Kidder's were made including a delivery wagon.
KingUS1904One off steam automobile built for Gilbert M King.
:de:Friedmann-Knoller|KnollerAustria1904-1910 Steam cars made by Max Friedmann of Vienna. Very few were made.
KraftUS1901A steam car made in St. Louis, Missouri.
:de:L'Autovapeur|L'AutovapeurFrance1905–1906A Parisian steam car make powered by a Gardner-Serpollet engine.
Lamplough-AlbanyEngland1903See Albany-Lamplough.
LaneUS1900Steam cars made by Lane Motor Vehicle Company of Poughkeepsie, New York.
Liquid AirUS1901-1902Liquid Air Power and Automobile Company Boston.
LockeUS1901See Puritan.
LozierUS1901–1902A Lozier Motor Company prototype steam car. The production cars, commencing in 1905, had petrol engines only.
LyonsUSNamed in list of steam cars—details unknown.
MarylandUS1900–1901A steam car made by the Maryland Automobile Manufacturing company of Luke, Maryland.
MCCEngland1902–1904Motor Construction Company of Nottingham steam cars sold as Vapomobile.
McCurdyUS1901Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
McKayUS1900–1902Renamed Stanley-Whitney. Steam buggy made by Frank Forrester Stanley's Stanley Manufacturing Company. Stanley's reverted to manufacturing shoes and in 1920 were taken over by the A.G. Walton Shoe Co.
MeteorUS1902–1903The Reading steam cars were built by the Meteor Engineering Company from 1902 after the company acquired the Steam Vehicle Company of America.
MillerUS1903Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
MillsUSNamed in list of steam cars—details unknown.
MilwaukeeUS1900–1902A steam stanhope made by the Milwaukee Automobile Company.
MoncriefUS1901–1902James A Moncrief of the Pawtucket Steamboat Company of Pawtucket, Rhode Island made a few steam cars.
MorrissEngland1906–1912Only four cars were made at Sandringham. Only one survives.
MorseUS1904–1909Made by the Morse Motor Vehicle Company of Springfield. In 1909 the company became the Easton Machine Company, which made a petrol powered vehicle under the Morse name.
NeffCanada1901A steam buggy built by Benton Neff of Port Colborne and displayed at the Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum.
Neustadt-PerryUS1901–1903J.H. Neustadt and Perry was partnership. In 1904 Neustadt bought out Perry forming the Neustadt Automobile and Supply Company located in St Louis, Missouri. From 1904 it made petrol powered cars.
New HomeUS1901See Grout.
OphirUS1901Made by the Century Motor Vehicle Company of Syracuse, New York.
OrmondUS1904–1905Made by United Motor and Vehicle Co of Boston.
OverholtUS1909Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
OxfordUS1900–1904Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
ParidantBelgium1903–?Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
Parker-WearwellEngland1901Thomas Hugh Parker of Wearwell Motor Carriage Company, Wolverhampton made a steam car. Only one seems to have been made with Wearwell concentrating on petrol powered motor bikes.
PawtucketUS1901–1902A single seat car made by the Pawtucket Steam Boat Company of Providence, Rhode Island.
Pearson & CoxEngland1908–1916 Pearson and Cox were petrol and steam powered car makers from Shortlands, Kent.
PhelpsUS1901Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
PierceUS1900The first car made by George N Pierce and Co was steam powered but a failure. They switched to petrol cars.
PopeUS1903–1904The Pope Motor Car Company replaced the International Motor Car Company making Toledo's.
PorterUS1900–1901Steam cars made by Porter Motor Company of Boston.
PrescottUS1901–1907These steam cars were made by A L Prestcott's Prescott Automobile Manufacturing Company, 09 Chambers Street, New York. The company closed in 1907 after an employee stole most of its cash.
PuritanUS1902–1903Albert Locke's Lock Regulator Company of Salem, Massachusetts built a four-passenger steam runabout named the Puritan.
RamapaughUS1902Charles A Ball's Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company decided to build automobiles in 1902. The name Ramapaugh came from an old Indian chief who lived near Ball in New York. Ball bought the first and only vehicle completed.
RandallUS1902A steam carriage made by G N Randall.
RandolphUSNamed in list of steam cars—details unknown.
ReadingUS1900–1902A steam car made by Steam Vehicle Company of America, Reading. The company was sold to Meteor Engineering Co in 1902.
ReidNew Zealand1903-1905Made three steam cars which used engines imported from the United States.
RexerFrance1905–1910See Weyher et Richemond.
RichmondUS1902–1903A steam car made by the Richmond Automobile Company of Richmond, Indiana.
Riley & CowleyUS1902A steam car made in Brooklyn, New York.
RochesterUS1900–1901A steam buggy made by Rochester Carriage Motor Company of Rochester, New York.
