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unique designs such as the De Dion Bouton-powered Sunbeam-Maberley, which had four wheels in a diamond pattern with three seats facing sideways and outwards in the manner of a Victorian sofa, he built a twin-cylinder front-engined car for the 1901 Crystal Palace Show, which was possibly a one-off. Thomas Pullinger was recruited to develop a range of vehicles and it was his suggestion to base the development on the French Berliet. Chassis were imported until Sunbeam began building their own and imported the engines and gearboxes. The engine was a 10 / 12hp 2412cc four-cylinder unit, and it became the mainstay of production until the end of 1905.
Talbot The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot was a director and leading shareholder in Clément Talbot Ltd, North Kensington, London, England, which had been importing Clément cars since 1900. During 1904 the company imported a 6hp single-cylinder car, an 11hp twin-cylinder vehicle and three four-cylinder models of 14hp, 20hp, and 27hp. They had T-head engines apart from the largest one which used the inlet over exhaust layout. By late 1904, its factory was assembling cars from French components, and the Clément part of the name was dropped.
Thornycroft John I. Thornycroft & Co. started life as shipbuilders on the Thames at Chiswick. In 1896, it made its first 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
1904 Vauxhall 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.
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.
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 Pope 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
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