Jowett Cars

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Jowett Cars Ltd
legal form Limited
founding 1906
resolution 1954
Seat Bradford , England
management Benjamin Jowett,
William Jowett
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Jowett from 1914
Jowett Jupiter from 1951

Jowett was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Jowett Motor Manufacturing Co Limited (1919 Jowett Limited ) from Bradford began in 1906 with the production of automobiles. Production ended in 1954.

vehicles

The first 6 HP model was available from 1906 to 1914 and was equipped with a two-cylinder engine with a displacement of 816 cm³ . The 6/10 HP followed in 1914 with a displacement of 831 cm³. The successor model 8 HP with the same engine existed from 1915 to 1936. The model 7/17 HP with 907 cm³ displacement, which existed from 1921 to 1936, was slightly larger . In 1937 the 8 HP received a larger engine with 946 cm³ displacement, which made 17 HP .

The era of four-cylinder models with a boxer engine began in 1936 with the 10 HP , which was available until 1939. The 1166 cc engine made 32 hp. After the Second World War , the prototype Javelin Ten appeared with a displacement of 1200 cc. In the production model Jowett Javelin , which was available as a four-door sedan between 1947 and 1954, the engine from 1486 cm³ initially developed 50 hp, from 1952 52.5 hp. As a sports version, the Jowett Jupiter appeared in 1950 as a coupé and roadster. Here the engine developed between 60 and 70 hp.

Vehicles of this brand can be seen in many British automobile museums.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .
  • Christopher D. Freudenberg: Automobiles from Jowett. Little chance for an outsider in the market for classic automobiles and motorcycles . Issue 12, December 1989.
  • GN Georgano : cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 , Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)
  • Paul Clarke and Edmund Nankivell: The Complete Jowett History , Haynes Publishing Group, Yeovil 1991. ISBN 0-85429-683-2 (English)

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