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Chapuis-Dornier
Chapuis-Dornier was a French manufacturer of proprietary engines for automobiles from 1904 to 1928 in Puteaux near Paris. Between 1919 and 1921 it displayed a prototype automobile, but it was never volume produced.Linz, Schrader: ''Die große Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.'' Volume 2: ''G–O.'' Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, , S. 606. (englisch)Georgano: ''Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.'' Engine manufacture Chapuis-Dornier engines were used by cyclecars such as : *Able, * A.S. (Voiturettes Automobiles A.S), * A.S. (Towarzystwo Budowy Samochodów), (article) *Benjamin, * B.N.C. (Bollack Netter and Co), * C.A.R. (Costruzioni Automobili Riuniti), (article) * Classic (Compagnie Générale des Voitures à Paris), (article) *Corre La Licorne, *Delage *Derby, (article) * Doriot, Flandrin & Parant (D.F.P.), * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doriot, Flandrin & Parant
Doriot, Flandrin & Parant (D.F.P.) was a French car maker based in Courbevoie, Seine between 1906 and 1926. Auguste Doriot and Ludovic Flandrin had both worked for Peugeot and then Clément-Bayard before setting up their own car making company in 1906. Their main product was a single cylinder light car and was sold as a Doriot-Flandrin. In 1908 they were joined by Alexandre and Jules-René Parant and a new company was formed including all the names. Four-cylinder models were now made with Chapuis-Dornier engines alongside the single-cylinder cars. The singles were discontinued in 1910 and a smaller 1592 cc four joined the line up. D.F.P. started to make their own engines in 1912. The 2-litre 12/15 was used by W. O. Bentley in a tuned version with aluminium alloy pistons to race at Brooklands. The aluminium pistons were fitted to some 12/40 hp production cars from 1914. This car also had electric starting. After World War I D.F.P. started to fit their cars with pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin (automobile)
Benjamin was a French manufacturer of cyclecars between 1921 and 1927 and based on the north-west edge of Paris. 1927 was a year of changes which included a name change, and between 1927 and 1929 the company operated under a new name, Benova. The firm was established by Maurice Jeanson in Asnières at 139 Boulevard Voltaire. The cars The business started out with a range of cycle cars, identified as the Benjamin "Type A", Benjamin "Type B" and Benjamin "Type C", a two-seater coupé. The "Type A" was powered by a 4-cylinder unit of 751cc: it weighed less than 350 kg and therefore enjoyed the favourable tax treatment available to cyclecars. The "Type B" used a 2-cylinder 547cc engine, while the "Type C" was a sporty version of the "Type A", the volume of its 4-cylinder engine increased to 817cc. In 1924 the smaller engined Benjamin was replaced by the "Type AR". It sat on a wheelbase and was powered by a rear-mounted 2-stroke twin cylinder 450cc or 525cc engine. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Newey
Newey, Newey-Aster, Gordon Newey, Gordon Newey Ltd, G.N.L. (GNL), (1907-1920) was a British automobile manufacturer from Birmingham.Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Georgano: ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.''Culshaw, Horrobin: ''The Complete Catalogue of British Cars 1895–1975.'' 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''. In 1913 the company manufactured its own design which was branded and marketed as ''Newey''. From 1916 to 1919 vehicles were marketed as ''G.N.L.'' (''GNL''). In 1921 production ended and the last cars were sold in 1923. Cars Newey-Aster Newey manufactured three models of motorcar with Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Able (1920 Automobile)
The Able was a small French cyclecar made in Avignon by Paul Toulouse, built between 1920 and 1927. It was a fairly ordinary 4-cylinder light car that utilized engines from companies such as SCAP, Chapuis-Dornier Chapuis-Dornier was a French manufacturer of proprietary engines for automobiles from 1904 to 1928 in Puteaux near Paris. Between 1919 and 1921 it displayed a prototype automobile, but it was never volume produced.Linz, Schrader: ''Die große Automo ... and CIME, ranging from 1100 cc to 1500 cc. Some cars were sold under the name "Toulouse". References * Georgano, G.N., "Able", in G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp. 25. Vintage vehicles Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Cyclecars {{Vintage-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towarzystwo Budowy Samochodów AS
Towarzystwo Budowy Samochodów AS was an automobile and mechanical parts manufacturer based in Warsaw, that operated from 1924 to 1939 in Second Polish Republic. History The company was founded in 1924 by Warsaw-based businessman Jan Łaski, and an engineer Czesław Zbierański, who was an owner of Warszawskie Autowarszaty (Warsaw Car Repair Shops), a group of the assembly halls located at the 64 Złota Street, Warsaw, and where the product has been set. The headquarters of the company were based at the 16 Srebrna Street, Warsaw. They had begun working on designing the AS car, with Zbierański becoming the production manager and engineer Aleksander Liberman, designing the chassis for the car. The first prototypes were made on 4 January 1927. On 27 March 1927, the final version of the chassis was manufactured in Fabryka Powozów Braci Węgrzeckich located in Szydłowiec, Poland. After a few months of road tests, the car had been allowed to be sold. It was manufactured in 4 car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollack Netter And Co
