Korte (make of car)

Korte was a British automobile brand.

Company history

Korte, Atkinson & Co. from Leeds used the brand name between 1900 and 1903. Rice & Co. Ltd. continued production until 1905. Rice had previously successfully built motorcycles.

vehicles

Initially, tricycles and quadricycles were created that were similar to the models by De Dion-Bouton .

Rice's only model was the 12/14 HP . It was very similar to the Gilbert , had a two-cylinder engine mounted transversely at the front , a four-speed gearbox and chain drive. There was a choice of barrel bodies with four and six seats. This automobile was significantly less successful than the motorcycles previously built.

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 .