page_title: Fossmobile
section_title: Vehicle specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Fossmobile / Vehicle specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossmobile trial run
context_page_description: The Fossmobile was Canada’s first successful internal combustion, gasoline engine automobile. Manufactured by George Foote Foss in 1897, only one Fossmobile is known to have existed.
context_section_description: The "Fossmobile," as it was later dubbed, was different from other automobiles that were being built, as it had a front mounted engine. Other automobile designers had placed their engines centered and beneath the seat. The Fossmobile's front mounted engine made maintenance easier and produced considerably less upward vibration through the seat. The gear shifter for the Fossmobile was mounted directly on the tiller style steering column, something that was not done by other manufacturers for another 40 years. The vehicle could travel up to 15 MPH (24 km per hour) and climb any of Sherbrooke's steep hills.
caption: George Foote Foss' brother Harry, on a trial run of the finished Fossmobile.
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