High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Otto part of the name was because the Compagnie Francaise de Moteurs a Gaz held the license for the Otto stationary engine for France. The German Otto was also the rights-holder to the diesel engine. Consequently, it was probably the first car to be offered with a diesel engine. The diesel engined cars did not sell, being ahead of their time. Early gas-engined cars were 2-cylinders of varying outputs between 6 and 12 horsepower.The engines were either vertically- or horizontally-opposed. In 1901, a 20hp 4-cylinder model was added. By 1903, a 10hp single-cylinder model was on offer. This model was entered via the rear of the car and engine speed was controlled via a variable lift exhaust valve.

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