National Motor Company (England)

National Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1904
resolution	1905
Seat	Manchester , UK
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

National Tricar

Rear view

National Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Manchester company started producing automobiles in 1904. The brand name was National . Production ended in 1905. There was no association with Rose Bros. of Gainsborough , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

The only model was a Tricar , a tricycle with a single rear wheel. The driver sat on the back of a motorcycle saddle. Between the front wheels there was either a basket seat for a passenger or a box for cargo. A water-cooled single cylinder engine from MMC with 4 HP power propelled the vehicle. The transmission had two gears.

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)

Web links

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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: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.