Atelier Jean Dagonet

Atelier Jean Dagonet
legal form
founding	1950
resolution	1958
Seat	Faverolles-et-Coëmy , France
management	Jean Dagonet
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Ateliers Jean Dagonet was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Jean Dagonet founded the company in Faverolles-et-Coëmy in 1950 and began producing automobiles in 1952. The brand name was Dagonet . Production ended in 1958.

vehicles

The company produced sporty vehicles based on the Citroën 2 CV . The four-door body was 18 cm lower. The model was developed from year to year. A striking feature of some vehicles was an oval radiator grille. Some vehicles were also used in motorsport.

In 1956 the DF model was presented. This was a plastic body coupe on the same base. This model did not go into series production at Dagonet, however, but at UMAP .

literature

• 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)
• René Bellu: Les voitures françaises des années 50th Editions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-85922-032-1 . (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 14. Toutes les voitures françaises 1953. Salon 1952. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2000. (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 24. Toutes les voitures françaises 1954. Salon 1953. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2002. (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 10. Toutes les voitures françaises 1955. Salon 1954. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1999. (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 2. Toutes les voitures françaises 1956. Salon 1955. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1997. (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 5. Toutes les voitures françaises 1957. Salon 1956. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1997. (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 8. Toutes les voitures françaises 1958. Salon 1957. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1998. (French)

Web links

• Hanns-Peter Baron von Thyssen-Bornemissza: Lexicon of the forgotten car brands. 1952 model (accessed November 5, 2013)
• Hanns-Peter Baron von Thyssen-Bornemissza: Lexicon of the forgotten car brands. 1956 model (accessed November 5, 2013)
• Hanns-Peter Baron von Thyssen-Bornemissza: Lexicon of the forgotten car brands. Model DF (accessed November 5, 2013)
• Allcarindex (accessed November 30, 2013)
• Patrimoine Mondial de l'automobile française: La Citroën 2 CV Dagonet (French, accessed November 5, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
2. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1953.