Downing-Detroit
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The Downing-Detroit was a cyclecar
manufactured in Detroit, Michigan
by the Downing Motor Company from 1913-15. The Downing was offered as two models. The first was a two-passenger air-cooled V-twin engine of 13 hp. The second model was a light car, with a water-cooled four-cylinder engine and a three-speed transmission.
Cyclecar
Cyclecars were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s.-General description:Cyclecars were propelled by single cylinder, V-twin or more rarely four cylinder engines, often air cooled. Sometimes these had been originally used in motorcycles and other...
manufactured in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
by the Downing Motor Company from 1913-15. The Downing was offered as two models. The first was a two-passenger air-cooled V-twin engine of 13 hp. The second model was a light car, with a water-cooled four-cylinder engine and a three-speed transmission.