Bollack, Netter, et Cie ''(french: Bollack Netter et compagnie)'', more commonly known as B.N.C., was a small French automobile company in Levallois-Perret, situated on Avenue de Paris 39. History B.N.C. was established by Lucien Bollack (an engineer who had also worked for Hispano-Suiza) and his financier, banker René Netter, in January 1923. The technical director was Jacques Muller, also known as "Jack". Muller's earlier J.M.K. cyclecar formed the basis of their first car the "DZ". B.N.C. were a successful maker of cyclecars, winning many rallies albeit not selling very many cars. In the late 1920s, the company tried to penetrate a higher market sector - unfortunately the demand for large passenger cars and for ultra-light racing cars were both low, and Bollack and Netter were forced out of their company in 1928 when the business was acquired by Charles de Ricou, an energetic businessman who by now had a reputation for rescuing financially troubled automobile manufacturi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobron-Brillié
Gobron-Brillié was an early French automobile manufactured from 1898 to 1930.P. Roberts (1973). ''A Picture History of the Automobile'', Ward Lock Ltd, London, UK. The original company, ''Societé des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié'', was founded by the French engineer, Eugène Brillié, and industrialist, Gustave Gobron, at 13, quai de Boulogne, Boulogne-sur-Seine, near Paris, in 1898. History Before 1898 Eugène Brillié studied at the École centrale des arts et manufactures, and then went on to work, from 1887 to 1898, at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest. Meanwhile, Gustave Gobron (15 June 1846 to 27 September 1911) started as director of ''Godillot'', a supply company to the military, but took up politics, and was elected to the National Assembly, from 1885 to 1889, at which point he created a car manufacturing company, under his own name. The two men went into partnership, creating the ''Société des Moteurs Gobron-Brillié''. 1898–1903 Brillié had developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corre La Licorne
Corre La Licorne was a French car maker founded 1901 in Levallois-Perret, at the north-western edge of central Paris, by Jean-Marie Corre. Cars were produced until 1947. The names The first cars were named Corre, but racing successes by a driver called Waldemar Lestienne, who came from an old family with a crest featuring a unicorn, led to the company adopting the name Corre La Licorne. Nevertheless, this was a long name for a small car, and by the 1950s, even in France, the car was generally remembered simply as the Licorne. Beginnings Business began with the production of tricycles and a single-cylinder quadricycle single-cylinder cabriolet using De Dion-Bouton components. Early sales volumes were modest. To give greater prominence to the brand, the company began to participate in competition, and racing victories achieved, in particular in 1903 by the driver Waldemar Lestienne, gave the company valuable recognition. Sales improved and were soon challenging those of longer e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puteaux
Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, from the centre of Paris. In 2016, it had a population of 44,941. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan area, spreads over the northern part of Puteaux and parts of the neighbouring communes Courbevoie and Nanterre. The inhabitants of Puteaux are called ''Putéoliens'' in French. History In 1148 Abbot Suger, the chief minister of kings Louis VI and Louis VII, established a landed estate named ''Putiauz'', which went on to become a village of the same name. Suger also founded other settlements in the area, such as Carrières-sur-Seine, Vaucresson, anc Villeneuve-la-Garenne, with the aim of attracting people into the region. This was reinforced by certain privileges which Suger granted to the inhabitants. The name ''Putiauz'' is likely to have come from the old French ''Putel'', meaning a "quagmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox (société)
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve species belong to the monophyletic "true foxes" group of genus ''Vulpes''. Approximately another 25 current or extinct species are always or sometimes called foxes; these foxes are either part of the paraphyletic group of the South American foxes, or of the outlying group, which consists of the bat-eared fox, gray fox, and island fox. Foxes live on every continent except Antarctica. The most common and widespread species of fox is the red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') with about 47 recognized subspecies. The global distribution of foxes, together with their widespread reputation for cunning, has contributed to their prominence in popular culture and folklore in many societies around the world. The hunting of foxes with packs of hounds, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
