Quadricycle



The Quadricycle was an early form of automobile. Earliest models were propelled by a small steam engine, then designers switched to early internal combustion engines as they became available. The word is derived from the fact that it had four wheels and used a lot of technology from the bicycles of the era.


 * 1884 De Dion Bouton "La Marquise" Quadricycle (Steam runabout)
 * 1884 De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle
 * 1889 Daimler Quadricycle
 * 1901 Peugeot Type 2, a direct descendant of the Daimler Quadricycle, and the first automobile of the Peugeot company
 * Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle
 * Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem
 * 1896 Ford Quadricycle, Henry Ford's first automobile design
 * 1899 Orient Quadricycle (aka Orient Autogo)
 * 1900 De Dion Bouton Quadricycle
 * 1901 Truffault Quadricycle

Additional motorized four-wheelers:
 * Duryea Motor Wagon
 * Benz Velo

Quadricycle, quadracycle, quadcycle, quadrocycle and quad all refer to vehicles with four wheels. More specifically these terms may refer to:
 * All-terrain vehicle, also known as quad or quad bike
 * Motorized quadcycle, a motorcycle with four wheels
 * Automobile, the first experimental steam automobiles were termed steam quadricycles
 * Low-speed vehicle, referred to in some countries as a quadricycle
 * Quadricycle, European classifications for light four-wheeled motorized vehicles: light quadricycles, category L6e, and (heavy) quadricycles, category L7e
 * In 21st century France, a quadricycle is a 4-wheel car that cannot go faster than 45 kph, weighs less than 425 kg, and has a maximum power of 4 kW. (Comparable to the low-speed vehicle class in the United States.)


 * Quadracycle, a four-wheeled style of cycle
 * Velomobile, an enclosed human-powered vehicle