James Booth next developed a sporting version called Vitesse using the Alanson P. Brush designed Ferro V8, to compete with Mercer and Stutz.

[4] By the end of 1917, Scripps-Booth had been purchased by Chevrolet whose founder William C. Durant was also the founding president of Sterling Motor Company.

[5] Billy Durant regained control of General Motors and Scripps-Booth became a division of GM with A. H. Sarver as president.

[2][3]The Vintage Chevrolet Club of America accepts the following Scripps-Booth models:[6] For 1914, Scripps-Booth offered a three-passenger torpedo roadster, powered by a 103 in3 (1702 cc) (2+7⁄8×4-inch, 3+1⁄2×102 mm)[7] 18 hp (13 kW) water-cooled four-cylinder[8] of valve-in-head design[8] with Zenith carburetor and Atwater-Kent automatic spark advance.

[10]Before marrying the main character in John O'Hara's 1934 novel Appointment in Samarra, a youthful Caroline Walker drives a Scripps-Booth Model C Roadster.