Coventry Motor Company
Coventry Motor Company Limited | |
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legal form | Limited |
founding | 1896 |
resolution | 1903 |
Seat | Coventry |
management | Charles McRobie Turrell |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Coventry Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Charles McRobie Turrell founded the company in Coventry in 1896 . It belonged to Lawson's British Motor Syndicate. In 1897 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Coventry Motette , and occasionally Coventry-Bollée . Production ended in 1897. In 1903 the company was dissolved.
vehicles
Only one model was on offer. This was a replica of Automobiles Léon Bollée's voiturette . It was a tricycle with a single rear wheel, more precisely a tricar . The driver sat in the back. There was space for the passenger between the front wheels.
Two vehicles have been preserved.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
Web links
Commons : Coventry Motor Company - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Allcarindex (accessed February 2, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .