East Riding Cycle Company

East Riding Cycle Company
legal form
founding	1898
resolution	1904
Seat	Kingston upon Hull
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

East Riding Cycle Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles .

Company history

The Kingston upon Hull company began manufacturing automobiles in 1898. The brand names were Vipen and Holderness . In 1902 motorcycles added to the range. Production ended in 1904.

Automobiles

The first models were large vehicles in the style of the Panhard & Levassor models and MMC. In 1902 a smaller model with a two-cylinder engine and 12  hp was added. The last model was a four-seat tonneau introduced in 1903 , which was similar to the De Dion-Bouton models .

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 3: P – Z. 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.