British Motor Car

The British Motor Car Company (BMC) was an American automobile manufacturer.

description

The company was based in San Francisco , California . It had no connection with the British British Motor Corporation (BMC). Several automobiles were built in 1952 under the direction of Kjell Qvale, who later became known as an importer . The brand name was BMC

vehicles

The only model was a two-seater roadster based on the British Singer SM 1500 . He also originated the four cylinder - line engine with 1496 cc capacity and a line of 58 hp (43 kW) at 4600 min ^-1 . On this chassis was a GRP -Karosserie mounted in pontoon shape. The selling price was US $ 3000.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter BMC (II).
• 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. 171. (English)
• John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .