SS Motor Car Company

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SS Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1900
Seat London , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Branch Automobile manufacturer

SS Motor Car Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The London-based company with offices in Holborn Viaduct began manufacturing automobiles in 1900. The brand name was SS . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

The 5½ HP model was a small car. A horizontal single-cylinder engine drove the rear axle via a chain. The transmission had three gears.

A four-seat vehicle took part in a 1,000 mile drive in 1900.

A voiturette with a two-cylinder engine and 3 hp and a vehicle with 3.5 hp that offered space for two to three people were also advertised .

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)

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.