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The AEC Q-type is an AEC-built, side-mounted-engine, single- and double-decker bus that was launched in 1932. It was designed by , an employee of the American firm Yellow Coach from 1922 to 1926, leading him into contact with the Fageol Twin Coach. It was not until a visit to America in the late 1920s that Rackham noted the success of the 1925 Twin Coach which had won large sales to American operators. The result was Rackham returned to Southall (AEC's Works) with the idea of implementing American practice of side-mounted engines in British bus production.

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  • The AEC Q-type is an AEC-built, side-mounted-engine, single- and double-decker bus that was launched in 1932. It was designed by , an employee of the American firm Yellow Coach from 1922 to 1926, leading him into contact with the Fageol Twin Coach. It was not until a visit to America in the late 1920s that Rackham noted the success of the 1925 Twin Coach which had won large sales to American operators. The result was Rackham returned to Southall (AEC's Works) with the idea of implementing American practice of side-mounted engines in British bus production. (en)
  • AEC typu Q – autobus firmy AEC powstały w 1932 według projektu , zatrudnionego wcześniej w amerykańskiej fabryce w latach 1922–1926, dzięki czemu miał kontakt z konstrukcjami marki – autobusem Twin Coach. Model ten właśnie w drugiej połowie lat 20. XX w. odniósł wielki sukces w Ameryce. Rackham przywiózł do Anglii pomysł montowania silników z boku pojazdu. (pl)
  • O AEC Q-Type foi um ônibus britânico produzido pela empresa Associated Equipment Company AEC, possuía duas variantes: uma simples e uma de dois andares. Seu designer, G. J. Rackham, que visitará os Estados Unidos, notou que a empresa tinha um grande sucesso de vendas com um modelo Twin Coach de 1925 e decidiu idealizar um modelo similar para o mercado do Reino Unido. Lançado em 1932 como AEC Q-Type não obteve o mesmo sucesso que o seu parente americano da Twin Coach, e sua produção foi encerrada em 1937. (pt)
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  • The AEC Q-type is an AEC-built, side-mounted-engine, single- and double-decker bus that was launched in 1932. It was designed by , an employee of the American firm Yellow Coach from 1922 to 1926, leading him into contact with the Fageol Twin Coach. It was not until a visit to America in the late 1920s that Rackham noted the success of the 1925 Twin Coach which had won large sales to American operators. The result was Rackham returned to Southall (AEC's Works) with the idea of implementing American practice of side-mounted engines in British bus production. (en)
  • AEC typu Q – autobus firmy AEC powstały w 1932 według projektu , zatrudnionego wcześniej w amerykańskiej fabryce w latach 1922–1926, dzięki czemu miał kontakt z konstrukcjami marki – autobusem Twin Coach. Model ten właśnie w drugiej połowie lat 20. XX w. odniósł wielki sukces w Ameryce. Rackham przywiózł do Anglii pomysł montowania silników z boku pojazdu. (pl)
  • O AEC Q-Type foi um ônibus britânico produzido pela empresa Associated Equipment Company AEC, possuía duas variantes: uma simples e uma de dois andares. Seu designer, G. J. Rackham, que visitará os Estados Unidos, notou que a empresa tinha um grande sucesso de vendas com um modelo Twin Coach de 1925 e decidiu idealizar um modelo similar para o mercado do Reino Unido. Lançado em 1932 como AEC Q-Type não obteve o mesmo sucesso que o seu parente americano da Twin Coach, e sua produção foi encerrada em 1937. (pt)
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  • AEC Q-type (en)
  • AEC typu Q (pl)
  • AEC Q-Type (pt)
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