When Georges Richard, who had founded the Georges Richard Cycle Company in 1893, broke away from the Richard-Brasier company to establish, somewhat confusingly , the Georges Richard Company, he was determined to keep to a one-model policy, in this new independent venture. Hence the new company's alternative title of La Societe des Voitures Legeres Unic. There was, however, nothing utilitarian about the Unic car, which first appeared in the early part of 1905. Rated at 10/12 hp, it was a handsome little car which, with ploughshare wings and a roi des beiges body, looked remarkably like a miniat

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When Georges Richard, who had founded the Georges Richard Cycle Company in 1893, broke away from the Richard-Brasier company to establish, somewhat confusingly , the Georges Richard Company, he was determined to keep to a one-model policy, in this new independent venture. Hence the new company's alternative title of La Societe des Voitures Legeres Unic. There was, however, nothing utilitarian about the Unic car, which first appeared in the early part of 1905. Rated at 10/12 hp, it was a handsome little car which, with ploughshare wings and a roi des beiges body, looked remarkably like a miniature Mercedes, though its 1798cc engine only had two cylinders.

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