Acme & Immisch Electrical Works

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Acme & Immisch Electrical Works , previously Messrs M. Immisch & Co , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Moritz Immisch (1838-1903) founded in 1882 in London , the company Messrs M. Immisch & Co , which was active in consumer electronics and electrics. In 1887 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Immisch . The company's name was later changed to Acme & Immisch Electrical Works . Other entrepreneurs such as Magnus Volk purchased Immisch engines for their own motor vehicles. Automobile production ended in 1897. Overall, only a few vehicles were built, mostly for customers.

vehicles

The company made some electric cars. In-house developed electric motors propelled the vehicles. Three- and four-wheel models were made. Sultan Abdülhamid II obtained a vehicle from Immisch.

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 2: G – O. 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 c Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.