Menon
1897 - 1902
Menon is one of the oldest Italian automobile manufacturer, after its initial activities in the bicycle industry in 1897, began in the automotive industry. The first Menon was a single model with De Dion-engine, front engine with a 1.25hp. The 3 hp engine was conventional, except for the fact that it was designed to run on an alcohol/gasoline mixture, but the transmission was not. A drum on the rear axle was driven positively by a belt. Changing gears were not done by pulleys, as was usual for a belt drive, it used a drum with a single reduction gear. Maximum speed was a respectable 25 mph. Menon, a few years later, offered models with their own engines that produced 500cc with 4/6 hp. The production of automobiles at Menon stopped in 1902.
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