Cosmos engineering

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Cosmos Engineering Company Limited was a British automobile manufacturer based in Fishponds ( Bristol ) from 1919 to 1920 . The designer was Roy Fedden . The brand names were Cosmos and CAR .

The Cosmos 10.5 hp was a small car that was powered by a three-cylinder radial engine with a displacement of 994 cm³. Another source mentions a displacement of 1206 cm³ . The air-cooled unit developed 16 bhp (11.8 kW) at 2000 min -1 . The wheelbase of the car was 2134 mm, its track width was 1295 mm and its weight was 305 kg. Only a few copies were made.

An enlarged version of the 10.5 hp developed in the same year was supposed to be called CAR , but it did not make it into series production.

The following year, Cosmos Engineering was taken over by the Bristol Aircraft Company , which was interested in the radial engine developed by Fedden.

Models

model Construction period cylinder Displacement power at speed wheelbase source
10.5 hp 1919-1920 3 star 994 cc 16 bhp (11.8 kW) 2000 min -1 2134 mm

literature

  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester 1999, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .
  • 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. ↑ a b 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.
  3. ^ A b Culshaw, Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975.