The car was available with either an air-cooled or a water-cooled engine,[1] either of which had a single overhead camshaft and delivered 30 horsepower.
[2] The company was incorporated in Boston near the end of 1904 with capital stock of $100,000.
[3] Sales were handled by the Lewis & Matthews Company on Stanhope Street in Boston, which took over ownership of the Ariel line.
[5] The Ariel line was then taken over by the Sinclair-Scott Company of Baltimore, Maryland.
[6][7] Sinclair-Scott, a manufacturer of canning machinery, had also been making parts for Ariel and other auto companies.