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DaimlerCritchley Light car
Production1899–1900
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
ClassAutomobile
Background
The Critchley Light car was briefly manufactured by Daimler Company of Coventry in 1899 to find use for about 50 unwanted 4 h.p. engines shipped to Coventry by the German Daimler works at Stuttgart. The car was well regarded and sold well but was not intended to extend Daimler's range of high-powered expensive motorcars. As such, it was named Critchley after James S. Critchley Daimler's works manager
Text adapted from “Critchley Light car” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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