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following year . More power was available for 1903 , when three four-cylinder options were available with power outputs of 24hp , 35hp and 60hp ( known respectively as Types 8 , 7 and 12 ). 1903 cars had channel-section steel frames dropped in the centre to give a lower centre of gravity .
Peugeot Armand Peugeot , a successful cycle manufacturer , started experimenting with prototype motor cars in the late 1880s . Following contact with Gottlieb Daimler and Emile Levassor , he agreed to make cars with a Daimler concept engine made by Panhard et Levassor under licence . Throughout 1891 new versions were tested : each had rear-mounted V-twin engines and chain drive , tubular steel frames and tiller steering . By 1895 , Peugeot had completed his testing and he decided to make his own engines . Tiring of the inertia of the family firm , he started SA des Automobiles Peugeot at Audincourt in 1897 , then moved to Paris in 1900 , hiring Louis Delage to run his drawing office in 1902 . In the same year , Peugeot adopted front-mounted engines for all models but there was still a mixture of chain and shaft drive . The most popular Peugeot was the 652cc 5hp Type 54 , and the biggest machine was the 18hp 3635cc Type 42 .
Phoenix There are several marques known as Phoenix . The most well-known made a tricycle called Pheonix Trimo , powered by a Minerva engine .
Pick JH Pick made bicycles in Stamford , Lincolnshire , followed by a couple of cars for local gentry . From 1900 to 1904 , it became Pick Motor Company and made two De Dion-engined voiturettes followed by front-engined De Dion cars including 6hp and 10hp two-cylinder models . Manufacture ceased in 1904 and restarted in 1906 .
Pope-Toledo One of Colonel Pope ’ s enterprises was the International Bicycle Company in Toledo , Ohio , USA . It made two models of petrol-driven cars in 1904 , a 14hp twin-cylinder and a 24hp four-cylinder . The latter vehicle won many races on the west coast of America , winning for itself the accolade ‘ The Mile a Minute Car ’. A Pope Toledo finished third in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup ; the country ’ s most important race at the time .
Rambler Thomas B Jeffery and R Philip Gormully , made bicycles in Chicago in the 1890s . They also had a factory in Coventry , England . After the death of Gormully in 1900 , Jeffery and his son bought a large factory in Kenosha , Wisconsin . They produced the Model C with a singlecylinder engine under the seat and single chain drive , and automatic advance and retard . In 1902 , 1500 sold at $ 750 each . The single-cylinder continued until 1905 with increased engine size and extended wheelbase , and twin-cylinder cars were available in 1904 , when 3342 were produced .
Renault Louis Renault set up a small workshop behind his family home in Billancourt , Paris , where he produced his first vehicle , the Type A , in 1899 . Its wheelbase was one metre , and it featured a tubular frame and a De Dion Bouton engine . It was an advanced design with front-mounted engine , wheel steering , and his own transmission design of final drive by shaft to a bevel gear on the back axle ( with no chain or belt drive ). The three-speed gearbox had direct drive on top . In 1902 he started to use engines of Renault design . Improvements were continuous , helped by the company ’ s regular testing of its products on the race circuits of France . Marcel Renault won the 1902 Paris to Vienna in the four-cylinder car . Six cars were
Pierce George Norman Pierce was a successful businessman in Buffalo , New York , USA , who made a range of domestic goods and bicycles . Towards the end of 1901 , he produced a batch of 25 Pierce Motorettes ( called the Knockabout ) with 2.75 single cylinder De Dion Bouton engines . The design was by an Englishman named David Fergusson who also created the Runabout in 1902 , equipped with a 3.5hp De Dion Bouton engine . This was followed by a 5hp model whose engine was locally made in Detroit . Engines of 6.5hp and 8hp output quickly followed , and production continued until 1906 .
1903 Renault
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