Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum

General Category => Cars For Sale & Wanted => Topic started by: Gordie on October 22, 2014, 12:12:06 PM

Title: Who ownes the Kaiser Frazer name?
Post by: Gordie on October 22, 2014, 12:12:06 PM

I was looking at the box that a Highway 61 model of the 1953 Kaiser Manhattan came in and was surprised to see that it was made under license from Daimler-Chrysler.  Of course Chrysler is now owned by Fiat.  Does that mean that the name Kaiser Frazer is now owned by Fiat?  Interesting!

Title: Re: Who ownes the Kaiser Frazer name?
Post by: sds501 on October 22, 2014, 05:57:55 PM

From what I researched a few years ago, you are correct that Fiat/Chrysler owns the Kaiser Frazer name.  The name followed the various corporate sales history of Kaiser Corp. as follows, in general:

Kaiser Frazer buys Willys becomes Kaiser Willys Corp. Becomes Kaiser Jeep Corp. bought by American Motors then Bought by Chrysler then bought by Fiat.  All corporate trademarks and patents followed the sale.

As an aside Graham Paige didn't disappear either.  After it sold it's production facilities and equipment to Kaiser it became a Real Estate company and actually owns Madison Square Garden in New York if you dig through the corporate soup.