Sheffield Simplex Motor Works

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Sheffield-Simplex 30 hp (1914)

Sheffield Simplex (1913) in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney

Sheffield-Simplex 50 HP (1920)

The Sheffield-Simplex Ltd. was a British automobile manufacturer based in Sheffield, Yorkshire from 1907 to 1927 . The predecessor was Brotherhood Crocker Motors .

description

Sheffield Simplex automobiles were luxury cars which, with a few exceptions, were equipped with six-cylinder in - line engines. Only three slightly smaller models with four-cylinder engines were created.

After the First World War , the manufacturer found it difficult to sell the expensive cars. From 1922, only a four-cylinder model was offered, but only a few were made. Production finally ended in 1927.

A vehicle is in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia . Another is in the Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield.

Models

model	Construction period	cylinder	Displacement	wheelbase
20 hp	1907-1909	4 row	3927 cc
45 hp	1908-1914	6 row	6960 cc	3251-3734 mm
14/20 hp	1910	4 row	2883 cc	2921-3175 mm
20/30 hp	1910	6 row	4325 cc	3175-3429 mm
25 hp	1911	6 row	4325 cc	3200-3429 mm
25 hp	1912-1913	6 row	4741 cc	3200-3429 mm
30 hp	1913-1915	6 row	4741 cc	3658 mm
20 hp	1919-1927	4 row	3160 cc	3658 mm
50 hp	1921	6 row	7778 cc	3810 mm

literature

• David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1999, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .

Web links

Commons : Sheffield Simplex  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sheffield Simplex car, 1913 (accessed July 30, 2016)