Samson Tractor

In the same year, GM, under the leadership of William C. Durant, purchased the company to enter the market for farm tractors and to emulate the success of Ford Motor Company's highly successful Fordson Model F tractor and others.

Mainstay of the company before the GM takeover was the Sieve Grip tractor, a large and heavy three-wheeled vehicle with a low slung chassis on which the engine was placed central between the single front and straked rear wheels.

In addition to building tractors, Samson made trucks and attempted to produce an automobile as well.

General Motors announced this new automobile in 1919 and planned to build 2,250 units in its first season and 5,000 for 1920.

However, only one prototype was built, making the Samson the only car ever that GM announced but never produced.