• The Autotrix was a three wheeled cyclecar that was produced by Edmunds and Wadden between 1911 and 1914.
  
  
• Two versions fitted with air cooled engines were available.
  
  
• The small version had a 4 hp engine and elt drive. The larger version had either a 9 hp engine and chain drive, or a water-cooled 6 hp engine.
  

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• The four-wheeled, 997 cc 14 hp (10 kW) Blériot-Whippet cyclecar was produced by the Air Navigation and Engineering Company from 1920 to 1927.
  
  
  
  
• Tourer and sports versions were produced.
  
  
• The two-seater cars were open bodied and were initially fitted with an infinitely variable belt transmission system. A 3/4 seater model was also produced. In what year? 
  
  
• From 1922 they were fitted with a conventional three speed gearbox and chain drive, with a shaft drive model introduced in 1923. 
  
  
•  The bodies were made of plywood covered in leather cloth.
  
  
• Only one of the several hundred produced was known to exist in 2006. 
  

• In 1913 (possibly a year earlier) John Carden started designing wooden bodied single seat cyclecars which he built at his home. 
  
  
• They were powered by a 481 cc single cylinder engine driving the back axle by belt. There was no gearbox. 
  
  
• From 1914 four-wheeled “Carden” cyclecars were produced by Carden Engineering. In addition to the 481 cc model, a 654 cc two cylinder engine version that was fitted with a two speed gearbox was introduced.
  
  
• In 1916 both the design rights and the Carden factory were sold to Ward and Avey Limited and the name was to changed to AV. 
  

• In 1910 H.R. Godfrey and Archibald Frazer Nash formed a company called GN which manufactured cyclecars.
  
  
• GN was one of the first companies to produce a cyclecar.
  
  
• The first cars were powered by V twin engines supplied by JA Prestwich Industries (UK) Ltd and Peugeot. By 1911 the cars were powered by GN’s 1100 cc engines.
  
  
• The two-seater weighed 397 lbs (180 kg) and had a top speed of 60 mph (97 kph).
  
  
• In 1913 a GN team competed in the French Cyclecar Grand Prix.
  
  
• By the time GN suspended cyclecar production, at the outbreak of WW1 in 1914, about 200 cars had been manufactured.
  
  
• Production resumed in 1919 and shortly afterwards the GN Company was purchased by British Grégoire Ltd.
  
  
• Salmson of France obtained a licence to manufacturer GN cars. In what year?  They made about 1600 cars. Were they all cyclecars?
  
  
• In 1921 the company was purchased by a Mr Black and in 1922 he introduced a 1098 cc four cylinder water cooled model. 
  
  
• By the time production of GN ceased in May 1923 about 4,200 GN cars had been made. 
  
  
• A new company founded by some ex-employees produced a few cars from existing parts in 1924 and 1925.  
  

• The Oakleigh Motor Company started production of the LAD cyclecar in 1921. Most of these first cars were single-seaters but a few two-seaters were made.
  
  
• The cars only had a single forward gear and no reverse. Production ceased at the outbreak of WW1 in 1914.
  
  
• Manufacture of the LAD cyclecar recommenced in 1923 by “LAD Productions” who introduced a 350 cc twin-cylinder model. 
  
  
• In 1926 the company ceased trading.  
  

• In 1909 Harry F S Morgan (“HFS”) built a three-wheel cyclecar using a twin cylinder 7 hp Peugeot engine. It was one of the first British cars with an independent front suspension.
  
  
• Later that year the Morgan Car Company was started.
  
  
• The first two Morgan cyclecars produced in 1910 were single seaters and were fitted with either an 8 hp or 4 hp engine. 
  
  
• The first two-seater, 8 hp, models were produced in 1911 and had tiller steering. Later that year a steering wheel was fitted.
  
  
• A two-cylinder, 30 hp, 1914 racing model had a top speed of 72 mph (115 kph).
  
  
• By 1914 the company was producing 1000 cars per year.
  
  
• In 1919 Morgan's cycle cars were produced in France under the name of Darmont Morgan.
  
  
• These cyclecars had chain driven drive to the single rear wheel. The early models had two chains/two speeds. A three speed gear box was introduced in 1932.
  
  
• In 1923 front wheel brakes became optional.
  
  
• The British car tax laws were changed in 1936 and three-wheeled vehicles were no longer classified as motorcycles for tax purposes. In what year was the last Morgan cyclecar produced? How many in total were built? 
  

• Another Carden designed cyclecar was manufactured by Arnott and Harrison as the “New Carden” from about 1922 to 1925.
  

• About ten Skeoch cyclecars were manufactured in Scotland in 1921 until a fire destroyed the factory.
  
  
• They were powered by 348 cc single-cylinder engines and fitted with two-speed gearboxes with chain drive.
  

• John Carden designed a new cyclecar in 1919. This 980 cc model was manufactured by Tamplin Motors until 1924. 
  
  
• It carried two people seated one behind the other.
  
  
• The engine was kick started. When fully depressed the clutch pedal operated the brakes. 
  
  
• The open body was made of fibreboard which was waterproofed by soaking it in linseed oil.
  
  
• In 1924 the company introduced a new two-seater 964 cc model, which had side by side seating. 
  
  
• A chain replaced the belt drive to the rear axle that was used in the previous model.
  
  
  
  
• Tamplin claimed that by the time production ceased in 1925 they had produced 1,896 cyclecars (a figure that is disputed). Do any still exist? 
  

• Other British companies producing cyclecars include; Aerocar, Allwyn, Alvechurch, Amazon, Archer, Armstrong, Athmac, Atomette, Baby Blake, Baker & Dale, Bantam, Barnard, Baughan, Bell, Black Prince, Bound, Bow-V-Car, BPD, Bradwell, Buckingham/Chota, Coventry Premier, Coventr-Victor, DEW, Douglas, Gerald, Hampton, Hill & Stanier, Imperial, Jappic, Lambert, Lester Solus, Perry, Simplic, Tiny, Westall & Wherwell.