Établissements Thomson

Établissements Industriels Raymond Thomson was a French manufacturer of engines and automobiles .

Company history

The Talence-based company manufactured parts for the engine industry as well as engines for automobiles and ships . In 1913 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Thomson . Automobile production ended in 1928. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

vehicles

First there was a model with a four-cylinder engine from Aster with 1496 cm³ displacement and two models with engines from Altos with either 1495 cm³ or 1990 cm³ displacement. In 1914, the large 40 CV model with a four-cylinder Janvier engine with a displacement of 6594 cc was added. The engine had a 100 mm bore , 210 mm stroke and side valves in a T-head . This engine was obsolete when it was introduced in 1914. This model was available until 1926.

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 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)

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 19, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.