Production chronology1901–1902
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Cudell / Model record
CudellPatentwagen / Voiturette 4½ HP
Production1901–1902
Recorded originGermany
ClassVeteran passenger automobile or light commercial vehicle
Power4.5 hp
Power-increased continuation of the licensed rear-engine Patentwagen, not the visually different front-engine Populaire that Cudell also sold from 1901. The documented 510 cc single and 4½ hp rating distinguish it mechanically from the earlier 402 cc car even though the tubular chassis, vis-à-vis seating and De Dion-derived layout continued. A specially finished 1901 Cudell voiturette was supplied to Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II. Accessible evidence does not preserve a revised wheelbase, body-price ledger or annual output, so dimensions from the 3½ HP are not silently copied into this record.
Chronology ledger
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
No rating-specific production figure, serial range or survivor census has been recovered.