FW Berwick & Co.

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FW Berwick & Co. Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1912
resolution 1925
Seat Park Royal , London , United Kingdom
Branch Automobiles , planes

FW Berwick & Co. Ltd was a British manufacturer of automobiles and aircraft .

Company history

Share in Sizaire-Berwick Ltd on September 29, 1922

Frederick William Berwick founded the company in the London borough of Park Royal in 1912 and sold cars under the brand name GN that year . In addition, from 1913 he was involved in the Société Nouvelle des Autos Sizaire in Courbevoie , France . During the First World War it employed 5,800 people and manufactured aircraft. One source states that they were aircraft for De Havilland (then still Airco ). Another source mentions aircraft and aircraft engines for a license from Gnôme et Rhône . In 1920 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Sizaire-Berwick . At the end of 1922 Berwick left the company, which was then led by two directors of the Austin Motor Company . Austin vehicles now formed the basis. Production ended in 1925. A total of around 250 vehicles were built.

vehicles

GN

These vehicles were not identical to the vehicles from GN. They were much larger vehicles. A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a displacement of 3308 cm³ propelled the vehicles. The transmission had four gears. A source states that the vehicle was said to be of British origin at the time, but still cannot rule out that it was an import model.

Sizaire-Berwick

The model 25/50 HP was the first, largest and best-selling model. The water-cooled four-cylinder engine with 95 mm bore and 160 mm stroke had a displacement of 4536 cm³ and made 65 hp . The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft . With a wheelbase of 3581 mm and a track width of 1448 mm, the body was 4902 mm long.

The 13/26 HP from 1923 to 1924 had a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1661 cm³. It was based on the Austin 12 . The 23/46 HP of the same time also had a four-cylinder engine, but 3601 cm³ displacement. The Austin 20 formed the basis . Their wheelbases were 2845 mm and 3302 mm respectively.

The only model with a six-cylinder engine was the 26/52 HP from 1923. 81.5 mm bore and 102 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 3193 cm³. Its chassis almost reached the dimensions of the 25/50 HP .

The last model was the 15 from 1925. Its engine was 1996 cc.

A preserved 25/50 HP from 1923 with the British registration XP 7914 was auctioned by Bonhams in 2004 for 44,264 euros .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Sizaire-Berwick.
  • 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 , pp. 1465-1466. (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Sizaire-Berwick.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1465-1466. (English)
  3. ^ A b c d David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)
  4. ↑ 2004 auction (accessed April 12, 2014)