Palladium

GB, 1912 – 1925

(1) Palladium Autocars Ltd, Kensington, London W., 1912 – 1919

(2) Palladium Autocars Ltd, Putney, London S.W.15, 1919 – 1925

The first Palladium cars were assembled from French components. Three Palladium car models were listed in 1912, of 10, 12 and 15hp, all Palladium car had four cylinders and overhead inlet valves. Sv engines were substituted in 1913. These orthodox Palladium cars were joined by a six for 1915 and Palladium cars experimented with a very interesting Palladium cyclecar in 1919. This Palladium car was powered by a flat-twin 1.3-litre air-cooled engine, the cooling being effected by means of a fan blowing into cowlings on the cylinders. The transmission of the Palladium car was in the back axle, and was by friction disc. No more passenger cars came from Palladium car company until 1922, when a conventional 12hp 4-cylinder, with an sv Dorman engine, was introduced. This Palladium car had a 4-speed gearbox, which was an unusual refinement in a light car at the time. In the following year appeared a more sporting  edition of the Palladium car, with a tuned engine that furnished a 60mph maximum speed. This performance was the more usable because in the same year front wheel brakes became standard fittings on Palladium cars. The Palladium car was now a well-liked and formidable proposition among trial drivers, but it was an expensive little car of a specialist appeal and the Palladium car never won general popularity.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; TRN

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