Amilcar Pégase
| Amilcar | |
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 Amilcar Pégase
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| Pégase | |
| Production period: | 1934-1937 |
| Class : | Middle class |
| Body versions : | Sedan , coupé , cabriolet , roadster |
| Engines: |
Petrol engines : 2.0-2.5 liters (50-75 hp) |
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| Wheelbase : | 2800 mm |
| Empty weight : | 1200 kg |
| Previous model | Amilcar Type CS 8 |
The Amilcar Pégase was a car from the French brand Amilcar .
description
In 1934 Amilcar found itself in financial difficulties with the dissolution of a company and the establishment of a new company in a different location. The engineer Grillot was the designer of the prototype , which stood at the Paris Motor Show in October 1934 .
The prototype had a four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control developed by Schmid , which was to be manufactured at Janvier . 80 mm bore and 100 mm stroke resulted in 2011 cc displacement and a tax classification of 11 Cheval fiscal . The engine developed 50 hp . The synchromesh had four gears. The chassis came from the Delahaye 134 . It had a wheelbase of 280 cm , a front track of 130 cm and a rear track of 135 cm. The curb weight was given as 1200 kg.
In the spring of 1935, series production began with other engines, as the own engine was too expensive. The type N 7 had a four-cylinder engine from the Delahaye 134. 80 mm bore and 107 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 2151 cc and 12 CV. In the normal version it made 58 hp. There was also a sports version with two carburettors and 65 hp.
Grillot had also developed a competition variant with a larger displacement. For this type G 36 89 mm bore, 100 mm stroke, 2488 cm³ displacement, 14 CV and 75 HP power are handed down.
The following body structures are known for October 1935: Stadium and Polo as two-door sedans , Saint Hubert , Olympiad and Marathon as four-door sedans, Amazone as four-seat coupé , Jockey as four-seat hardtop coupe , Golf as two-seat coupe with jump seat , Fleuret as four-seat convertible from Car Körper Dubos , Skiff as a two-seater roadster with a jump seat and Racer as a two-seater roadster from Figoni & Falaschi .
As of October 1936, the smaller engine was designated the 12 CV Normale and the larger engine the 14 CV Grand Sport . At the same time, the range of bodies was limited to Saint Hubert, Amazone, Fleuret and Skiff.
Production ended in 1937. At the time, Hotchkiss et Cie took over Amilcar and did not want any competition to their own models.
Motorsport
At the time, Amilcar could no longer afford a regular racing team. Nevertheless, four racing cars with a shortened wheelbase were built. Felix Boudot , Marcel Contet and Raoul Forestier bought three vehicles. The fourth remained in the possession of Maurice Mestivier , who was part of the Amilcar management team. The first race was the 1936 French Grand Prix . Only the Contet vehicle was finished, but not yet competitive. A few days later at the Grand Prix de la Marne on the Circuit de Reims-Gueux , the four racing cars and a privately used racer by Fernande Roux were registered, but only Contet, Mestivier and Roux started. The planned 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1936 was canceled. A few smaller races followed. Fernande Roux and Germaine Rouault started with Mestivier's racing cars in the 1938 Le Mans 24-hour race , but retired in tenth place.
Auction results
Sotheby's auctioned a 2014 Racer for 467,500 US dollars . Three years later, the same vehicle sold for $ 236,500.
Bonhams fetched £ 5,175 for a sedan in 2017 .
literature
- Gilles Fournier, David Burgess-Wise: Amilcar . Dalton Watson, Deerfield 1994, ISBN 1-85443-218-4 (English, French).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Gilles Fournier, David Burgess-Wise: Amilcar . English edition. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 1994, ISBN 1-85443-218-4 , pp. 289-290 (English).
- ^ A b René Bellu: Automobilia. N ° 1. Toutes les voitures Françaises 1936. Salon 1935. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1996, pp. 9-11 (French).
- ^ A b c Gilles Fournier, David Burgess-Wise: Amilcar . English edition. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 1994, ISBN 1-85443-218-4 , pp. 98-103 (English).
- ↑ 2014 auction (accessed April 7, 2020)
- ↑ Auction March 2017 (accessed April 7, 2020)
- ↑ Auction September 2017 (accessed April 7, 2020)
