1906 Mors

Mors are extremely special and rare cars. Set up by Emile Mors in 1897, Mors was one of the pioneers of the French automotive industry. He started by manufacturing air-cooled horizontally-opposed engined cars, and then progressed to V4s, like Lancia.

This, the Mors 10 HP is however of a conventional format. The water-cooled 1800cc inline four develops 10.5 bhp at 1200 revs and 7 kgm of torque.

The Mors 10 HP was produced between 1906 and 1910, and this model sports an elegant tourer bodywork.

Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 - 1910) sitting in his specially-constructed 110-horsepower 'Mors' car in which he broke the World Speed Record at Welbeck with a speed of 84.75 miles per hour.

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