Powerdrive

Powerdrive Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1954
resolution	1957
Seat	Wood Green , London
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Powerdrive

Powerdrive Limited was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from the London district of Wood Green began in 1954 with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Powerdrive . David Gottlieb was the body designer. Production ended in 1957. Another source gives the construction period from 1955 to 1958. Coronet Cars took on the design for the construction of its own vehicles.

vehicles

The only model was a microcar . It was a tricycle with a single rear wheel. A two-cylinder - two-stroke engine of the British Anzani Motor Company with 322 cc displacement and 15 PS performance was mounted in the rear and drive to the rear wheel. The transmission had three gears. The open body was made of aluminum and offered space for three people. The original price was £ 412 .

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 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Powerdrive  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Allcarindex (accessed October 24, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} 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.