In 1912, the local Electric Vehicle Company was acquired, which marked the entrance of Kentucky Wagon into the automotive field.

Two distinctive features of early Dixie Flyers were their vertical windshields that were integrated into the curved cowl dash, and the spring-mounted radiators.

The Shadburne Brothers acquired the company for a very brief period in 1917, but ownership quickly reverted to Kentucky Wagon.

The post-World War I recession claimed another victim in the Dixie Car company.

[2] Dixie Flyer, National and Jackson, were all merged into Associated Motor Industries and Corporation in 1923.