Editing Addison Motor Company

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The '''Addison Motor Company''' was an English automobile company based in [[Liverpool]]. James Harold Atherton was the sole proprietor and works manager from 1903 until 1918.<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Harold Atherton - Graces Guide|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Harold_Atherton|access-date=2020-08-08|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

The {{cvt|6+1/2|hp|kW}} two-[[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] engine was controlled by variable-lift [[inlet valves]]. It was promoted as "the [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] of the [[tri-car]] world".<ref name="Bacon2004" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnrVAAAAMAAJ&q=Addison+automobile&pg=PA317|title=The Motor|date=1904|publisher=IPC Specialist & Professional Press Limited|language=en}}</ref>

The company also produced motorcycles in 1904–1905.<ref name="Bacon2004">{{cite book |last1=Bacon |first1=Roy |title=The British Motorcycle Directory: Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 |date=2004 |publisher=The Crowood Press |isbn=978-1861266743 |page=12}}</ref>

The Addison touring car and tri-car were shown and well received by ''[[The Motor]]'' at the ninth Liverpool Motor Show.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wvo_AQAAMAAJ&q=addison|title=Motor|date=1905|publisher=IPC Specialist & Professional Press Limited|language=en}}{{page needed|date=March 2024}}</ref>

The Addison tri-car won a silver medal at a hill-climbing contest held by the [[University of Liverpool]] Motor Club on 13 July 1905.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spooner|first=Stanley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rncnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Addison+tricar%22&pg=PA906|title=The Auto: The Motorist's Pictorial|date=1905|publisher=Pictorial Press|language=en}}{{page needed|date=March 2024}}</ref>

In January 1912, it was reported that the company was so successful that they had to open a separate showroom at 7 Berry Street in Liverpool for their Alldays and Phoenix cars.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4HmAAAAMAAJ&q=Addison|title=The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage|date=1912|publisher=Iliffe, sons & Sturmey Limited|language=en}}{{page needed|date=March 2024}}</ref>

Another car the company sold was the Speedwell.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1907-02-09|title=New Motor Cars|pages=6|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56930601/new-motor-cars/|access-date=2020-08-08|language=en}}</ref>

Around 1922, the company expanded to a larger garage.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoznAAAAMAAJ&q=addison|title=The Commercial Motor|date=1922|publisher=Temple Press Limited|language=en}}{{page needed|date=March 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Addison Grace's Guide to British Industrial History]

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