Tarrant automobile

The Tarrant automobile was the first motor car built in Victoria, Australia and the first petrol engine motor car built in Australia.

After a small number of motor vehicles were built, it became apparent that it was uneconomic to build indigenous vehicles, in the face of overseas technology.

The Tarrant automobile was a 2 cylinder vehicle and contained only 2 seats; the driver and the passenger.

[1] The last surviving Tarrant was acquired by the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria in 2002.

[1] In 1984 the car was featured on a postage stamp, part of a series of five depicting early Australian automobiles, issued by Australia Post [1].