Ateliers Linon

Linon from 1901

Linon in Australia

Ateliers Linon was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles from Verviers . The brand name was Linon .

Company history

The brothers André and Louis Linon started building automobiles in 1898. The first models were licensed by the French company Gautier-Wehrlé . De Dion-Bouton engines were used as early as 1900 . Production ended in 1914. A total of 2000 copies were made.

The models

model	construction time	cylinder	Cubic capacity cm³	horsepower	text
6 CV	1898-1901				License Gautier-Wehrle, rear engine
10 CV	1899-1901				License Gautier-Wehrle
3 CV	1900-1901				De Dion-Bouton engine, front engine
5 CV	1900-1901				De Dion-Bouton engine, front engine
4 CV front	1901-1904			3.5	De Dion-Bouton engine, front engine
5 CV front	1901-1904			4.5	De Dion-Bouton engine, front engine
4 CV rear	1901-1904				Rear engine
5 CV rear	1901-1904				Rear engine
7 HP	1901-1904
20 HP	1901-1904
8/12 CV	1904-1909	2
24 CV	1904-1909	4th
10/12 CV	1909-1914	4th	1608
10/15 CV	1909-1914	4th	2111
16/20 CV	1909-1914	4th	3402
Type AL 8 CV	1914-1914	4th	1131
Type F 12 HP	1914-1914	4th	2121
Type G 16 HP	1914-1914	4th	2815
Type H 22 HP	1912-1914	4th	3817

literature

Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian and Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-87057-001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-85120-090-9 (French)
George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)

Web links

Commons : Linon - collection of images, videos and audio files