Szekely Cyclecar Company

Szekely Cyclecar Company
legal form	Company
founding	1914
resolution	1914
Seat	Richmond , Virginia , USA
management	Charles J. Berthal Otto E. Szekely
Branch	Automobiles

Szekely Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles J. Berthal and Otto E. Szekely were at a university in Berlin . They founded the company in Richmond , Virginia in 1914 . They made automobiles that were marketed as Cub . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

The only model was named a Cyclecar , although it is unclear whether it met the criteria for Cyclecars. An air-cooled V2 engine from De Luxe powered the rear axle via belts. A tubular frame served as the chassis . The original price was 350 US dollars . By comparison, the Ford Model T cost $ 500 as a two-seater runabout .

literature

• Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 401 (English).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 356. (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 401 (English).
2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 356. (English)