Autocrat (car)

Unusually for the time the company seems to have been run by two women, Ivy Rogers and Miss Howell.

The Peugeot engine was mounted with its cylinders in a "fore and aft" layout and drove the rear axle via a chain but the JAP version had the engine mounted across the chassis with a chain drive to a separate gearbox and shaft to the back axle.

[1] The cyclecar was quickly joined by a light car with a 1098 cc four cylinder Chapuis-Dornier engine and shaft drive to a three speed gearbox.

[1] In 1919 a new range of 10-12 hp cars was introduced with engines from a variety of makers including Meadows, Coventry Simplex and Dorman.

A detachable hard top was also available for some models and a sports version with the chassis lowered by 3.5 inches was listed.