Regal

France, 1903

O.C. Selbach, Paris

Regal cars was one of the names under which Lacoste et Battmann cars were sold. Originally the Regal car was a light two-seater with a 6hp De Dion engine, later Régal cars were powered by 2- and 4-cylinder engines by Aster and Mutel.

US, 1907 – 1920

Regal Motor Car Co, Detroit, Mich.

In 1907 Regal made 50 of their 20hp 4-cylinder Regal cars, but the following year the Regal car company took them all back, and gave the owners a new 1908 model Regal cars free. Apparently this generosity by the Regal car company was not repeated in following years, and they settled down to making a range of conventional 4-cylinder Regal cars. The best-known Regal car was the 3.2-litre 18/20hp ‘underslung’ model, which, like the American Underslung, had frame members which passed underneath the axles. The Underslung Regal car was made in open two-seater, and closed coupé form. Other Regal car models were the 20/30hp and 40hp which had normal chassis design. Regal cars were imported into England by Seabrook of Great Eastern Street, and from 1911 to 1915 the Regal cars sold in England were known as RMCs or Seabrook-RMCs. In 1915 a 10/15hp four of 2.1-litres with unit construction of engine and gearbox was introduced on a Regal car, together with a short-lived V8. At the 1919 Olympia Show Seabrooks showed a large RMC tourer powered by a 3.8-litre 6-cylinder engine, but shortly afterwards American production of Regal cars ceased, and Seabrooks began to make their own light cars.

CDN, 1910

This Regal car was a 30hp car made as a touring car or runabout at Walkerville, Ont. The Regal car had no connection with the better known Regal cars.

CDN, 1914 – 1917

Canadian Regal Motor Car Co, Berlin, Ont.

The Regal car was a light-weight touring car which resembled the Detroit model Regal car bearing the same name. The Regal car was available with a Lycoming 4-cylinder engine at $875 or a V8 at $1.350, it had a radiator filler concealed under the bonnet. The Regal car company was under the direction of Henry Nyberg, who had built the US Nyberg car before going to Canada. In 1917 the Regal car company moved to a new plant and started producing Dominion trucks. About 200 Canadian Regal cars were built.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; GNG, GB

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