Ateliers Defrance Frères
Ateliers Defrance Frères | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1919 |
resolution | 1922 |
Seat | Vierzon , France |
management | Eugène Mauve |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Ateliers Defrance Frères was a French manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Eugène Mauve founded the company in Vierzon in 1919 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Elfe . Production ended in 1922. In 1923 Eugène Mauve founded Cyclecars Mauve .
vehicles
The company manufactured cyclecars . In the street version with either one seat or two seats in a row, a V2 engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle, which propelled the rear wheels via belts. In the sports version with chain drive , a V2 rear engine with 1100 cm³ displacement from Anzani was used. There was also a model with two seats in a row.
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
- ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
- ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.