Relyante

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Relyante Motor Works was a British company in the automotive industry .

Company history

The company from Walthamstow near London began importing and manufacturing automobiles in 1903. Production ended again in the same year. The connection to Relyante Motor Works Ltd , which opened in 1905 in the same district, is not known.

vehicles

Imports

The smallest model was a Lacoste & Battmann with a single cylinder engine from 6 to 6.5 hp . A two-cylinder model from Automobiles Delahaye with 12 hp was also on offer. A steam car of Gardner Serpollet with 10 horsepower was offered.

production

A model cannot be assigned to an import model. It was probably made by Relyante. It was a large vehicle with a four-cylinder engine and cardan drive . A steel frame served as the chassis . As a body style one was Tonneau provided.

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)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

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 d e f g h i j Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. a b c d Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.