I wanted a transport and outdoor warning company, but now that I see memes of Karen taking the kids, this is just more towards a joke more than anything. If you want a list of the 4 cars out with their pictures, here you go. Yeah its a mess. The CV lookin' one's the enforcer, the big boxy Chevy Suburban like one's the reefer, The blobby and round blue tiny car's the Highway, and the giant blobby suv's the E-Class. Now to make some history on this. The KMC was founded in 1940 in a small garage in a suburban neighborhood in Los Angeles as originally an electric motor and gas motor manufacturing company for electric car prototypes and outdoor warning sirens. The company was founded by John Karen and his little sister, Autumn Karen. She agreed to start the company since she was fascinated with the Darley sirens. WWII was going on at the time, but America wasn't caught in the storm, so they weren't all that concerned. But some were just applying just in case. They started by making a miniature running version of Henry Ford's 1932 V8 engine. And needless to say, it ran. It was just big enough to put it on a bicycle and make it run. Yes, they actually did that, and it was scary. It reached 80 and John almost died. After a near death experience, he inched back at 10 miles an hour. He sold that at an auction for $50 and warned them to keep the speed below 30. If not there's a good possibility that they can die. He had a speedometer installed beforehand. So now the siblings new how well the bike went, they figured they can make a car with such an engine. So they started to draw blueprints for a car. Of course they had to borrow a car body. So with a little over a year of effort, in 1941, they came out with the Karen A-Series. The car came in; The A1: A Nice big 4 door sedan. Some police agencies acquired these vehicles. The A2: A big 5 door wagon perfect for the family. The A3: A 2 door coupe, a little speedy. The A4: Now we're reaching farm trucks here. The A5: They took their 2 door coupe and made it a convertible, to enjoy the nice warmth of the Southern California shoreline. The A6: A reliable work and goods transport van. Very Promising. They all had the same 130 horsepower V8 in them. A few months later, the attack on Pearl Harbor. America was in full blown panic mode. America wasn't expecting such an attack. Military vehicles were reaching higher demand, more men were deploying to war, and John and Autumn needed to hire more workers to meet the demand for military transport. The United States was afraid of another attack, so Air Raid sirens were produced. The Chrysler Bell came out, Biersach & Niedermeyer created the gas and electric Mobil Directos, both had their same port ratio, 10/12 and 8 port. And Federal Signal, for Los Angeles, manufactured SD-10s and 500-SHTTs. 9/12 port sirens, beautiful sounding tone to them, all across LA. Maybe a few Thunderbolt 1000As sprinkled here and there. And a few Chrysler sirens and Mobil Directos. These things were tested weekly. John and Autumn were lucky enough to get an SD-10 installed 300 feet away from their home. Then one day a letter came to them. To get a nice big $5k, they were to make 10 V8 engines for the Chrysler sirens and 10 electric motors for 2 Mobil Directos, 2 SD-10s, 2 500-SHTTs. 2 Thunderbolts, and for the HOR company, 1 7/10 Super Sirex, and 1 10/10 Sirex. Military Vehicle Demand was so high, too. So they just had to hire more workers. Making them was difficult, but transport was easy with their own trucks and vans. The government stopped by for the last motor for sirens, and after that was shipped off, they were awarded their $5k like promised. Now some serious profit was rolling in. They got a big HQ in downtown LA, and they were rolling cars off the lot just like that. It all was going well. In 1970 they came out with the Karen Cormann. A big van that can haul a big Load. Then the Karen Traveler. a reliable RV for road trips. It also came in a passenger variant like the Cormann, or a panel van. They came out with more reliable, and some fun cars. They did have cars that chugged gas, sure. It all seemed to be going well until John got into a car accident in December 1981. He died at the hospital 3 days due to complications from his injuries. Autumn didn't take it so well. She got into drugs, a heavy drinker, then in January 1982, 3 days after releasing their "Speedstar," the depression got to be too much. She committed suicide by hanging in her home. Over their deaths, they came out with the Karen X-Series. a manufacturing line of large SUVs. There were 3 variants. the X15, X25, AND X35. the X15 was your average large SUV, came in 5, 7, or 8 seats. X25 was the same, but had a bit more power under the hood, and had a better entertainment system. The X35 was a diesel. They borrowed Chevy's Duramax engine and put it under the hood. Hand-made seats, sheer power under the hood, a great entertainment system, an 8 seater, and had the option to be a dually. Production of the SUV is to stop in 2023. The Karen Hauler will come out with an SUV variant the same year in commemoration of the vehicle.
