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Gordon Newey
Newey, Newey-Aster, Gordon Newey, Gordon Newey Ltd, G.N.L. (GNL), (1907-1920) was a British automobile manufacturer from Birmingham.
History.
The company began in 1907 as a sales agency for De Dion-Bouton, Star Motor Company and Siddeley Autocar Company (John Siddeley, 1st Baron Kenilworth).
In 1907 they also manufactured cars using "Aster" engines from the French manufacturer, Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster. These were marketed as "Newey-Asters
Aster' but the quantity is currently unknown.
Partners Newey-Aster.
Gordon Newey manufactured three models of motorcar with Aster engines: 10/12 HP, 20/22 HP and 24/30 HP, plus trucks which could carry a 500 kg payload.
Partners Orient Aster.
In 1898 or 1899 Charles Metz of the Metz Company of Waltham, Massachusetts built the first US produced motorcycle. It used an Aster engine which was a copy of De Dion-Bouton's small, light, high reviving four-stroke single with battery and