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:''See also [[Pope-Hartford]], [[Pope-Robinson]], [[Pope-Tribune]] and [[Pope-Waverley]]''
The Pope-Toledo was one of the makes of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by [[Albert Augustus Pope|Colonel AA Pope]], and was a manufacturer of [[Brass Era car|Brass Era]] [[automobile]]s in [[Toledo, Ohio]] between 1903 and 1909. The Pope-Toledo was the most expensive of the Pope range. In 1909 the company was taken over by the [[Apperson]] Motor Company.
The 1903 [[Pope-Toledo]] was a four wheel, front engined, two seater open car. It was powered by a straight 3 cylinder 182 cubic inch (2983 cc) engine with the then unususual feature of a detachable cylinder head. Valve operation was mechanical and the engine speed was governed at 600 rpm. Drive was through a 3 speed gearbox with chains to each rear wheel. The chassis was mainly wood with a steel sub-frame carrying the main mechanical components. The car had a wheelbase of 7 feet 5 ninches (2.26 metres) and a track of 4 feet 8 inches (1.42 metres).
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