King & Co.

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King & Co.
legal form
founding 1904
resolution 1905
Seat Leicester
Branch Automobile manufacturer

King & Co. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Leicester company began producing automobiles in 1904. The brand name was King . Production ended in 1905.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. A two-cylinder engine from De Dion-Bouton with 12 HP power drove the rear axle via a chain. The radiator grille was similar to that of the Daimler Motor Company vehicles .

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 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (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.