The Dallison was an English

cyclecar A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive motorized 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 c ...

made in 1913 only by the Dallison Gearing and Motor Co Ltd based in

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. The car was powered by a

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air- or water-cooled, V twin engine driving the rear wheels by, unusually, a five-speed gearbox and

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final drive. It was planned to make 30 cars a week but it is unlikely that this actually happened.

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Cyclecars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Vehicles introduced in 1913 1913 in England Defunct companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands {{England-company-stub

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