Editing Quadricycle

{{Short description|Small motorized four wheeled vehicle}}
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{{about|small motorized four wheeled vehicles|small four wheeled vehicles with pedals|quadracycle}}

[[File:Orient quadricycle.jpg|thumb|Quadricycle, with an i, was a popular term for human or motorized four wheel bike-like vehicles around the turn of the 19th to 20th century]]

The '''Quadricycle''' was an early form of [[automobile]]. Earliest models were propelled by a small [[steam engine]], then designers switched to early [[internal combustion engine]]s 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">[http://www.rmsothebys.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=826757 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513034638/http://www.rmsothebys.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=826757 |date=May 13, 2016}}</ref>
* 1889 [[Daimler Stahlradwagen|Daimler Quadricycle]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gHvmAAAAMAAJ&dq=daimler+quadricycle&pg=PA56 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|Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle]]<ref>[http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/quadricycle-peugeot-type-3 Quadricycle Peugeot Type 3] at arts-et-metiers.net, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
* [[Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem]]<ref>[http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/bikes-1800s/1892-2/1892-tandem-quadricycle/ 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>[http://www.thefinishingtouchinc.com/portfolios/1899-orient-autogo/ 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>[https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/de-dion/bouton/1900/158154 De Dion Bouton 1900] at classicdriver.com, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>
* 1901 [[Truffault Quadricycle]]<ref>[http://theoldmotor.com/?p=76699 The 1901 Buchet Powered Truffault Quadricycle April 13, 2013] at theoldmotor.com, accessed 8 May 2018</ref>

Additional motorized four-wheelers:
* [[Duryea Motor Wagon]]
* [[Benz Velo]]

'''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
* [[Qooder|Motorized quadcycle]], a motorcycle with four wheels
* [[Automobile]], the first experimental [[steam automobile]]s were termed steam quadricycles
* [[Low-speed vehicle]], referred to in some countries as a quadricycle
* [[Quadricycle (EU vehicle classification)|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 {{convert|45|kph|abbr=on}}, weighs less than {{convert|425|kg|abbr=on}}, and has a maximum power of {{convert|4|kW|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006074228&idArticle=LEGIARTI000006841575&dateTexte=&categorieLien=cid |title=Code de la route - Article R311-1 | publisher= Government of [[France]] | date= 1 December 2018 | access-date= 10 March 2019| lang=FR}} Paragraph 4</ref><ref>[https://www.wired.com/2015/03/france-letting-14-year-olds-drive-tiny-electric-car/ 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 also==
*[[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]]

==References==
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[[Category:Quadricycles]]