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Latest archived mark · 2019

Aria

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Latest archived mark · 1909

Abbott-Detroit

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What we compare	Aria	Abbott-Detroit
Country in archive	United States	United States
Founded	1996	1909
Founder	Charles Taylor, Clive Hawkins, Kevin Cain	Abbott Motor Company
Headquarters	Irvine, California, United States	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Name origin	Aria Group has not published why it chose the name "Aria." The word is most commonly known as a musical term for a solo vocal piece, but no company statement ties the name to that meaning, to a founder, or to any other documented source. The origin should be treated as unconfirmed rather than settled.	The name pairs Abbott, the name of the Abbott Motor Company, with Detroit, the city where the cars were built. The sources consulted do not say who Abbott was, so the exact origin of the surname is not confirmed here. Naming a car after both a maker and a home city was common among early automobile builders.
Selected models	FXE	Fore Door Roadster, Battleship Roadster, Model F, Model L, Model K
Earliest archived brand logo	2019	1909
Latest archived logo	2019	1909
Archived logo assets	1	1

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