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The was a Swedish
automobile A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, peopl ...
manufactured from 1910 to 1911. began by importing an American Holsman
high wheeler A high wheeler is a car which uses large diameter wheels that are similar to those used by horse-drawn vehicles. These cars were produced until about 1915, predominantly in the United States. Design High wheelers were derived from horse-drawn ...
and using it as a pattern. The car used a
flat-twin engine A flat-twin engine is a two-cylinder internal combustion engine with the cylinders on opposite sides of the crankshaft. The most common type of flat-twin engine is the boxer-twin engine, where both pistons move inwards and outwards at the same ti ...
; its top speed was about . Some of the later engines had four cylinders. The
gearbox A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device invented by Louis Renault (who founded Renault) which uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed, direction of rotation, or torque multiplication/r ...
was two-speed, and the entire engine was slid backwards under the frame to engage reverse. 35 cars were planned, of which 12 were built, the rest converted for use in railway inspection.


References

* Dept of Transportation, Stockholm, Sweden. Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Sweden Goods manufactured in Sweden Highwheeler Cars introduced in 1910 Cars discontinued in 1911 1910 establishments in Sweden 1910s disestablishments in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Östergötland County 20th-century disestablishments in Östergötland County {{Brass-auto-stub