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commercial steam vehicle . In 1898 , it moved vehicle production to Basingstoke , Hampshire , adding high quality petrol-driven passenger cars from 1903 . Two models were made , a 10hp twin cylinder and a 20hp four-cylinder , both with automatic inlet valves , gilled tube radiators and shaft drive .
Tony Huber Tony Huber was an engineer who built engines under his own name . In 1902 , he registered Automobiles Tony Huber , Billancourt , Seine , France and launched a range of cars with both two ( 8hp and 11hp ) and four-cylinders ( 14hp , 16 / 18hp , and 20 / 25hp ). In 1905 , he formed a company with Armand Peugeot to make engines , motorboats and electrical equipment .
Vallée Henri Vallée initially worked with the Bollée family before setting up a company to make bicycles in 1890 . In 1895 he built a tubular chassis motor car with chain final drive and coil ignition , powered by a twin cylinder horizontal engine of his own design that was exhibited at the Paris Salon that year . The following year he launched two new vehicles : a four-seater vis a vis and a four-seat Victoria . In 1897 he was manufacturing vehicles with an assortment of 4hp , 5hp , and 7hp engines , which continued until 1902 , when he began to produce motorcycles . In 1899 he built an extraordinary racing car which was nicknamed ‘ La Pantoufle ’ ( the Slipper ). It had a 7598cc horizontal four-cylinder engine developing 16hp , and gears were considered unnecessary .
Vauxhall The London-based company made marine engines from 1857 and began to experiment with petrol engines for river launches in 1897 . It was this design that ultimately led to the creation of a front-mounted 978cc horizontal single cylinder unit that was fitted to the company ’ s first motor car in 1903 . There was coil ignition , a two-speed epicyclic gearbox ( without reverse ), and single chain drive . The armoured wood frame was suspended on coil springs at each corner , and steering was by tiller . About 70 of these were sold , and an improved version with wheel steering , reverse gear , and a 6hp engine was available in 1904 . Some 105 of these were made , and they were not available after 1904 . In 1905 , the company moved to Luton .
Vulcan In 1899 , two brothers , Thomas and Joseph Hampson , built a prototype 4.5hp single cylinder car in Bolton . Three years later they formed the Vulcan Motor & Engineering Company Ltd , started production of a front-engined , single-cylinder car with radiators on the side bonnet in Renault style , a two-speed gearbox and final drive by single belt to the centre of the rear axle . In 1903 , there was an improved 6hp or 9hp version with mechanically operated inlet valves , three-speed gearbox and shaft drive , an armoured chassis , and artillery wheels . For 1904 the Renault-style radiators were replaced with a frontal honeycomb version , and offered a 10 / 12hp engine .
Warwick The Warwick Cycle and Automobile Company of Springfield , Massachusetts , USA , made bicycles before producing a vehicle that resembled a traditional light steam runabout that was powered by a De Dion Bouton petrol engine , vertically mounted , of either 3.5 or 6hp plus two-speed transmission , tubular frame and tiller steering . In 1903 , Warwick made its own engine and extended the wheelbase . The 1904 models were considerably larger with front-mounted engines of 14hp ( two cylinder ) or 18hp ( three cylinder ) with side entrance tonneau bodies .
Waverley / Pope-Waverley The Pope Manufacturing Company was founded by Albert Augustus Popeand around 1876 . In 1878 they began making bicycles in Hartford , Connecticut and introduced motorcycles to their range in 1902 . In 1898 Pope Manufacturing began producing electric cars , and had made more than 500 by 1899 , when the automobile division was bought by the Electric Vehicle Company . Pope went on to buy several small manufacturers , including the International Motor Car Company , which it acquired in 1904 . This became known as the Waverley Department of Pope Motor Company . All models were electric . The Waverley was originally a small two-seater runabout but by 1902 a four-seater model was introduced . Variants included the Pope-Waverley Chelsea , a two-seater with single electric motor and 30 batteries and the five-seater Pope-Waverley Tonneau , with twin electric motors each producing 3hp , an armoured wood frame and 40 batteries .
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