Mota (car brand)

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Mota was an American automobile brand only built in 1953 by Banning Electric Products Corporation in New York City .

The Mota was a two-door roadster with three seats and a fiberglass body. Its specialty was the drive unit, in which a small, air-cooled gasoline engine drove a generator , from which the electrical energy was passed on to an electric motor , which in turn set the car in motion. The entire drive unit was housed in front of the rear axle, which made the Mota a mid-engine vehicle . The manufacturer stated an acceleration of 0–160 km / h over a distance of only 91 m.

literature

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 . Krause Publications, Inc. Iola, Wisconsin (2002). ISBN 0-87349-461-X .
  • 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 , p. 1082. (English)