La Rapide Cyclecar Company

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The La Rapide Cyclecar Company Ltd. from London SW was a British automobile manufacturer. In the only year of production, 1920, small cars were created.

The car was powered by an air-cooled V2 engine from JAP that developed 8 bhp (5.9 kW). The transmission had three gears. The engine power was transmitted to a rear wheel via a belt.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Nick Georgano: 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