Leonard (automobile manufacturer)

JJ Leonard
legal form
founding	1904
resolution	1906
Seat	London
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

JJ Leonard was a British automobile manufacturer.

Company history

The London company began producing automobiles in 1904 . The brand names were Leonard and Medici . Production ended in 1906.

vehicles

Small cars were on offer . The smaller model Leonard 6 HP had a single-cylinder engine from De Dion-Bouton with a displacement of about 850 cm³, the performance of which was far inadequate for the heavy, wooden chassis .

A more powerful two-cylinder engine from Tony Huber with 12 HP power drove the Medici 10/12 HP model . Its chassis was made of steel . The target group were country doctors.

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

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. ^ ^{A b c} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.