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Presto were bicycle and motorcycle manufacturers who first exhibited Presto cars at the Leipzig Motor Show in 1901. It is not known whether these were of their own Presto car design as they were building small numbers of Delahayes under licence in about 1907. A Presto car design took part in the 1908 Prince Henry Trial, but there was no Presto car production worth mentioning until about 1910. From then on until 1914 various types of Presto cars were offered but not widely sold. Production of the Presto 8/25PS, 2.078cc model, which Presto car appeared in 1913, was continued after World War 1 until 1919. After 1921 Presto car company concentrated on their 30bhp, 2.350cc Presto type D, which later became the Type E Presto car with its engine output increased to 40bhp.
In 1926 Presto car acquired the Dux works. They produced two 6-cylinder Presto cars, the 2.6-litre Type F and the 3-litre Type G, which Presto cars were continued as NAG-Prestos after NAG’s take-over in 1927.
Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; HON
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