Straker squire

Straker Squire from 1910

Straker-Squire was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Straker-Squire Ltd. share dated November 16, 1921

The company A. Straker & Squire Limited began in 1906 in Fishponds in Bristol with the production of automobiles. In 1918 the company was renamed Straker-Squire Limited and moved to Edmonton . Production ended in 1926.

vehicles

In 1907 there were the two four-cylinder models 12/14 HP Shamrock with 2069 cm³ displacement and 16/20 HP with 2919 cm³ displacement. In 1909 the 14/16 HP followed with a four-cylinder engine and 2022 cm³ displacement. Between 1910 and 1913 the 15 HP was offered with a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2851 cm³. In 1914 the 15/20 HP with four-cylinder engine and 3054 cm³ displacement, which was manufactured until 1922, was presented. In 1920 the first six-cylinder models were the 20/25 HP and 24/80 HP with 3920 cm³ displacement and 70 HP output, which were produced until 1925. Only in 1921 there was the large six-cylinder model 24/90 HP with a displacement of 4962 cm³. Between 1923 and 1925 the 10/20 HP was produced with a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1460 cm³. In 1926 this model was offered as 11/28 HP and 12/20 HP with the same engine.

A vehicle of this brand is owned by a Belgian collector.

literature

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

Web links

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

GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on December 22, 2013)