Motor Scout
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The Motor Scout was the first armed petrol engine powered vehicle ever built. It was not intended for running over ploughed fields or charging, but it was designed to provide a cover or to support inf
Simms's Motor Scout, in June 1899.
For comparison a De Dion quadricycle of 1900
Frederick Richard Simms
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Frederick Richard Simms was a British mechanical engineer, businessman, prolific inventor and motor industry pioneer. Simms coined the words "petrol" and "motorcar". He founded the Royal Automobile Cl
Simms in 1909
The cascade of the Simmswasserfalls in the Allgäuer Alps
Simms founded the Automobile Club of Great Britain (later the RAC) in 1897.
Simms in his 1902 Motor War Car