Hinstin

Last updated

The Hinstin was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1926. Built both by a M. Hinstin in the Paquis works at Mézières and by Guilick in Maubeuge, they were light cyclecars with 1099 cc CIME and 1094 cc Ruby engines. Some light cars powered by 1500 cc S.C.A.P. engines were also offered.

Charleville-Mézières Prefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

Charleville-Mézières is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.

Maubeuge Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Maubeuge is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

The term light car is 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. There are numerous light car clubs in Britain and Australia.

Related Research Articles

DKW

DKW is a German car and motorcycle marque. DKW was one of the four companies that formed Auto Union in 1932 and is hence an ancestor of the modern day Audi company.

Moped small motorcycle-like motor road vehicle

A moped is a type of small motorcycle with bicycle pedals, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. Mopeds typically travel only a bit faster than bicycles on public roads, and possess both a motorcycle engine and pedals for propulsion. Mopeds are distinguished from scooters in that latter tends to be more powerful and subject to more regulation.

The Mazda Porter and Porter Cab are a series of small trucks that were produced from 1961 to 1989 by Mazda, mainly for sale in the domestic Japanese market. Export versions of the Porter were labelled E360. The Porter was replaced by the Autozam Scrum, a rebadged Suzuki Carry.

Alcyon former French automaker

The Alcyon was a French bicycle, automobile and motorcycle manufacturer between 1903 and 1954.

The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.

Wanderer (company) German manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and automobiles.

Wanderer[ˈvandəʀɐ] was a German manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, vans and other machinery. Established as Winklhofer & Jaenicke in 1896 by Johann Baptist Winklhofer and Richard Adolf Jaenicke, the company used the Wanderer brand name from 1911, making civilian automobiles until 1941 and military vehicles until 1945.

Motor vehicles are often assigned into vehicle size classes for the purpose of taxation, insurance or dividing the market into segments.

Voiturette

A voiturette is a miniature automobile.

The Calthorpe Motor Company based in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, England made a range of cars, motorcycles and bicycles from 1904 to 1932.

Honda N360 car model

The Honda N360 is a small front-engine, front-wheel drive, two-passenger two-box automobile manufactured and marketed by Honda from March 1967 through 1970 in compliance with Japan's kei car regulations.

MEBEA

MEBEA was an important Greek vehicle manufacturer, producer of light trucks, passenger automobiles, motorcycles, motorbike engines, agricultural machinery and bicycles.

O.S.C.A.

O.S.C.A. was an Italian manufacturer of racing and sports cars established 1947 in San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, by the Maserati brothers, and closed down in 1967. Its name is usually abbreviated to OSCA or Osca.

The Jean Gras was a small scale French automobile manufactured by a concern based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris from 1924 until 1927.

Juwel Belgian automobile

The Juwel was a Belgian automobile manufactured from 1923 until 1927 in Waremme by Société des Automobiles Juwel. Initial plans called for a mass-produced 1100 cc four cylinder tourer and two models were shown at the 1922 Brussels Motor Show. Bodies offered included open 2 and 4 seat cars, a 3 seat sports cars, two door saloon and a light delivery van. Financial problems restricted the numbers made. A new range of cars were shown in 1924 now with overhead valve engines and front wheel brakes but production remained limited.

Kapi (car) Spanish car brand

The Kapi was a Spanish automobile manufactured by Automóviles y Autoscooter Kapi in Barcelona from 1950 until 1955. Designed by Captain Federico Saldaña, the first car was a light three-wheeled two door runabout powered by a 125 cc 2 cv single-cylinder two-stroke engine made by Montessa. The single wheel was at the front.

Sofim is a joint diesel engine enterprise established between Fiat, Saviem (Renault) and Alfa Romeo on 13 September 1974 and was bought by Iveco in 1981. The manufacturing plant is located in Foggia in southern Italy and is nowadays Fiat Powertrain Technologies largest engine plant covering an area of approximately 540,000 square metres (5,800,000 sq ft).

Ruby (car) French manufacturer of cyclecars

Ruby was a French manufacturer of cyclecars. After automobile production ended they remained in business as an engine builder.

CIME

C.I.M.E., CIME, La Compagnie Industrielle des Moteurs a Explosion,, was a French manufacturer of light proprietary engines, mainly four-cylinder units. CIME also built light automobiles in 1929.

Warren-Lambert

The Warren-Lambert Engineering Co. Ltd. was a British automobile manufacturer that was established from 1912 to 1922 in Richmond, then in Surrey. A. Warren Lambert, was an agent for Morgan cars in Putney which he also raced. In 1912 he designed and started to manufacture a two-seat four-wheel cyclecar from premises in Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush. It was well received and around 25 cars a week were being made.

References

David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles