Forecar

Forecar is an automotive design from the early days of the automobile.

Method of construction

Forecars were derived from motorcycles. The rear part of the vehicle was of a motorcycle, together with the motorcycle frame, the saddle for the rider and the motor. Models with a rear wheel were called tricarboxylic. But there were also vehicles with two rear wheels, the Quadricycle were called. Before the handlebar was a seat for a passenger. This seat was often between the two front wheels and thus particularly appropriate low. The passenger was sort of windshield and bumper. There were also commercial vehicles, which had a cargo area instead of the front seat. Many motorcycles could be converted into Tricars by the front wheel was replaced by a Vorsteckwagen.

Construction

Leon Bollee 1895 designed his first tricar. Other manufacturers followed. As early as 1901, light, four-wheeled small car sat through that can accommodate two people bid on a bench next to each other. Even motorcycles that could be optionally equipped with a sidecar as a motorcycle and sidecar, ousted the Forecars. After 1910, this construction disappeared almost completely from the market. However, Monet et Goyon made ​​the model Tri - Monet to 1941.

Manufacturer of Forecars

Most Forecars were manufactured in England and France. Among other things, established Advance, Ariel, Auto Moto, Bardon, Century, Chenard & Walcker, Contal, De Dion -Bouton, Eagle, Griffon, Humber, Lagonda, Leon Bollee, Monet et Goyon, Perry, Peugeot, Phebus, Rex, Riley, Royal Enfield, Soncin, Waddington and Werner Forecars ago. Among the few German manufacturers were Brennabor, Electra, Fafnir and NSU. Set forth such vehicles also Canda and Waltham from the U.S..