Wright Engineering Works

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Wright Engineering Works
legal form
founding 1921
resolution 1921
Seat Cheltenham
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Wright Engineering Works was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Cheltenham company started producing automobiles in 1921. The brand name was Wright . Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few copies were made.

vehicles

The company manufactured cyclecars . A two - cylinder boxer engine from Douglas Motors powered the vehicle by means of a chain. In the prototype the engine developed 4 HP , in the series models 6 HP. The specialty was the friction gear. The original price was £ 150 .

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 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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.