Quadricycle
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The Quadricycle was an early form of automobile. Earliest models were propelled by a small steam engine, then designers switched to early internal combustion engines as they became available. The word is derived from the fact that it had four wheels and used technology derived from the bicycles of the era.
- 1884 De Dion Bouton "La Marquise" Quadricycle<ref name="rmsothebys.com"/> (Steam runabout)
- 1884 De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle<ref name="rmsothebys.com">1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout Template:Webarchive</ref>
- 1889 Daimler Quadricycle<ref>Page 56 on The Automotive Manufacturer, Volume 54 Trade News Publishing Co., 1912 at books.google.com, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
- 1901 Peugeot Type 2, a direct descendant of the Daimler Quadricycle, and the first automobile of the Peugeot company
- Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle<ref>Quadricycle Peugeot Type 3 at arts-et-metiers.net, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
- Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem<ref>1890s Tandem Quadricycle at oldbike.eu, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
- 1896 Ford Quadricycle, Henry Ford's first automobile design<ref name="Brinkley">Brinkley, David, Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, (New York: Penguin Group, 2003), p.22</ref>
- 1899 Orient Quadricycle (aka Orient Autogo)<ref>1899 Orient Autogo: Is it a bicycle? A motorcycle? An automobile? at thefinishingtouchinc.com, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
- 1900 De Dion Bouton Quadricycle<ref>De Dion Bouton 1900 at classicdriver.com, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
- 1901 Truffault Quadricycle<ref>The 1901 Buchet Powered Truffault Quadricycle April 13, 2013 at theoldmotor.com, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
Additional motorized four-wheelers:
Quadricycle, quadracycle, quadcycle, quadrocycle and quad all refer to vehicles with four wheels. More specifically these terms may refer to:
- All-terrain vehicle, also known as quad or quad bike
- Motorized quadcycle, a motorcycle with four wheels
- Automobile, the first experimental steam automobiles 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
- In 21st century France, a quadricycle is a 4-wheel car that cannot go faster than Template:Convert, weighs less than Template:Convert, and has a maximum power of Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }} Paragraph 4</ref><ref>WIRED – France Is Letting 14-Year-Olds Drive This Tiny Electric Car at wired.com, accessed 8 May 2018</ref> (Comparable to the low-speed vehicle class in the United States.)
- Quadracycle, a four-wheeled style of cycle
- Velomobile, an enclosed human-powered vehicle
See alsoEdit
- Cyclecar
- Horse and buggy
- Horseless carriage/Brass Era car
- List of motorized trikes
- Safety bicycle
- Steam locomotive
- Tricycle
- Unicycle
- Wagon
- List of land vehicles types by number of wheels