Downing Cyclecar Company

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Downing Cyclecar Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1915
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Downing Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in 1913 . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was initially Downing . Cycle cars and small cars were on offer .

In the summer of 1913 it was announced that a branch called the Downing Motor Car Company was planned in Cleveland , Ohio . Obviously, this plant manufactured from model year 1914. For reasons of differentiation, the vehicles from Detroit were sold as Downing-Detroit and the vehicles from Cleveland as Downing from 1914 .

Production ended in 1915.

vehicles

The Model A was made in Detroit. It had a two-cylinder engine with 10 hp . A 76.2 mm bore and 107.95 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 985 cc . The chassis had a wheelbase of 262 cm . A runabout with two seats in a row and a roadster with two seats next to each other have been handed down.

The Model 6 also came from Detroit. The four-cylinder engine developed 18 hp. The wheelbase was 267 cm. In addition to the tandem runabout and roadster, there was a four-seater touring car and a light delivery van .

From Cleveland came the Two with a 12 hp two-cylinder engine and the Four with an 18 hp four-cylinder engine. The wheelbase of 249 cm and the structure as a roadster were identical.

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1913-1914 Downing Model A 2 10 262 Tandem Runabout 2-seater, Side by Side Roadster 2-seater
1913-1914 Downing Model 6 4th 18th 267 Tandem Runabout 2-seater, Side by Side Roadster 2-seater, touring car, light delivery van
1914-1915 Downing-Detroit Model A 2 10 262 Tandem Runabout 2-seater, Side by Side Roadster 2-seater
1914-1915 Downing-Detroit Model 6 4th 18th 267 Tandem Runabout 2-seater, Side by Side Roadster 2-seater, touring car, light delivery van
1914-1915 Downing Two 2 12 249 Side by side roadster
1914-1915 Downing Four 4th 18th 249 Side by side roadster

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 491 (English).
  • 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. 456 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 491 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 456 (English).