VETERAN CAR GUIDE
Napier In 1900 , the first Napier car was constructed , following some modifications that 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 forward gears . Both tubular frames and flitch-plate chassis were used .
Norfolk Only 12 Norfolks were made by A Blackburn & Company in Cleckheaton , Yorkshire , England . They were light cars with twin-cylinder 10 or 12hp engines . The company ran from 1903 to 1905 .
Oldsmobile Ransom Eli Olds built experimental cars from 1887 . In 1898 , he moved to Detroit , USA , and started work on the Olds Runabout . The factory was destroyed by fire and only one prototype Curved Dash was rescued . Future production was then based on this car . In 1901 , 425 were made . That rose to 2100 in 1902 , 4000 in 1903 , 5500 in 1904 and 6500 in 1905 – making Oldsmobile the largest car manufacturer in the world from 1903 to 1905 . followed by 15 in 1892 , 37 in 1893 and 41 in 1894 . This made Panhard et Levassor the world ’ s first marque of car in continuous production .
Peerless Recognised as a leading American marque , these cars were built in Cleveland , Ohio . By 1903 , they had channel-section steel frames dropped in the centre to give a lower centre of gravity .
Peugeot Armand Peugeot started in 1880 with a prototype motor car , and in 1891 at Valentigney , France , made a batch of five cars – each slightly different . He had been in contact with Gottlieb Daimler and Emile Levassor , and agreed to make cars with a Daimler concept engine made by Panhard et Levassor under licence . By 1895 , Peugeot had decided to make his own engines . Tiring of the family firm , he started SA des Automobiles Peugeot at Audincourt in 1897 , then Paris from 1900 onwards . Peugeot produced 323 cars in 1899 and 500 in 1900 . The light cars had rear-mounted engines , while the heavier types had engines under the front seat . In 1902 , the designs were modernised by Louis Delage , who stayed with Peugeot until 1905
Phebus Manufactured by Noe Boyer et Cie in Suresnes , Seine , Phebus tricycles were initially built under this name using Aster engines , and then twoseater 3.5hp voiturettes were made with two-speed transmission . The first cars were imported into Britain as Automobilettes .
1902 Napier .
Orient The Waltham Manufacturing Company in Massachusetts , USA , was formed by CH Metz . It made petrol ( Orient Buckboard ), steam and electric vehicles .
Panhard et Levassor René Panhard met Emile Levassor as a student , and by 1872 they were working together . The factory in Paris produced a batch of four identical cars in 1891 ,
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