Warne (car)
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The Warne was a British 4-wheeled 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...

 made from 1913 to 1915 by Pearsall Warne Ltd based in Letchworth
Letchworth
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the...

, Hertfordshire.

The car had a lightweight two-seat open body with full weather equipment and was powered by a JAP
JA Prestwich Industries Ltd
JA Prestwich Industries, was an English engineering company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which produced cinematographic equipment, internal combustion engines , and other examples of precision engineering.-History:J. A...

, V twin air-cooled engine of 964 cc with an RAC horsepower rating of 8hp. The engine size increased to 1070 cc in 1915. Drive was to the rear wheels by belts. The suspension used half elliptic leaf springs all round.

It cost £
Pound sterling
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99 . Although air-cooled, the car was given a conventional appearance by fitting a dummy radiator.

In mid 1913 six cars a week were being made.
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