A. Lavie

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A. Lavie
legal form
founding 1904
resolution 1907
Seat Paris , France
Branch Automobile manufacturer

A. Lavie was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The engineer A. Lavie founded the company in 1904 or around 1904. The aim was to manufacture automobiles. The location was Paris , probably on Avenue de Choisy. The brand name was Lavie . Production ended in 1907. Other sources give the dissolution date as 1904 or around 1904. The year of construction of a surviving vehicle of this brand is estimated to be a little younger than 1904 due to its appearance.

vehicles

In one model, a single-cylinder engine with a displacement of 123 cm³ provided the drive. A more powerfully motorized model was powered by a two-cylinder engine with a displacement of 246 cm³. The transmission had three gears.

One vehicle from this manufacturer has been preserved. This vehicle is powered by a two-cylinder engine with 6 hp. The engine comes from Automobiles Delahaye . The open body offers space for two people.

This vehicle went online in October 2012 for £ 65,000 . In addition, there was a classified ad in a German classic car magazine in December 2012. Here the price was 78,000 euros .

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: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)
  • David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 . (English)
  • Jacques Rousseau, Jean-Paul Caron: Guide de l'automobile française. Solar, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-263-01105-6 . (French)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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 f g h i j Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ A b c Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present.
  4. ^ A b c d Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.
  5. ^ A b c Rousseau, Caron: Guide de l'automobile française.
  6. ↑ a b Classified ad on carandclassic.co.uk (with photo) ( Memento from December 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English, accessed on December 21, 2012)
  7. ↑ a b Motor Klassik, edition 12/2012. Page 87.