Allard & Co
Allard & Co Limited | |
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legal form | Limited Company |
founding | 1889 |
resolution | 1902 |
Reason for dissolution | Merger with Birmingham Motor Manufacturing and Supply Co Limited to form Rex Motor Manufacturing Co Limited |
Seat | Coventry , UK |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Allard & Co Limited was a British manufacturer of vehicles .
Company history
The company was founded in Coventry in 1889 . In 1891 the production of bicycles began . In 1897 motorcycles and 1899 automobiles added to the range. The brand name was Allard . In 1902 came the merger with the Birmingham Motor Manufacturing and Supply Co Limited of Birmingham . The new company was called Rex Motor Manufacturing Co Limited .
Automobiles
The first models were a tricycle that resembled De Dion-Bouton's Tricycles and the Express , which resembled the Benz of the time . A single cylinder engine with a displacement of 500 cm³ was used. From 1900 the Charette model was produced for International Motor Car . The last model was the 9 HP from 1902.
See also
- Allard , former British car brand of the same name
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Allard (I).
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 34. (English)
- George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
- David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)
Web links
- Grace's Guide (accessed November 30, 2014)
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on December 22, 2013)