RossUS1905–1909A steam car made by Louis S Ross of Newtonville.
Rutherford England1907–1912The car was designed by EJY Rutherford and George Hamilton of the Highclere Motor Car Syndicate Ltd, and was first known by Rutherford's initials as the E.J.Y.R.
SafetyUS1901Safety Steam Automobile Company Boston.
SchirmerSwitzerland1903–1904Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
SeelyUS1900sA double engined steam car made by F.L. Seely. Only one is believed to have been built.
ShatswellUS1901–1903A kit steam car sold by H K Shatswell and Co Dedham MA.
SheppeeEngland1912A steam automobile made in York by Colonel F H Sheppee's Sheppee Motor Company. Only two were made. Prior to this Sheppee made commercial vehicles. The company still exists but no longer makes vehicles.
Siemens-HalskeGermany1900–1905Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
SimonsUS1903Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
SimpsonIndia1903Samual John Green of Simpson & Co, Madras produced the first Indian steam car in 1903. They made very few as the company specialised in coachmade bodies for imported motor car chassis.
SkeneUS1900–1901Steam cars made by Skene American Automobile Company of Springfield.
SMEngland1904–1905A steam car that may never have got beyond prototype.
SpringerUS1904–1906A steam car made by John H Springer's Springer Motor Vehicle Company of New York.
SpringfieldUS1900–1904The Springfield Motor Car Company made a steam-powered van in 1901, but no details of a steam-powered car found.
StammobileUS1902–1905A steam buggy made by the Stammobile Manufacturing Company of Stamford, Connecticut.
StandardUS1902–1905Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
StantonUS1901Stanton Manufacturing Co acquired the New England steam car business in 1901. They continued to make the cars with some improvements but ceased business the same year.
SteamobileUS1901–1902The renamed Keene. In 1902 the factory closed because of over-production.
StearnsUS1900–1904 E.C. Stearns of Syracuse, New York owned a huge automobile parts supply store and as owner of the Stearns Automobile Co made Stearns Steam Carriages. He made the automobile company a subsidiary of E J Pennington's Anglo-American Rapid Transit Co which drained money from Stearns company making it went bankrupt.
SterlingUS1901–1902See Empire.
StesrocEngland1905–1906A steam car made by Johnson Brothers of Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
StolzHungary1911–1915Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
StorckUS1901–1903Steam cars made by Frank C Storck of Red Bank, New Jersey.
StringerUS1901Prototype only made by Stringer Automobile Company of Marion, Ohio.
StrouseUS1915Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
SunsetUS1901–1904A steam car made by Dorville Libby Junior's Sunset Automobile Company of San Francisco until they switched to petrol engines.
TauntonUS1901–1904A steam runabout built by Everitt Cameron. Cameron went on to build petrol powered cars under his name.
ThompsonUS1900–1902Named in list of steam cars—details unknown. There was a Thompson Automobile Company of Providence Rhode Island that made a six-passenger steam car in 1906
ToledoUS1901–1903 A steam car first made in September 1900 by the American Bicycle Company of Toledo, later by the International Motor Car Company and then by Pope in 1903. Production ceased in 1903 and Pope contracted the Manhattan Supply Company to dispose of the remaining cars. The last were sold in 1904 at below cost.
TractobileUS1900–1902 The Tractobile was built by E.J. Pennington's company of Carlisle between 1900–1902. While a car with that name could be ordered it was more an engine and wheels on a removable frame that could be attached to a carriage instead of horses. Very few were built.
TrinityUS1900Possibly a name for Keene's as they were made by the Trinity Cycle Manufacturing Company.
TriumphUS1900Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
Turner-MiesseEngland1902–1913Miesse's from Belgium built under licence in England.
TwomblyUS1904, 1910The first of Williard Twombly's three attempts to make a car. The steamer was too expensive to produce so he turned to petrol. This to proved two expensive. His 1910 version had a quick replacement engine and a body that could be changed. Unfortunately Twombly could not raise funds to manufacture the car. He tried again in 1914 with a petrol powered cyclecar, but this suffered the same fate.
VapomobileEngland1902–1904See MCC.
XanderUS1901–1902The Xander automobile company was founded in 1901 by John G. Xander in Reading, Pennsylvania. His first cars were steam, then gasoline engines were used. He only built his car custom order. In 1902, he stopped.
WarfieldEngland1903Possibly only a prototype.
WatchUS1903A steam car made by Watch City Automobile Company of Waltham, Massachusetts.
WattUS1901Named in list of steam cars—details unknown.
Webb-JayUS1908Racing specials largely of White Motor Company origin.
WeidknechtFrance1911Weidknecht built a steam bus in 1911.
WestfieldUS1902–1903Steam cars made by C J Moore Manufacturing Company of Westfield.
Weyher et RichemondFrance1905–1910Steam cars made by Automobiles Weyher et Richmond of Pantin, Seine. Probably no private cars built after 1907. Also known as Rexer.
WhiteUS1900–1911 The White Motor Company was an American automobile and truck manufacturer from 1900 until 1980. The company also produced bicycles, roller skates, automatic lathes, and sewing machines. Before World War II, the company was based in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1900 to 1911 White produced steam-powered cars before switching to gasoline.
WoodUS1902–1903A steam car made by the Wood Vapor Vehicle Company of Brooklyn, New York.
Wood-LocoUS1901–1902A steam car made by Wood-Loco Vehicle Company of Cohoes, New York.

1914 to 1939 – Decline

The steam cars of this era up until the 1930s were the last steam-powered production cars. The power advantages that steam had possessed were overtaken by the improvements to the petrol powered internal combustion engines.
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AlenaUS1922The Alena Steam Products Company of Indianapolis, Indiana began making steam trucks in 1920. The Alena Steam Car was an American car planned for manufacture in 1922. Only two cars were built both touring models, each had a wheelbase of. The company went into receivership and closed in 1923.
AmericanUS1924–1948The American Steam Cars were production cars of various makes retrofitted with steam engines of the American Steam Automobile Co, West Newton, Massachusetts, from 1924 to 1948. It was built by Thomas S. Derr, a former faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among the cars made was the Leslie steam car of the late 1930s to early 1940s.
American SteamerUS1922–1924Steam cars manufactured by the American Steam Truck Co. of Elgin, Illinois.
BakerUS1917–1924Steam cars made by Dr Hartley O Baker's Baker Steam Motor Car and Manufacturing Company of Pueblo and Denver, Colorado.
BarlowUS1922Steam cars made by L P Barlow's Barlow Steam Car Company - also known as Barlow Steam Engineering Company, the Barlow-Detroit, and the Barlow Steam Engineering Syndicate.
BrooksCanada1923–1926A Detroit steam car made by Brooks Steam Motors Limited.
BryanUS1918–1923Steam cars made by Bryan Steam Motors of Peru, Indiana. Only six were built.
ClermontUS1922A short lived steam car company.
CoatsUS1922–1923 Steam cars made by Coats Steam Car Company of Chicago, later models called Stewart-Coats.
CrosslandUS1922–1923Designed by Harry Crossland Pfaff, the 2 cylinder Crossland of the Crossland Steam Motive Corporation debuted at the January 1923 Chicago Automobile Show. It was financed Edwin Galt Brookfield. Four are though to have been built with only one, a 1923 Crossland Phaeton, known to have survived.
US1921The Davis Steam Motors Inc of Detroit may have built a steam car. The company was formed in March 1921 by Merrill Davis, E M Bliss, A B Eggert and F D Sieberg.
DellingUS1923–1927A steam car developed by Eric H. Delling of the Delling Steam Motor Company West Collingwood, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DerrUS1926–1931 See American.
DetroitUS1922The Detroit Steam Motors Corporation of Detroit made steam cars called Trask-Detroits in 1922. The company became Brooks Steam Motors maker of the Brook steam car.
EnduranceUS1924–1925A steam car built by the Endurance Steam Car Company of Los Angeles, California and later Dayton, Ohio.
GearlessUS1921–1923Made by Peterson-Culp Gearless Steam Automobile Company, Denver, Colorado.
HLBEngland1914Possibly only a prototype made by HLB Motors of Islington Green, London.
LutzUS1917Proposed car by Lutz Motor Co Buffalo New York.
MacDonaldUS1923–1924Steam cars made by MacDonald Steam Automotive Group of Garfield, Ohio.
Marion-HandleyUS1916–1919Mutual Motors Company, Jackson MI.
MercuryUS1923Steam car made by the Mercury Steam Car Corporation of San Francisco.
Remal-VincentUS1923A steam car made by the Steam Car Corporation of California based in San Francisco.
Scott-NewcombUS1921–1922See Standard.
StandardUS1920–1921 Manufactured by the Standard Engineering Company of St Louis, Missouri from 1920 until 1921. Also known as the Scott-Newcomb.
Stewart-CoatsUS1923See Coats.
Super-SteamerUS1918–1919See Gearless.
Trask-DetroitUS1922–1923See Detroit.
WindsorUS1922–1923See Detroit.

1940 to date – Renewed interest

Makes in this era are generally prototypes or experimental.
MakeCountryYears activeComments
AerojetUS1972 Aerojet Liquid Rocket Company of Sacramento were contracted by the Californian Assembly to develop a steam-powered car. Aerojet retrofitted a steam turbine into a Chevrolet Vega.
Arbel SymétricFrance1958First French nuclear concept car was to be possibly powered by a steam engine driven by steam from a nuclear reactor.
