W. Grose

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W. Grose Limited
legal form PLC
founding 1888
Seat Northampton
management Peter William Grose,
Gabrielle Margaret Harris
Number of employees 17th
Branch Automobiles

W. Grose Limited is a UK automotive company and a former manufacturer of automobiles and bodywork .

Company history

Joseph Grose (1861–1939) founded the company in Northampton in 1888 to manufacture bicycles . In 1897 he bought a vehicle from Coventry Motor Company but was dissatisfied with it. He then bought engines from Benz & Cie. and thus manufactured automobiles from 1899. The brand name was Grose . Automobile production ended in 1900. After that, Grose manufactured car bodies until 1939 for passenger cars and until around 1960 for commercial vehicles . The company still exists today as a dealer. It is directed by Peter William Grose and Gabrielle Margaret Harris. 17 employees are employed.

vehicles

Grose designed a tubular frame chassis. In it he installed the Benz built-in engines . The engines developed 4 hp and propelled the rear axle via belts. The vehicles were bodied as dog carts. The original price was £ 180 . A total of six vehicles were built.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ www.creditgate.com ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed February 23, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.creditgate.com
  4. ↑ www.salespider.com (accessed February 23, 2014)