Alphi

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Société Alphi
legal form
founding 1928 or 1929
resolution 1931
Seat Paris , France
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société Alphi was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1928 or 1929. The trade name was Alphi , which stood for A utomobiles L UART, P oniatowski, H ougardy, I ngenieurs. Production ended in 1931. A total of four vehicles were built.

vehicles

The first vehicle was a sports car. He had a small six-cylinder engine of CIME 1485 cc displacement and was also at car races such as the 24-hour race at Le Mans used in the 1929th

The second vehicle was a racing car with the same engine, but with a compressor .

The third vehicle originally also had the CIME engine, which was later replaced by a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company with a displacement of 2600 cc. The coupé body offered space for four people.

The fourth vehicle had an eight-cylinder in - line engine from Continental with a displacement of 4800 cm³. The body offered space for two people.

Two vehicles of this brand still exist.

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)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.