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	~~==Future Models==~~
	~~Next, comes the ''Future Models'' section. In this section, list any upcoming models or future plans for the company.~~

	~~==Current Models==~~
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	* Please be sure to list the CURRENT models for the given MAKE in the "'''Discussion'''" section of the page. A site administrator will then add an ''Infobox'' to the MAKE page with the list of current models.

	==Discontinued Models==		==Discontinued Models==

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'''Turicum''' was a Swiss [[automobile]] manufacturer in existence between 1904 and 1906 in Zürich and from 1907 till 1912 in Uster. ''Turicum'' is the Latin name of Zürich.

==History==
The first car made by [[Martin Fischer]] was a small single-seater go-kart like vehicle, 140 cm long, with pedal-operated steering and powered by a motor cycle engine. It had chain drive but a second prototype had friction drive. The friction drive consisted of a flat steel disc coupled to the engine which drove a small leather covered wheel running at right angles to its surface. The small wheel could be moved across the surface of the large disc giving an infinitely variable gear ratio. They attraced little public interest.

More conventional production cars, manufactured in Uster, with steering wheel and two seater body were shown at the Paris Salon in 1906 and had a single cylinder air cooled engine of 785 cc capacity. A false radiator was fitted that acted as a fuel tank. The friction drive was retained and would be used on all the future cars.

In 1907 the 10/12hp model with four cylinder engine of 1385 cc was introduced and the single cylinder model had its engine enlarged to 1045 cc. Two and four seat, open and closed bodies were offered. Martin Fisher left the company in September 1907. In 1912 a 16/26 model with 2613 cc engine was announced and this could be ordered with a conventional gearbox.

Sales in the home country were good and cars were exported to Egypt, Italy, France, Germany, England, Denmark, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Argentina and South Africa but the company hit financial problems and stopped production end of 1912, but kept registered until 1925.

Some 11 cars still survive.

==Future Models==
Next, comes the ''Future Models'' section. In this section, list any upcoming models or future plans for the company.

==Current Models==
This is where the ''Current Model Line'' for the MAKE is listed. If there were changes made to the current make line-up, mention them here.

* Please be sure to list the CURRENT models for the given MAKE in the "'''Discussion'''" section of the page. A site administrator will then add an ''Infobox'' to the MAKE page with the list of current models.

==Discontinued Models==
Companies undergo new model line-ups and refresh models depending on market trends. Models that have been retired or are no longer in production should be listed here.

==See Also==
{{Turicum}}

==External Links==
Please include any external sites that were used in collaborating this data, including manufacturer sites, in this section.

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[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers]]
[[Category:Makes]]

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