Partridge, Wilson & Company

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Partridge, Wilson & Company Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1934
resolution 1954
Seat Leicester
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Partridge, Wilson & Company Ltd. was a British manufacturer of commercial vehicles and automobiles .

Company history

The Leicester-based company began producing commercial vehicles in 1934, especially delivery vans with electric motors . Passenger cars were also produced between 1935 and 1936 . The brand name was Wilson . Production ended in 1954.

Automobiles

The only car model was an electric car . The batteries were in the long front of the vehicle . Arthur Mulliner from Northampton made the streamlined coupé body . The maximum speed was specified as 43 km / h and the range at 64 km. The original price was 385 pounds . For comparison: the Morris Ten of about the same size cost £ 200. A total of about 40 copies were made, one of which still exists today.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.