Scott Autocar Company
Scott Autocar Company Ltd. | |
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legal form | Limited |
founding | 1920 |
resolution | 1925 |
Seat | Bradford , UK |
management | Alfred Angas Scott |
Branch | Automobiles |
Scott Autocar Company Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Alfred Angas Scott founded the Scott Motor Cycle Company for motorcycle production back in 1909 . In 1915 he designed a tricycle, which at the time was not yet going into series production. After the end of the First World War , he founded the separate company Scott Autocar Company Ltd. in Bradford . , presented vehicles at the Olympia Motor Cycle Show in 1920 and began series production. The brand name was Scott Sociable . Production ended in 1924. In 1925 the company was dissolved. A total of around 200 vehicles were built.
vehicles
The only model was a tricycle and was based on a motorcycle . There were two wheels on the right side and only one wheel on the left. The front right wheel was steered with a steering wheel. The price was initially £ 273 for the Family model , which was reduced to £ 215 in 1921 and to £ 135 in 1923.
A vehicle is exhibited in the Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National - Collection Schlumpf in Mulhouse . This model has a two-cylinder engine with 573 cc displacement and 12 PS output.
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.