David was a Spanish company manufacturing automobiles in

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between 1913 and 1923 and again between 1951 and 1957. The original cars, developed by José Maria Armangué, were

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 ...

s using either a single cylinder 6–8 hp, or four-cylinder 6–8 hp, or 10–12 hp engine; and belt and pulley transmission giving 16 speeds and featuring front wheel brakes. Bodies were usually open two-seater, but 3-seat and closed versions were also made. Cyclecar production seems to have stopped in 1923, but the company continued making taxi bodies for fitting on Citroën chassis, for which they were Spanish distributors. Car production started again in 1951 with a new generation of 3-wheeler light cars powered by single-cylinder

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of ...

engines of 345 cc and 3-speed gearboxes. About 75 were made.

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David (1913-1959)
{{DEFAULTSORT:David (Car) Microcars Defunct companies of Spain Manufacturing companies based in Barcelona Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Spain Cyclecars