The J-P Wimille was a French
automobile
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manufactured from 1946 until 1950. Powered by a rear-mounted 22 hp
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V-8, it was an
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saloon designed by racing driver
Jean-Pierre Wimille
Jean-Pierre Wimille (26 February 1908 – 28 January 1949) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Biography
Born in Paris, France to a father who loved motor sports and was employed as t ...
. No more than 20 were built. Some of the cars appeared after Wimille's death in the 1953 film "Les amours finissent à l'aube".
Company history
The racing driver Jean-Pierre Wimille founded the company for the production of automobiles in Paris in 1946. The brand name was Wimille. In 1948, a vehicle was displayed at the Paris Motor Show. After Wimille's death in 1949, only a few examples were produced. Production ended in 1950. A total of about eight vehicles were built.
Vehicles
The company produced two-seater, closed sports cars with mid-engine, as Wimille was enthusiastic about the mid-engine concept. The prototype from 1946 had a four-cylinder engine of the Citroën 11 CV with 1911 cc displacement and 54 hp. With this engine, the top speed was set at 150 km/h.
Later, Ford supported the project, so that a V8 engine from the Ford Vedette with 2158 cc displacement and 60 to 66 hp was used.
File:Wimille 1946 Heck.JPG, 1946 back
File:Wimille 1946 schräg.JPG, 1946 front
File:Wimille 1947 Heck.JPG, 1947 back
File:Wimille 1947 schräg.JPG, 1947 front
File:Wimille 1948.JPG, 1948 front
Literature
* Roger Gloor: Nachkriegswagen 1945–1960. Hallwag Verlag, Bern und Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-444-10263-1.
* Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8.
* George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P–Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1. (English)
* George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
References
David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France
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