National Motor Academy

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National Motor Academy
legal form Limited
founding 1900s
resolution May 1908
Seat Notting Hill , London
management Turberville-Smith
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The National Motor Academy was a British manufacturer of automobiles and a driving school at the same time .

Company history

Mr. Turberville-Smith started the company as a driving school. The seat was at Boundary Road 3 in the London borough of Notting Hill . In 1906, automobile production began at West Limited in Coventry . The brand name was Academy . In 1907 the company was converted into a stock corporation. In May 1908 the bankruptcy followed .

vehicles

The 14 HP model corresponded to the 14/20 HP from West. The cars were equipped with a four-cylinder in - line engine from White & Poppe . The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft . They were specially designed for driving instruction and therefore had a second set of pedals installed. The wheelbase was 2337 mm. The touring car body version has survived.

Academy also offered vehicles without a second set of pedals. One of these vehicles took part in the Tourist Trophy Race on September 27, 1906 , but was canceled after three laps.

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 : 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 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . (English)

Web links

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: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  3. ↑ Tourist Trophy Race 1906 (English, accessed April 20, 2014)