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			[[Image: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mishawaka, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, 1913, Plate 0023.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Amplex Motor Car Co. Plant (1913)]]
	[[Image:1906 American Simplex Touring Car.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|1906 American Simplex Touring Car]]		[[Image:1906 American Simplex Touring Car.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|1906 American Simplex Touring Car]]
	[[Image:American Simplex 30-50 Hp Motor (1910).jpg\|thumb\|250px\|American Simplex 30-50 Hp Motor (1910).]]		[[Image:American Simplex 30-50 Hp Motor (1910).jpg\|thumb\|250px\|American Simplex 30-50 Hp Motor (1910).]]
	[[Image: American Simplex 30-50 Hp Limousine Car (1910).jpg \|thumb\|250px\| American Simplex 30/50 Hp Limousine Car (1910).]]		[[Image: American Simplex 30-50 Hp Limousine Car (1910).jpg \|thumb\|250px\| American Simplex 30/50 Hp Limousine Car (1910).]]
	[[Image: American Simplex 30-50 Hp Chassis (1910).jpg \|thumb\|250px\| American Simplex 30/50 Hp Chassis (1910).]]		[[Image: American Simplex 30-50 Hp Chassis (1910).jpg \|thumb\|250px\| American Simplex 30/50 Hp Chassis (1910).]]
	The '''American Simplex''' was an American [[Car\|automobile]] manufactured in [[Mishawaka, Indiana]], from 1906 to 1915 by the '''Simplex Motor Car Company'''; the company shortened its product's name to '''Amplex''' in 1910 to avoid confusion with the better-known, New York-based Simplex car, made by the Simplex Automobile Company. This change also coincided with a reorganization of the company. Originally the company manufactured a [[two-stroke]] [[four-cylinder]] 50[[horsepower\|hp]] at 900 rpm from 6435 cc with 127 mm bore and 127 mm, later upsized to 6.8 liters and still rated at 50 hp.		The '''American Simplex''' was an American [[Car\|automobile]] manufactured in [[Mishawaka, Indiana]], from 1906 to 1915 by the '''Simplex Motor Car Company'''; the company shortened its product's name to '''Amplex''' in 1910 to avoid confusion with the better-known, New York-based Simplex car, made by the Simplex Automobile Company. This change also coincided with a reorganization of the company. Originally the company manufactured a [[two-stroke]] [[four-cylinder]] 50[[horsepower\|hp]] at 900 rpm from 6435 cc with 127 mm bore and 127 mm, later upsized to 6.8 liters and still rated at 50 hp.
	The top speed was 97 km/h (60 Miles per Hour). The wheelbase was 117 inches = 2972 mm. The gasoline tank held 20 gallons = 76 liters<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069975962&seq=32 \|title= American 30/50 Hp \|date=1910-01-01\|publisher= American Simplex \|access-date=2025-05-01}}</ref>. In 1910, three open-roof models and two enclosed models were offered, costing up to $5,400; the newly introduced 30/50 hp Toy Tonneau, a long, sleek four-door touring car, sold for $4,300. The Amplex's most distinctive feature was its valveless motor, which the company claimed would offer more continuous pulling power and greater reliability. The 1910 models also offered self-starting, a feature that would not be available from major competitors, such as Cadillac, for another year or two.<ref>Floyd Clymer, Historical Motor Scrapbook Number Four, (1952), p.80</ref>		The top speed was 97 km/h (60 Miles per Hour). The wheelbase was 117 inches = 2972 mm. The gasoline tank held 20 gallons = 76 liters.<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069975962&seq=32 \|title= American 30/50 Hp \|date=1910-01-01\|publisher= American Simplex \|access-date=2025-05-01}}</ref> In 1910, three open-roof models and two enclosed models were offered, costing up to $5,400; the newly introduced 30/50 hp Toy Tonneau, a long, sleek four-door touring car, sold for $4,300. The Amplex's most distinctive feature was its valveless motor, which the company claimed would offer more continuous pulling power and greater reliability. The 1910 models also offered self-starting, a feature that would not be available from major competitors, such as Cadillac, for another year or two.<ref>Floyd Clymer, Historical Motor Scrapbook Number Four, (1952), p.80</ref>

	They were expensive cars, a limousine being offered at as much as $5,600. Yet the firm kept using the two-stroke engine after it had become obsolete; a four-stroke was offered unsuccessfully in 1913. Gillette Motor Co took over the Amplex manufacturing facilities in 1916, but refused to manufacture conventional engine-valving, persisting with a rotary [[sleeve valve]] engine.		They were expensive cars, a limousine being offered at as much as $5,600. Yet the firm kept using the two-stroke engine after it had become obsolete; a four-stroke was offered unsuccessfully in 1913. Gillette Motor Co took over the Amplex manufacturing facilities in 1916, but refused to manufacture conventional engine-valving, persisting with a rotary [[sleeve valve]] engine.
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{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}
{{distinguish|Crane-Simplex}}
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[[Image:1906 American Simplex Touring Car.jpg|thumb|250px|1906 American Simplex Touring Car]]
[[Image:American Simplex 30-50 Hp Motor (1910).jpg|thumb|250px|American Simplex 30-50 Hp Motor (1910).]]
[[Image: American Simplex 30-50 Hp Limousine Car (1910).jpg |thumb|250px| American Simplex 30/50 Hp Limousine Car (1910).]]
[[Image: American Simplex 30-50 Hp Chassis (1910).jpg |thumb|250px| American Simplex 30/50 Hp Chassis (1910).]]
The '''American Simplex''' was an American [[Car|automobile]] manufactured in [[Mishawaka, Indiana]], from 1906 to 1915 by the '''Simplex Motor Car Company'''; the company shortened its product's name to '''Amplex''' in 1910 to avoid confusion with the better-known, New York-based Simplex car, made by the Simplex Automobile Company. This change also coincided with a reorganization of the company. Originally the company manufactured a [[two-stroke]] [[four-cylinder]] 50[[horsepower|hp]] at 900 rpm from 6435 cc with 127 mm bore and 127 mm, later upsized to 6.8 liters and still rated at 50 hp.
The top speed was 97 km/h (60 Miles per Hour). The wheelbase was 117 inches = 2972 mm. The gasoline tank held 20 gallons = 76 liters<ref>{{cite web|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069975962&seq=32 |title= American 30/50 Hp |date=1910-01-01|publisher= American Simplex |access-date=2025-05-01}}</ref>. In 1910, three open-roof models and two enclosed models were offered, costing up to $5,400; the newly introduced 30/50 hp Toy Tonneau, a long, sleek four-door touring car, sold for $4,300. The Amplex's most distinctive feature was its valveless motor, which the company claimed would offer more continuous pulling power and greater reliability. The 1910 models also offered self-starting, a feature that would not be available from major competitors, such as Cadillac, for another year or two.<ref>Floyd Clymer, Historical Motor Scrapbook Number Four, (1952), p.80</ref>

They were expensive cars, a limousine being offered at as much as $5,600. Yet the firm kept using the two-stroke engine after it had become obsolete; a four-stroke was offered unsuccessfully in 1913. Gillette Motor Co took over the Amplex manufacturing facilities in 1916, but refused to manufacture conventional engine-valving, persisting with a rotary [[sleeve valve]] engine.

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[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1916]]
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