W.W. (automobile)
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W.W. was an early British car made by Winter and Company of Wandsworth
Wandsworth
Wandsworth is a district of south London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-Toponymy:...

, London. They made two models between 1913 and 1914.

The first car, the W.W. of 1913 was a light car powered by an 8hp V-twin engine bought in from the Precision company. This drove the rear wheels through a gear box by Chater-Lea
Chater-Lea
Chater-Lea was a British bicycle, car and motor cycle maker with a nine-storey factory in Banner Street in the City of London and, from 1928, premises at Letchworth, Hertfordshire. It was founded by William Chater-Lea in 1900 to make bicycle components. It made cars between 1907 and 1922 and...

 and shaft drive to a worm gear final drive on the rear axle.

For 1914 production changed to a cyclecar
Cyclecar
Cyclecars were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s.-General description:Cyclecars were propelled by single cylinder, V-twin or more rarely four cylinder engines, often air cooled. Sometimes these had been originally used in motorcycles and other...

. This was sold as a Winter and had a Blumfield engine and friction drive with belt to the rear axle.

The number made is not known.
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