Aérocarène

Aérocarène
legal form
founding	1947
resolution	1948
Seat	Courbevoie , France
management	Christian Desbenoît, Mr. Bodu
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Aérocarène was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Christian Desbenoît and the engineer Bodu founded the company in Courbevoie in 1947 and began producing automobiles. The distribution took place under the brand name Aérocarène . Production ended in 1948.

vehicles

The only model was the Aérocarène 700 . This was a small three-wheeled car with the single wheel on the back. A two-cylinder two - stroke engine with a displacement of 684 cm³ and an output of 23 hp , which was mounted in the rear, provided the drive. The maximum speed was given as 120 km / h. The little coupe had no doors. Instead, the front part of the body was pushed forward to allow entry and exit. With a wheelbase of 242.5 cm and a front track width of 152 cm, the vehicle was 343 cm long. The curb weight was given as 280 kg.

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 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• René Bellu: Les voitures françaises des années 50th Editions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-85922-032-1 . (French) * René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 4. Toutes les voitures françaises 1947. Salon 1946. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1997. (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 7. Toutes les voitures françaises 1948. Salon 1947. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1998. (French)

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on November 26, 2013)
• Allcarindex (accessed November 30, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1947.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .