VETERAN CAR GUIDE prepared for the 1903 Paris to Madrid . Marcel was killed and the race stopped at Bordeaux , and Louis did not race again . Production was given a boost in 1902 when Paul Viet , the De Dion Bouton designer , arrived to work on the twin cylinder and then the four-cylinder engines . By the end of 1904 , 2650cc twin cylinder and 4942cc four-cylinder engines were available , providing significant competitive advantage .
Richard-Braiser In 1901 , Henri Brasier left Mors to join Georges and Max Richard at Ivry-Port , Seine , France and inspired a new range of larger-engined , Panhard-inspired cars with two- or four-cylinder engines . The Richard-Braiser cars were at first chain driven and tubular framed , but by 1904 the frames were pressed steel with a range of engine sizes up to 40hp . The UK market also had a smaller vehicle , branded the Pony-Richard and fitted with a Vivinus engine . They were not generally called Richard-Brasier until 1904 , despite being to his design .
Rochet During 1895 , Edouard Rossel had begun to assemble cars in small quantities in Lille , from components supplied by Panhard et Levassor and Peugeot , but none survives . In 1898 he sold the rights to his car to the Compagnie Générale des Cycles , a bicycle manufacturer based on the Champs Élysées in Paris , who made versions of Rossel ’ s cars and tricycles under the name of Rochet . The first Rochet cars had a conventional front-engined twin cylinder configuration with four speed gearboxes and double side chain drive to the rear wheels . By 1900 the company was offering a 12hp car and unusually in 1902 , reversing the trends of most motor manufacturers , the company marketed a small rear-engined car which was equipped with a 4.5hp single cylinder Aster engine driving a cone clutch through a Bozier gearbox .
Rochet-Schneider Founded in 1894 in Lyons , this company manufactured high quality cars originally modelled on the Benz system , with rear-mounted single horizontal cylinder engines and belt drive . During 1901 a new factory was erected , and the latest model was based on the conventional Système Panhard with a front-mounted engine of two ( 8hp ) or four ( 12hp ) vertical cylinders , and chain final drive . By early 1903 , the new range was firmly in the style of Mercedes with pair-cast four-cylinder engines , four-speed gearboxes and double chain drive . There were 16hp , 20 / 22hp , 40hp , and 50hp engine options . From 1904-1907 , Rochet Schneider was in British ownership , when several production licences were sold to foreign firms , including Martini and Florentia .
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Royal Enfield George Townsend & Co . was a light engineering company which made sewing machine needles and began making bicycles in the latter part of the 19th century . In 1892 the bicycle business was bought by Albert Eadie and R W Smith . The company name changed to the Enfield Manufacturing Company in 1893 when it was awarded a contract to provide parts to the Royal Small Arms factory in Enfield , and its bicycles were renamed ‘ Royal Enfields ’. The company rebranded again in 1898 , becoming The Enfield Cycle Co . and that same year produced its first motorised vehicle . The 1.5 . hp quadricycle was powered by a single cylinder De Dion engine – and the model would attract much attention in 1900 when one was awarded a silver medal in the 1000-mile London to Edinburgh ( and back ) trial . In 1901 the first Royal Enfield motorcycle was produced and the company ’ s first motor car in 1904 . The Enfield Autocar Co . was created in 1906 , with Enfield Cycle Co . production concentrating on motorcycles . Quadricycle production ceased in 1905 .
Salvesen HA Salvesen , a member of the family that owned the Christian Salvesen shipping company of Leith near Edinburgh , had built a steam vehicle with coal-fired boiler at the back powering a horizontal , two-cylinder , double-acting engine mounted on a steel chassis . It was steered from the front , with boiler-man at the rear and passengers on wooden benches in between .
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