Economic Motors

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Economic Motors was a British manufacturer of cycle cars and motorcycles based on Wells Street in London W1.

Cyclecar

There are different details about the construction time: either from 1920 to 1921 or from 1921 to 1922.

The only model was a three-wheeled vehicle which, at just £ 60, was certainly the cheapest British automobile of its time.

The car had a single front wheel and no suspension, so the flexibility of the tires and the ash wood frame alone dampened any potholes. The two-seater structure was kept very simple and had no windshield or weather protection.

An air-cooled two-stroke - boxer engine with 165 cc powered via a two-speed friction gear with a reverse gear and a chain to the right rear wheel. The car is said to have reached a top speed of 48 km / h. The weight was only 68 kg.

motorcycle

A motorcycle with the same engine and also with a friction gear was sold for £ 28 Sh. 10 offered.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Economic.
  • 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. 481. (English)
  • David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 , p. 266. (English)
  • Nick Baldwin: A – Z of Cars of the 1920s. Herridge & Sons, Beaworthy 2010, ISBN 978-1-906133-24-5 . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Nick Baldwin: A – Z of Cars of the 1920s. Herridge & Sons, Beaworthy 2010, ISBN 978-1-906133-24-5 . (English)
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Economic.
  3. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 481. (English)
  4. ^ David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 , p. 266. (English)