Allard (1899 automobile)
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The Allard was an English automobile
manufactured by Allard & Co. of Coventry
from 1899 to 1902.
Originally a bicycle company, Allard moved into the motor industry by producing motor tricycles; the company then moved on to building a four-seater 4½ hp
model based on the Benz, followed by a 3 hp air-cooled car with an engine said to be of their own manufacture. In 1902 they offered a 9 hp single-cylinder light car
, but merged with Rex later that year.
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
manufactured by Allard & Co. of Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
from 1899 to 1902.
Originally a bicycle company, Allard moved into the motor industry by producing motor tricycles; the company then moved on to building a four-seater 4½ hp
Tax horsepower
The tax horsepower or taxable horsepower was an early system by which taxation rates for automobiles were reckoned in some European countries, such as Britain, Belgium, Germany, France, and Italy; some US states like Illinois charged license plate purchase and renewal fees for passenger...
model based on the Benz, followed by a 3 hp air-cooled car with an engine said to be of their own manufacture. In 1902 they offered a 9 hp single-cylinder light car
Light car
A Light Car is a term used in Great Britain since the early part of the 20th Century for an automobile less than 1.5 litres engine capacity. In modern car classification this term would be roughly equivalent to a subcompact car...
, but merged with Rex later that year.
See also
- AllardAllardThe Allard Motor Company was an English car manufacturer founded in 1936 by Sydney Allard. The company, based in Putney, London. until 1945 and then in Clapham, London, produced approximately 1900 cars until its closure in 1966....
was also the name of a better-known English marque.