VETERAN CAR GUIDE
Maxwell The Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co of Tarrytown , New York , USA commenced production in 1904 , when 10 cars were built . Mounted under a bonnet in the front of the chassis was a lusty twin-cylinder horizontally opposed engine with powered inlet valves and planetary twospeed transmission .
Mercedes The Mercedes cars were born from a request from Wilhelm Jellinek to Daimler for a more powerful model with a lower centre of gravity , after a 24hp Daimler crashed in the 1900 La Turbie hillclimb , killing the driver . The resultant design appeared in late 1900 , and Jellinek called it after his daughter , Mercedes . It still required refinement , but during 1901 made its name in competitions . The famous 40 and 60 made their mark between 1901 and 1903 .
Mercedes Simplex The Mercedes Simplex was designed by Wilhelm Maybach in Stuttgart , Germany from 1902 until 1909 . It featured powerful engines ranging from 40 to 60hp .
Minerva The Minerva was a prominent Belgian luxury automobile manufactured from 1902 until 1938 . Minerva started out manufacturing standard safety bicycles in 1897 , before in 1900 expanding into light cars and ‘ motocyclettes ’, particularly motorised bicycles , which were a forerunner of motorcycles . The company became defunct in 1956 .
Mors Developing from electrical work , Emile Mors built a Brasier-designed car in 1895 . By 1898 , it had made about 200 . There were many successful models . Henri Brasier then moved to Georges Richard in 1901 .
Napier In 1900 , the first Napier car was constructed , following some modifications Montague Napier had made to SF Edge ’ s Panhard . This first Napier distinguished itself in the Thousand Mile Trial of 1900 , driven by Edge . Other racing cars were built , the most famous being a 30hp , four-cylinder car that won the Gordon Bennett Race for Great Britain in 1902 . In 1903 , Napier built 250 cars , and needed to expand from his Lambeth premises to Acton , London . In October , the company announced the 18 to 30hp six-cylinder range that made its trademark .
Napoleon Mr Bernard Neave of London displayed a Napoleon at the Crystal Palace Motor Show in 1903 , thought in fact to have been made by Lacoste & Battmann , using a De Dion Bouton engine .
New Orleans Not American , but in the first instance believed to be the Belgian Vivinus voiturette built under licence in Orleans Road , Twickenham , Middlesex , England , by HG Burford and Dutchman Johannes Van Toll . A 6hp two-cylinder car was available at the end of 1900 , and in 1901 came a 7hp model with water cooling and three
1904 Maxwell .
30 The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run