Downing-Detroit
Illustration — Downing-Detroit Cyclecar The Downing-Detroit was an American cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Downing Motor Company from 1913 to 1915. The Downing was offered as two models. The first was a two-passenger air-cooled V-twin engine of 13 hp.
Downing-Detroit

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Illustration — Downing-Detroit Cyclecar The Downing-Detroit was an American cyclecar manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Downing Motor Company from 1913 to 1915. The Downing was offered as two models. The first was a two-passenger air-cooled V-twin engine of 13 hp.
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The second model was a light car with a water-cooled four-cylinder engine and a three-speed transmission.
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- 2.George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1, S. 456 (englisch).
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