Établissements Guyot

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Établissements Albert Guyot et Cie
legal form
founding 1925
resolution 1931
Seat Clichy
management Albert Guyot
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Établissements Albert Guyot et Cie was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The racing driver Albert Guyot founded the company in Clichy in 1925 . One source cites a connection to racing driver Albert Schmidt. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Guyot . Production ended in 1931. In total, around 30 or around 70 vehicles were built. One vehicle still exists.

vehicles

The first vehicle based on a chassis of a Rolland-Pilain and was equipped with a built-in motor of the Burt McCollum with 1984 cc displacement equipped. Guyot used this vehicle with little success in various car races in 1925. This was followed by two two-seater racing cars.

From the fourth vehicle onwards, it was a touring car . The first model of this type was presented in 1925 and had a self-made six-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2500 cm³. Six-cylinder engines from Continental were used in the series version . In April 1926, Guyot introduced the GST 27 . A six-cylinder engine with side valves and 3450 cm³ displacement provided the drive. GST 29 followed in 1929 . These two models were available in six different bodies. These included limousines with four and six side windows, a chauffeur-driven limousine and a model with a Weymann body .

1929 added a model with rows - eight-cylinder engine from the same manufacturer with 5172 cc engine offering. Only two copies were made: a four-seater convertible and a roadster .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . 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 2: G – O. 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)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.