SCAP

SA of the automobile SCAP
legal form	SA
founding	1912
resolution	1929
Seat	Boulogne-Billancourt , France
management	Launay; Margaria;
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles SCAP SA share on June 1, 1921 for over 100 francs

The SA des Automobiles SCAP was a French manufacturer of automobiles and engines . SCAP stood for Société de Construction des Automobiles Parisiennes .

Company history

Messrs. Launay and Margaria founded the company in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1912 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was SCAP in 1929 production ended. In addition to the production of own automobiles, built-in engines were supplied to numerous other automobile manufacturers.

vehicles

In the beginning there were the models 8 CV and 12 CV , which were equipped with slide motors from Ballot . In 1919 the L 10 CV model appeared with a four-cylinder engine .

In 1923 the M model followed with a displacement of 1100 cc . In 1924 the O model with 1500 cm³ displacement replaced the L 10 CV model . 1929 model appeared with rows - eight-cylinder engine with 2000 cc capacity. The vehicles were also used in car races such as the Le Mans 24 Hours .

SCAP Type A from 1912
Side view
Lucien Desvaux / Fernand Vallon in the SCAP with starting number 15 at the 24-hour race of Le Mans in 1927
SCAP in another race from 1927

Engine deliveries

SCAP engine in a 1929 Tracta

Built-in engines were supplied to the following automobile manufacturers: Able , ADK , AG Alfieri , Alva , Astatic , Astra , Barré , Benova , Bignan , BNC , Bucciali , Certus , Croissant , D'Aoust , De Bazelaire , Deguingand , Derby , Exau , Fonlupt , GAR , Génestin , Gérard , Harris-Léon Laisne , Heinis , Jacques Muller , Jouffret , Jousset , La Ponette , La Torpille , Madou , Marquez , Matthey et Martin , Mouette , Philos , Rally , Ryjan , Sidéa , Sigma , SPAG , Tracta and Turcat -Méry .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1420 (English).
George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Commons : SCAP - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1420 (English).
↑ George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

[Beaulieu-2] George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1420 (English).

[Autos-3] George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)