Cubitt

GB, 1920 – 1925

Cubitt’s Engineering Co Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks.

The manufacturers of the Cubitt were among several firms (Angus-Sanderson, Bean, Ruston-Hornsby, etc.) to adopt certain mass-production techniques in order to complete with the post-1918 flood of American imports, but were unfashionable in that they admitted that theirs was an American-type car. Their single model, the Cubitt 16/20hp, was a simple, cheap, rugged machine. The Cubitt 4-cylinder, 2.8-litre engine used coil ignition and was made in unit with the 4-speed gearbox, which had a central gear lever. Final drive was by overhead worm. Its body cost only £20 to make. The Cubitt 16/20hp was a high, heavy car, and it rolled. Unfortunately manufacturing difficulties common to the whole industry beset the Cubitt and it never achieved the 5.000 units a year planned or low price. In its last years, J.S. Napier and S.F. Edge were both directors and late in 1924 Cubitt cars were making A.C. engines under licence. The Cubitt car for sale was lowered and its engine was made smoother and given lighter reciprocating parts, but it died.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; TRN
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