Dominion Motors Ltd. 1910 - 1911 
New Dominion Motor Co. 1911 - 1915
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A Dominion ad
A Dominion advertisement.

Dominion Motors was originally formed to produce the Royal Windsor automobile, later re-named the Dominion. A model was shown at the Canadian National Exhibit in 1910, but sales that year did not meet expectations and 1911 models never appeared. 

Early in 1911 the company was picked up by Enoch Smith of Detroit after it went into voluntary liquidation when a petition for receivership was filed by a Detroit supplier.

The new company, named the New Dominion Motor Co., didn't fare much better. In 1915 they were the first Canadian company to demonstrate a truck at the Detroit Auto Show-- a 'revolutionary' vehicle featuring a four-wheel trailer and a separated two-wheel cab and engine component. It obviously did not catch on as the company went out of business the same year.


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