Caledonian Motor Car & Cycle Company

Caledonian Motor Car & Cycle Company
legal form	Company
founding	1899
resolution	1908
Seat	Aberdeen , UK
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Caledonian Motor Car & Cycle Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Aberdeen company started manufacturing automobiles in 1899. The brand name was Caledonian . Production ended in 1906. Until 1908 the company sold vehicles from Peugeot and the Standard Motor Company . There was no connection to the Caledonian car brand from the Edinburgh district of Granton , under which taxis were marketed between 1912 and 1914 .

vehicles

On the one hand, the company manufactured small cars. Built-in engines from De Dion-Bouton powered the vehicles. In addition, larger vehicles with engines from the Daimler Motor Company were built .

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 1: A – F. 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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.