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Rapid Motor Vehicle Company
The Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was founded in 1902 in Pontiac, Michigan, by brothers Max Grabowsky and Morris Grabowsky, who built their first pickup 1 ton truck prototype in 1900.() They went on to build one-ton trucks and were the beginning of GMC Truck division after they were acquired by General Motors in 1909. in Detroit, Michigan.
==History==
In 1905, Albert North and Harry Hamilton from the Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works (PS&WW) built the first Pontiac automobile and also acquired control of the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company from the Grabowski brothers. Both became key forces in the operations of the company.〔 Under their direction, the establishment produced many different styles of passenger cars for commercial purposes. This included 12 passenger Rapid Pullman Passenger Cars, 12 passenger Sight Seeing Cars, 12 passenger Hotel Bus and other vehicles to suit special requirements.
Rapid built a 10-passenger carry-all by 1906 which was priced at US$2,200(in current inflation $ ). Every car was guaranteed for one year. The company also built a model that carried 13 passengers as well as a "full line" of passenger cars and trucks. The company advertised in a national trade magazine and noted; "Here is a car that is needed at every club, hotel or country place."
Rapid was the "first truck to conquer Pikes Peak" in a 1909 road race.〔
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