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Quadricycle refers to vehicles with four wheels.
In 1896 Henry Ford named his first vehicle design the "Quadricycle". it ran on four bicycle wheels, with an engine driving the back wheels.Brinkley, David, ''Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress'', (New York: Penguin Group, 2003), p.22
In 21st century France, a quadricycle is a 4-wheel car that cannot go faster than , weighs less than , and has a maximum power of . In the United States, a similar classification is the low-speed vehicle class.
* Ford Quadricycle, Henry Ford's first design
* Burnard Jarstfer Quadricycle (replica based on Ford Quadricycle)
* Orient Quadricycle (aka Orient Autogo)
* Truffault Quadricycle
* Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem
* De Dion Bouton 1900 Quadricycle
* De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout
* De Dion Bouton "La Marquise" Quadricycle (Steam runabout) * Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle * 1889 Daimler QuadricyclePage 56 on The Automotive Manufacturer, Volume 54 Trade News Publishing Co., 1912
at books.google.com, accessed 8 May 2018 Additional motorized four-wheelers: * Duryea Motor Wagon *
Quadricycle refers to vehicles with four wheels.
In 1896 Henry Ford named his first vehicle design the "Quadricycle". it ran on four bicycle wheels, with an engine driving the back wheels.Brinkley, David, ''Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress'', (New York: Penguin Group, 2003), p.22
In 21st century France, a quadricycle is a 4-wheel car that cannot go faster than , weighs less than , and has a maximum power of . In the United States, a similar classification is the low-speed vehicle class.
* Ford Quadricycle, Henry Ford's first design
* Burnard Jarstfer Quadricycle (replica based on Ford Quadricycle)
* Orient Quadricycle (aka Orient Autogo)
* Truffault Quadricycle
* Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem
* De Dion Bouton 1900 Quadricycle
* De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout* De Dion Bouton "La Marquise" Quadricycle (Steam runabout) * Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle * 1889 Daimler Quadricycle
at books.google.com, accessed 8 May 2018 Additional motorized four-wheelers: * Duryea Motor Wagon *
Benz Velo
The Benz Velo was one of the first cars, introduced by Carl Benz in 1894 as the followup to the Patent Motorwagen. 67 Benz Velos were built in 1894 and 134 in 1895. The early Velo had a 1L engine, and later a engine. giving a top speed of . ...
Quadricycle, quadracycle, quadcycle, quadrocycle and quad all refer to vehicles with four wheels. More specifically these terms may refer to:
* All-terrain vehicle
An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a light utility vehicle (LUV), a quad bike, or simply a quad, as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI); is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, with a seat that is stra ...
, also known as quad or quad bike
* Automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded ...
, the first experimental steam automobile
A steam car is a car (automobile) propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine (ECE) in which the fuel is combusted outside of the engine, unlike an internal combustion engine (ICE) in which fuel is combusted ins ...
s were termed steam quadricycles
* Low-speed vehicle, referred to in some countries as a quadricycle
* Quadricycle, European classifications for light four-wheeled motorized vehicles: light quadricycles, category L6e, and (heavy) quadricycles, category L7e
* Quadracycle
A quadracycle is a four-wheeled human-powered land vehicle. It is also referred to as a quadricycle, quadcycle, pedal car or four-wheeled bicycle amongst other terms.
Quadracycles have been in use since 1853 and have grown into several fami ...
, a four-wheeled style of cycle
* Velomobile, an enclosed human-powered vehicle
See also
*Cyclecar
A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufactured in Europe and the United States between 1910 and the early 1920s. The purpose of cyclecars was to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle and the car. A key c ...
*Horse and buggy
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A horse and buggy (in American English) or horse and carriage (in British English and American English) refers to a light, simple, two-person carriage of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two ...
*Horseless carriage
Horseless carriage is an early name for the motor car or automobile. Prior to the invention of the motor car, carriages were usually pulled by animals, typically horses. The term can be compared to other transitional terms, such as wireless pho ...
/Brass Era car
The Brass Era is an American term for the early period of automotive manufacturing, named for the prominent brass fittings used during this time for such things as lights and radiators. It is generally considered to encompass 1896 through 1915 ...
* List of motorized trikes
*Safety bicycle
A safety bicycle (or simply a safety) is a type of bicycle that became very popular beginning in the late 1880s as an alternative to the penny-farthing ("ordinary") and is now the most common type of bicycle. Early bicycles of this style were know ...
*Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the loco ...
*Tricycle
A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor powered or assisted, or gravity powered) three-wheeled vehicle.
Some tricycles, such as cycle rickshaws (for passenger transport) and freight trikes ...
*Unicycle
A unicycle is a vehicle that touches the ground with only one wheel. The most common variation has a frame with a saddle, and has a pedal-driven direct-drive. A two speed hub is commercially available for faster unicycling. Unicycling is pract ...
*Wagon
A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.
Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...
* List of land vehicles types by number of wheels
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