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{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}
{{for|the Australian rugby league personality|George Piggins}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Piggins Brothers
| image = 1909 Piggins Bros advertisemet.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| image_caption = ''The Name That Stands for Perfection in High Class Automobile Building''
| founded = circa {{Start date and age|1883}}
| founder = Charles R. Piggins, Frederick H. Piggins
| defunct = {{end date and age|1912}}
| fate = Merged
| successor = Piggins Motor Truck Company
| hq_location = [[Racine, Wisconsin]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
}}
[[File:1909 Piggins - Motor Age Magazine.jpg|thumb|1909 Piggins 50-hp Touring Car - Motor Age Magazine|280x280px]]
The '''Piggins''' was a [[Brass Era car|brass era]] American [[Luxury car|luxury automobile]] manufactured in 1908 and 1909 in [[Racine, Wisconsin]] by the '''Piggins Brothers'''.<ref name=":0">{{Kimes-USCars3rd}}</ref>
==History==
Charles R. Piggins and his brother Frederick H. Piggins were machinists who built an experimental steam car in 1883, an electric car in 1897 and their first gasoline car in 1902. From 1902, the Piggins Brothers machine shop at 1113 Sixth Street was producing gasoline automobile engines, in addition to two-stroke marine engines.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Georgano-EncAuto3v}}</ref>
The Piggins brothers claimed they had designed a gasoline motor that was smokeless and so noiseless that it could not be heard at a distance of six feet.<ref name=":0" />  In 1908 they entered automobile production with the biggest and most expensive car yet produced in Racine.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
The '''Piggins''' was a [[T-head engine|T-head]] [[Straight-six engine|six-cylinder]] offered in two models for 1909, a 50-[[Horsepower|hp]] and a 36-hp. The 50-hp model was on a 135-inch [[wheelbase]] and fitted with a 7-passenger [[touring car]] body priced at $4,700, {{Inflation|US|4700|1909|fmt=eq}}. The 36-hp touring car on a 117-inch wheelbase was priced at $3,500, {{Inflation|US|3500|1909|fmt=eq}}.  A few more cars may have been built into 1910, but total automobile production is not recorded.<ref name=":1" />
Early in 1912 the '''Piggins Motor Truck Company''' was formed and a truck called "The Practical Piggins” was produced until 1916. Piggins was merged into Reliance Motor Truck Co., which was continued in manufacture in Racine and [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]] into the 1920's.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
==External links==
* [http://www.piggin.org/PigginsCar.htm History of Piggins Brothers Engine Works]
{{Commons category|Piggins vehicles}}
==References==
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[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers]]
[[Category:Luxury vehicles]]
[[Category:Brass Era vehicles]]
[[Category:1900s cars]]
[[Category:Cars introduced in 1908]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1908]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1912]]