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1907 Motor Show: [[West]] Ltd (85, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. London) showed three types of [[West-Aster]] cars - a 14-16 h.p. four-cylinder, a 35 h.p. landaulet and a 30 h.p.<ref>[[1907 Motor Show (SMMT)]]</ref>. | 1907 Motor Show: [[West]] Ltd (85, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. London) showed three types of [[West-Aster]] cars - a 14-16 h.p. four-cylinder, a 35 h.p. landaulet and a 30 h.p.<ref>[[1907 Motor Show (SMMT)]]</ref>. | ||
1908 West cars were listed in the Red Book but not in later years. | 1908 West-Aster cars were listed in the Red Book but not in later years. | ||
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West Ltd, maker of cars
1904 Company formed by Enoch John West; cars included the ‘West’ Light Car and others.
The Academy was an English dual-control car built by West of Coventry between 1906 and 1908. The car had a 14 hp 4-cylinder engine by White and Poppe. It was mainly sold to the Motor Academy in London, an early driving school who were probably the first to offer dual control but was also available to the general public.
1906 The company showed at the 1906 Olympia Show.
1906. Cars with British chassis and French engines. Produced 10-12 h.p., 12-14 h.p. (both twin-cylinder), 15 h.p. (four-cylinder), 15 h.p. (six-cylinder) and 20-22 h.p. (four-cylinder) models. [1]
1907 Motor Show: West Ltd (85, Shaftesbury Avenue, W. London) showed three types of West-Aster cars - a 14-16 h.p. four-cylinder, a 35 h.p. landaulet and a 30 h.p.[2].
1908 West-Aster cars were listed in the Red Book but not in later years.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Automobile Vol. III. Edited by Paul N. Hasluck and published by Cassell in 1906.
- ↑ 1907 Motor Show (SMMT)