The Trusty
(1895-present)

thing and car

Aged 129

In 1895 John Henry Knight built one of Britain’s first petrol-powered motor vehicles, a three-wheeled, two-seater contraption with a top speed of only 8 mph (13 km/h). It was "The first petroleum carriage for two people made in England" and believed to be the fourth British vehicle to be built plus the 'first petrol driven vehicle ever to be driven on British roads'.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

John Henry Knight's car, one of Britain's earliest petrol driven vehicles, was built here by George Parfitt at the Elliot Reliance Works 1895

West Street, Farnham, United Kingdom where it was created