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From 1898 to 1910, automobile production quickly expanded. Light cars of that era were commonly known as voiturettes.The smaller cyclecars appeared around 1910 with a sales boom shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, with Temple Press launching The Cyclecar magazine on 27 November 1912 (later renamed The Light Car and Cyclecar), and the formation of the Cyclecar Club (which later ...
There was no gearbox. At first he had built the cars at his home but demand was sufficient to warrant moving to larger premises in Teddington in February 1914. [2] Carden cyclecar Carden cyclecar „Le Sylphe“ (1914) In October 1914 The Motor Cycle [3] reported on a Carden Monocar they had on trial. This vehicle (registration MXY1) was ...
The Bi-Autogo was a prototype American cyclecar, built from 1908 to 1912. [1] [2]Designed and built by Detroit artist & engineer James Scripps Booth, [3] it had the usual two wheels (wooden-spoked, 37 inches (940 mm)), plus two pairs of smaller, retractable outrigger wheels [4] in the three-seater body. [3]
The car's launch coincided with a "Petroleum/gasoline War" involving the competing commercial interests of the United States, Romania and other countries. France, having no indigenous oil supplies of its own, and the Algerian reserves not yet discovered, was particularly badly hit, and government exacerbated the challenge for the infant auto-industry with new car taxes. [1]
A. O. Smith developed the Smith Flyer with a fifth wheel, called the Smith Motor Wheel, driven by a gas engine.Manufactured in Lafayette, Indiana, by the American Motor Vehicle Company, from 1916 to 1919, A. O. Smith sold the rights to Briggs & Stratton who marketed the cyclecar as The Briggs & Stratton Flyer.
The plan was in effect until 1911 when it became impractical to compete with a dealer-supplied model "T" Ford. [ 5 ] In 1910, the two-cylinder 10-hp Metz was increased to 12-hp. Built on a 81-inch wheelbase , complete runabouts or special delivery body cars were produced into 1912.
The width of the car increased to 36 inches. [1] About 50 were made. [3] A more conventional side by side model was added in 1921 called the Runabout with a 42-inch (1,100 mm) body 126 inches (3,200 mm) long. The original Monocar and Bi-car were dropped in 1922 but production of the Runabout continued until 1924 and later to special order. [3]
The Dewcar was a British four-wheeled cyclecar made from 1913 to 1914 by D.E.W. Engineering Co Ltd of Eynsford, Kent.The car was designed by Harold E. Dew and was developed through a series of one-offs starting in 1910.