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^[1] (Steam runabout)
• 1884 De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle^[1]
• 1889 Daimler Quadricycle^[2]
• 1901 Peugeot Type 2, a direct descendant of the Daimler Quadricycle, and the first automobile of the Peugeot company
• Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle^[3]
• Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem^[4]
• 1896 Ford Quadricycle, Henry Ford's first automobile design^[5]
• 1899 Orient Quadricycle (aka Orient Autogo)^[6]
• 1900 De Dion Bouton Quadricycle^[7]
• 1901 Truffault Quadricycle^[8]

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 km/h (28 mph), weighs less than 425 kg (937 lb), and has a maximum power of 4 kW (5.4 hp).^[9][10] (Comparable to the low-speed vehicle class in the United States.)

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

• Cyclecar
• Horse and buggy
• Horseless carriage/Brass Era car
• List of motorized trikes
• Safety bicycle
• Steam locomotive
• Tricycle
• Unicycle
• Wagon
• List of land vehicles types by number of wheels