André Py

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Société des Automobiles du Sud-Ouest
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1900
Seat France
management André Py
Branch Automobile manufacturer

André Py was a French car brand.

Company history

The Compagnie des Automobiles du Sud-Ouest began producing automobiles in 1899 , marketed as André Py . Production ended in 1899 or 1900.

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle . While two sources specify that the vehicles of Voiturette of Léon Bollée Automobiles were similar, so possessed by a single rear wheel, indicates a different source, that the individual wheel was beginning. A single-cylinder engine with 3.5 hp provided the drive. The front-wheel drive and rear-wheel steering were special . The vehicle had room for two people, either one after the other, as in a Vis-à-vis over or back-to-back Dos-à-dos were sitting.

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