The Chota was a 6 hp
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manufactured from 1912 until 1913 by the Buckingham Engine Works of Coventry. Chota is Hindustani for "small".
The car was designed by J. F. Buckingham and had a 746 cc single-cylinder engine of Buckingham's own design. A larger 1492 cc model was added in 1913.
The Chota was renamed the
Buckingham
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in September 1913.
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, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''.
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