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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 ...
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The cycle car was powered by a 4 Cylinder Sterling engine [4] and boasted a light weight of 500 kg (1,102 lb) displacing 103 cubic inches (1.7 L). The automobile body was monocoque ; the rear wheels had independent suspension, and the front wheels were mounted on a Transverse leaf spring front suspension with a solid axle.
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]
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 ...
During the war they had switched production to munitions. With peace it was decided to branch out into cyclecar manufacture and a car was designed by Albert Clarke, the brother-in-law of Charles Richardson. [2] The car was powered by a V-twin, air-cooled engine with a choice of 980 cc JAP or 1090 cc Precision types.
The bodies formed a unitary construction with the chassis. The four seater cycle car was a rarity in the market. The wheelbase was 2438 mm. [1] [2] In 1914, the Gordon 9 hp replaced the initial model, still using the same engine but on short 2286 mm wheelbase. In 1914, a second new model, the Gordon 10 hp was introduced with a 1.35 litre engine.
The Engler was an American cyclecar manufactured in Pontiac, Michigan by the W.B. Engler Cyclecar Company from 1914 to 1915. The Engler was a two-seater cyclecar that used a DeLuxe air-cooled, a 1.2L two-cylinder engine.