Autocoast VaporizerUS1969A retrofitted Indy Car by Ernest Kanzler which was to attempt to set a new steam car speed record driven by Skip Hedrick at Bonneville on 19 October 1969.
BeslerUS1956-57 Project for Henry Kaiser to install a steam engine in a Kaiser Manhattan.
CrankUS1977See Steamin' Demon.
DetrickUS1957Forrest R Detrick's S-101 prototype.
DutcherUS1972 Steam Power Systems of San Diego were contracted by the Californian Assembly to develop a steam-powered car. They build the Dutcher, a car named after the company's founder, Cornelius Dutcher. It is on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
EnginionGermany1996An R&D subsidiary of the Volkswagen group developing a system called ZEE. It produced steam almost instantly without an open flame.
Ford FX AtmosUS1954A concept car which was envisaged possibly having a steam engine using steam from a nuclear reactor.
Ford MystereUS1955Was to be world's first nuclear powered concept car. Never went past model stage. Was to use a steam engine powered by steam from a nuclear reactor.
Ford NucleonUS1958Was to be world's second nuclear powered concept car. Never went past model stage. Was to use a steam engine powered by steam from a nuclear reactor.
Ford Seattle-ite XXIUS1962Concept car demonstrated at 1962 Worlds Fair in Seattle never went past concept stage. Was to use nuclear powered steam engine as auxiliary source of power.
General MotorsUS1969Two experimental steam-powered cars. The SE 124 based on a converted Chevrolet Chevelle and the SE 101 based on the Pontiac Grand Prix.
HealeyEngland1970Donald Healey decided to make a basic steam car technology more in line with Stanley or Doble and aimed at enthusiasts.
InspirationEngland2009 The British Steam Car Challenge broke the record for a steam vehicle, setting a new speed record of 238.679 km/h.
KeenUS1940–1973Completed two experimental cars and was constructing a third at the time of his death.
KineticsUS1970A variant of the steam engine made by Wallace L. Minto of Kinetics Corporation, using Ucon U-113 fluorocarbon as the working fluid instead of gasoline, kerosene and steam or the like as a fuel. The first vehicle was a Volkswagen Microbus fitted with a Stanley Steamer engine using U-113 instead of water. The second was a Datsun Bluebird 510 stationwagon. He followed that in 1973 with a Freon powered Nissan 520 light truck.
LearUS1969A retrofited Chevrolet Monte Carlo and an Indy Car prototype.
LikamobileUS2005–? A steam-powered replica of the Locomobile Style 2 that is made in kit-form by Modelworks.
PaxtonUS1953–1954 A prototype called the Phoenix was created by the Paxton Engineering Division of McCulloch Motors Corporation, Los Angeles, incorporating Abner Doble's Doble Ultimax engine. The project was eventually dropped in 1954.
PetersonStanley steam-powered.
PellandineAustralia1970s-2012 Peter Pellandine conducted experiments with a steam car for the South Australian government. He made an attempt on the steam speed record in 1976 and continued his interest in developing steam-powered cars until his death in 2012.
PritchardAustralia1972 Edward Pritchard created a steam-powered 1963 model Ford Falcon in 1972.
RanotorSweden2000sAfter leaving Saab, Dr Ove Platell started a company Ranotor with his son Peter Platell to develop a steam hybrid that uses the exhaust heat from an ordinary petrol engine to power a small steam engine to reduce fuel consumption.
SaabSweden1974A project codenamed ULF headed by Dr Ove Platell made a prototype steam-powered car. After Saab dropped the project Platell started his own project. See Ranotor.
Simca FulgurFrance1958Second French nuclear concept car was to be possibly powered by a steam engine driven by steam from a nuclear reactor.
Steam Speed AmericaUS2014A speed record attempt car by Chuk Williams of Team Speed America. It crashed on its first run after reaching 147 mph.
Steamin' DemonUS1985Barber-Nichols Engineering of Denver used a steam turbine they had designed for Lear and the Los Angeles city bus program to attempt to gain the steam-powered land speed record. It reached 145.607 but only completed one pass due to a fire. The cars body was a Fiberfab Aztec 7 and had originally been completed by James Crank for his 1977 steam record attempt.
Studebaker-Packard AstralUS1957Was Studebaker-Packard's answer to the Ford Nuclear Concept Cars. This too possibly could have used a steam engine powered by steam from a reactor.
WilliamsUS1957–1968Calvin C William's Williams Engine Company Incorporated of Ambler began advertising steam car retrofits or complete cars in 1957. At least one original car was built, using a Victress S4 body. They were offering a steam converted Chevrolet Chevelle for $10,250. Nine were ordered along with a Ford Fairlane from the Ford Motor Company. Cost of components delayed the project causing the Williams to close in 1968.