01-07-2021, 09:21 AM
I was not aware that Cyclecars Major made the Alcyon ( "Kingfisher" in English ) although the Company was owned by Marcel Violet.
The Alcyon Company appeared to go backwards in development. After manufacturing bicycles, in 1906 they progressed into cars. Up to 1923 they produced quite conventional cars with a variety of engines - singles, twins and 4-cylinder monoblocs up to 2.7 litres. In 1923 they ditched the 4 cylinder in favour of a 500cc flat twin with forward flywheel driven cyclecar which continued to the end of the '20s. Realising that cyclecars were a dead end by then, they ceased car manufacture, concentrating on motorcycles.
The Alcyon Company appeared to go backwards in development. After manufacturing bicycles, in 1906 they progressed into cars. Up to 1923 they produced quite conventional cars with a variety of engines - singles, twins and 4-cylinder monoblocs up to 2.7 litres. In 1923 they ditched the 4 cylinder in favour of a 500cc flat twin with forward flywheel driven cyclecar which continued to the end of the '20s. Realising that cyclecars were a dead end by then, they ceased car manufacture, concentrating on motorcycles.