Warwick Cycle & Automobile Company

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Warwick Cycle Manufacturing Company
Warwick Cycle & Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1888
resolution 1905
Seat Springfield , Massachusetts , USA
management AO Very
Branch vehicles

Warwick Cycle & Automobile Company , previously Warwick Cycle Manufacturing Company , was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

George T. Warwick founded the Warwick Cycle Manufacturing Company in Springfield , Massachusetts in 1888 . At first he made bicycles . In 1891 financiers got on board. Warwick became chief engineer, but left the company in 1892. In 1897 bankruptcy was survived. AO Very was president at the time and remained so until it was dissolved. In 1899 the name was changed to Warwick Cycle & Automobile Company . The first automobile was built in 1900. Series production began in 1901. The brand name was Warwick . According to an advertisement from 1903, motorcycles were also made. Production ended in 1905.

vehicles

The following brand names have been passed down for the bicycles: Ghost (1892), Perfection (1892–1898), Pilgrim (1892) and Warwick (1889–1998).

A top speed of 72 km / h was specified for the motorcycle .

More details are known for passenger cars . In 1901 there were two models to choose from. They had a single cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton with either 3.5 or 5 hp power. Another source cites 6 hp for the more powerful engine. The engine was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox. The base was a tubular frame. Was steered with a steering lever. The structure was a stanhope with two seats.

In 1902, the stronger version was also available as a motor car . Another source mentions a foldable bench in the front of the vehicle for the 6 HP .

In 1903 there was only the 6 HP . The single cylinder engine developed 6 hp. From that year the engines were manufactured in-house. The chassis had a wheelbase of 178 cm . The body of the vehicle was a Stanhope with the folding front bench.

In 1904 two larger models with a front engine appeared. The 14 HP had a two-cylinder engine with 14 HP power. The wheelbase was 224 cm. The 18 HP had a three-cylinder engine with 18 HP and a wheelbase of 234 cm. Both were tonneau with five seats.

A 6 HP from 1902 still exists. It has a De-Dion-Bouton engine with a displacement of 700 cc and 6 hp and the body with the front bench seat. The vehicle has already taken part in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run . The Bonhams auction house offered the vehicle at auction on November 1, 2013 and was expecting a price of around 69,000 to 81,000 euros .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1901 3 ½ HP 1 3.5 Stanhope
1901 5 HP 1 5 Stanhope
1902 3 ½ HP 1 3.5 Stanhope
1902 5 HP 1 5 Stanhope, Motor Car
1903 6 HP 1 6th 178 Stanhope
1904-1905 14 HP 2 14th 224 5-seater tonneau
1904-1905 18 HP 3 18th 234 5-seater tonneau

Source:

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. 1516 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1724 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f American Automobiles (accessed April 20, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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. 1516 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Advertisement in Scientific American dated April 11, 1903 (accessed April 20, 2019)
  4. ↑ a b c George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1724 (English).
  5. ↑ Bicycle Brands (accessed April 20, 2019)
  6. ↑ Auction of November 1, 2013 (accessed April 20, 2019)