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Velox from 1903

Velox Motor was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Velox Motor Company Limited of Coventry began in 1902 with the production of automobiles. In 1904 production stopped when the company went into liquidation . A total of 23 vehicles were completed, 15 more were under construction.

vehicles

The first model 10 HP was equipped with a two-cylinder built -in engine from Abeille . In 1903 the four-cylinder model 10 HP with an engine from Forman and the single-cylinder model 4½ HP with an engine from Aster followed . In 1904 the four-cylinder model 20 HP appeared.

A vehicle of this brand occasionally competes in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run . Bonhams auctioned it on September 7, 2019 for around 57,000 euros .

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 : Velox  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Auction 2019 (accessed March 29, 2020)