Portland (car brand)

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Portland is a former British car brand.

Company history

The company International Motor Car Co started in 1898 in London with the production of automobiles , as the International were offered. Between 1903 and 1904, models were offered under the brand name Portland.

vehicles

From 1903, there was the single-cylinder model 6 HP with a built-in motor of Aster and the four-cylinder model 24 HP . In 1904 the four-cylinder models 9.5 HP with 749 cm³ displacement and 12/16 HP with 1385 cm³ displacement were added.

literature

  • GN Georgano: cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 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)