Squire Car

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Squire from 1935

Squire is a former British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Squire Car Manufacturing Company Limited by Adrian Squire started in 1934 in Henley-on-Thames with the production of automobiles.

In July 1936 the company went into liquidation . Until 1939 some vehicles were still assembled from existing parts.

vehicles

It was produced only one model with a four-cylinder engine of Anzani equipped. The engine developed from a displacement of 1496 cm³ with the help of a compressor between 100 and 105 hp . The two- and four-seat bodies were made by Vanden Plas and Markham of Reading . Only a few vehicles were produced: The information on the production figures vary between 7, 10, 19 and a maximum of 24.

A Squire vehicle occasionally takes part in the Mille Miglia in Italy .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5
• GN Georgano: cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
• David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 , Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The great automobile encyclopedia.
2. ↑ Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
3. ^ The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975