They may be classified as Brass Era cars or vintage cars.

Early in the 20th century, Denver, like many other cities, was home to a pioneering Brass Era car company.

Marathon cars are collectible today like other Brass Era cars, although only nine are known to have survived.

After the show is over, Mickey and Minnie cruise the roads of the countryside in a Brass Era car.

The Colburn Automobile Company was a Brass Era car manufacturer in Denver, Colorado.

It was also part of the automobile revolution, hosting the brass era car builders Pierce Arrow and the Seven Little Buffaloes early in the century.

The American Automobile and Power Company was an American Brass Era car manufacturer, incorporated in Sanford, Maine, in 1903.

From 1914 to at least 1916 the Geo D. Whitcomb Company assembled Brass Era cars in Rochelle for an automobile company, named Partin-Palmer.

Cars 100 years and older typically fall into the antique class and this includes the "Brass Era car" that are defined by the Horseless Carriage Club of America (HCCA) as "any pioneer gas, steam and electric motor vehicle built or manufactured prior to January 1, 1916."