The Addison Motor Company was an English automobile company based in Liverpool. James Harold Atherton was the sole proprietor and works manager from 1903 until 1918.[1]

The 6½ hp (5 kW) two-cylinder engine was controlled by variable-lift inlet valves. It was promoted as "the Mercedes of the tri-car world".[2][3]

The company also produced motorcycles in 1904–1905.[2]

The Addison touring car and tri-car were shown and well received by The Motor at the ninth Liverpool Motor Show.[4]

The Addison tri-car won a silver medal at a hill-climbing contest held by the University of Liverpool Motor Club on 13 July 1905.[5]

In January 1912, it was reported that the company was so successful that they had to open a separate showroom at 7 Berry Street in Liverpool for their Alldays and Phoenix cars.[6]

Another car the company sold was the Speedwell.[7]

Around 1922, the company expanded to a larger garage.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ "James Harold Atherton - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 Bacon, Roy (2004). The British Motorcycle Directory: Over 1,100 Marques from 1888. The Crowood Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1861266743.
  3. ↑ The Motor. IPC Specialist & Professional Press Limited. 1904.
  4. ↑ Motor. IPC Specialist & Professional Press Limited. 1905.
  5. ↑ Spooner, Stanley (1905). The Auto: The Motorist's Pictorial. Pictorial Press.
  6. ↑ The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage. Iliffe, sons & Sturmey Limited. 1912.
  7. ↑ "New Motor Cars". The Guardian. 9 February 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. ↑ The Commercial Motor. Temple Press Limited. 1922.


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