Three-wheeler: Difference between revisions

 

== History ==

Early car pioneer [[Karl Benz]] developed a number of three-wheeled models.<ref name=Elvis>{{cite web | url = http://www.3wheelers.com/history.html | title = The History of the 3-Wheeled Vehicle | author = Elvis Payne | date = 2012 | publisher = 3-wheelers.com | accessdate = 2012-01-03}}</ref> One of these, the [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://star-motoring.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/2/ms_features/14249260&sec=ms_features | title = History in its magnificence | author = Chris Chong | publisher = star-motoring.com | date = July 2, 2006 | accessdate = 2008-01-20 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071024013740/http://star-motoring.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/2/ms_features/14249260&sec=ms_features | archivedate = 2007-10-24}}</ref> is widely regarded as the first purpose-built automobile. It was built in 1885.

 

 

A Conti 6&nbsp;[[horsepower|hp]] Tri-car competed in (but did not complete) a 1907 [[Peking]]-to-[[Paris]] race sponsored by a French newspaper, ''[[Le Matin (France)|Le Matin]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pekingparisraid.co.uk/History/index.asp | title = History | publisher = pekingparisraid.co.uk | accessdate = 2008-01-20 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070826192938/http://www.pekingparisraid.co.uk/History/index.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> | archivedate = 2007-08-26}}</ref>

 

== Configurations ==