Galba was a French automobile produced by a company created for the purpose between 1929 and 1930. Marcel Violet, who had previously created the

Sima-Violet Sima Violet was a French manufacturer of cyclecars between 1924 and 1929.Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Georgano: ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.'' The name Sima was an acronym, the letters standin ...

cyclecar, founded a new company registered as the Société Sylla at

Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of Paris, from the center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the city limits of Par ...

on the northern side of Paris, and immediately announced his introduction of the Galba in the spring of 1929. It was one in a succession of cars designed by Violet, a respected automobile engineer with a particular specialism in two-stroke engines. The only model was a small "voiturette" automobile that sat on a wheelbase and was powered by a 2-stroke twin cylinder engine of 564cc. The power unit was fitted at the front of the car and drove the rear wheels via a two speed transmission and a shaft-drive. Despite a long gestation period, the Galba proved short-lived. By October 1930 Marcel Violet was already producing the Huascar, a voiturette very similar to the Galba which was indeed produced at the same

factory, but which had a slightly larger engine and was produced by a new company called "Voiturettes Huascar".

Reading list

* Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.'' United Soft Media Verlag, München 2008, . (German) * George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.'' Volume 2: ''G–O.'' Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, . (Englich) * George Nick Georgano: ''Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.'' Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Galba Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1929 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1930 French companies established in 1929 1930 disestablishments in France