Quadricycle

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Soncin Quadricycle from 1901
De Dion-Bouton Quadricycle

Quadricycle (the suitcase word from Latin quadruplex , "fourfold" and Greek κυκλῶν kyklōn , "rotating" means four-wheel ) is a type of automobile from the early days of the automobile. Quadricycle and the similar but three-wheeled Tricar are subspecies of the Forecar .

Construction

The first quadricycles were derived from early bicycles, the first quadricycle with crank drive was developed by Willard Sawyer in the 1840s. Later examples were equipped with an engine, the rear part of the vehicle was that of a motorcycle, including an engine and saddle for the driver, but with a specially made tubular frame. The vehicles had two rear wheels. There was a seat for one passenger in front of the handlebars. This seat was often placed between the two front wheels and therefore particularly low. The passenger was, so to speak, a windbreak and bumper.

construction time

In 1895 Léon Bollée constructed his first Tricar in his company . Other manufacturers followed with their own four-wheeled variants. As early as 1901, light, four-wheeled small cars that offered space for two people next to each other on a bench became popular. Motorcycles, which could optionally be equipped with sidecars as a motorcycle team , also replaced the quadricycles. Around 1906 this type of construction disappeared from the market.

Manufacturer of Quadricycles

Most of the quadricycles were made in France . Automoto , De Dion-Bouton , Peugeot , Phébus and Soncin manufactured quadricycles, among others . Also Canda and Waltham from the United States and Beeston from England produced such vehicles.

Ford Quadricycle

The Ford Quadricycle was not a quadricycle in the sense of the definition of quadricycle commonly used in Europe

Henry Ford named his first prototype the Ford Quadricycle . With the bench in the middle of the vehicle, on which two people could sit side by side, the vehicle did not meet the definition of quadricycle that is common in Europe.

literature

  • David Burgess-Wise (Ed.): London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 1996. TRMG, High Barnet 1996, p. 40 (English)
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George H. Dammann: Illustrated History of Ford. Crestline Publishing Co., Sarasota FL 1970, ISBN 0-912612-02-9 (English)

Web links

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

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 D. Burgess-Wise: London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 1996. 1996.
  3. ^ David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)
  4. ^ GH Dammann: Illustrated History of Ford. 1970, p. 7.