Gnome Cars

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Gnome Cars was a British automobile manufacturer from London that existed from 1925 to 1926. In 1926 Nomad Cars Ltd. the enterprise.

The Gnome 3/8 hp was a particularly primitive cycle car . The single-seat, open roadster had no suspension. It was powered by a front mounted, air-cooled single cylinder - two-stroke engine with 343 cc displacement . The grille was just a dummy. The wheelbase of the car was 2032 mm, its length 2870 mm and its width 1320 mm. He weighed only 254 kg.

Models

model Construction period cylinder Displacement wheelbase Weight
3/8 hp 1926 1 343 cc 2032 mm 254 kg

literature

  • David Culshaw & Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 . Veloce Publishing plc. Dorchester (1999). ISBN 1-874105-93-6
  • GN Georgano: cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)