Critchley Light car
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The Critchley Light car was briefly manufactured by Daimler Company of Coventry in 1899 to find use for about 50 unwanted 4 h.p. engines shipped to Coventry by the German Daimler works at Stuttgart.
Named Critchley after Daimler's works manager, the car's 4 h.p. water-cooled engine drove the rear wheels through a belt transmission. The vehicle was well regarded and sold well but was not intended to extend Daimler's range of high-powered expensive motorcars.[1]
Quite advanced, it was equipped with pneumatic tyres and wheel steering, the small engine was mounted transversely so the flywheel rotated in the direction of travel.[2]
References
- ↑ David Thoms and Tom Donnelly, page 64 The Motor Car Industry in Coventry Since the 1890's, Croom Helm, 1985, Beckenham Kent ISBN 0-7099-2456-9
- ↑ Brian E Smith, page 9 The Daimler Tradition, Transport Bookman Publications, 1980, Isleworth ISBN 085184 014 0
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