Audibert lavirot

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SA of the Anciens Établissements Audibert et Lavirotte
legal form SA
founding 1896
resolution 1901 or 1902
Seat Lyon , France
management Maurice Audibert, Emile Lavirotte
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Factory site
Audibert-Lavirotte double phaeton 1897
Audibert Lavirotte from 1901
Audibert Lavirotte from 1901
Audibert & Lavirotte 8 HP Phaeton 1899

Audibert-Lavirotte was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Maurice Audibert and Emile Lavirotte manufactured automobiles to customer orders from 1894. In 1896 they founded the Société des Voitures Audibert et Lavirotte in Lyon and increased production. In 1898 the name was changed to SA des Anciens Établissements Audibert et Lavirotte . Production ended in 1901 or 1902. A total of around 150 vehicles were built. Berliet took over the company and employed Emile Lavirotte. Maurice Audibert switched to Rochet-Schneider .

vehicles

The first rear-engined model was similar to the German Benz . There were two-cylinder and four-cylinder engines are used. From 1900 the engines were installed in the bow, the power was transmitted by chain to the rear axle.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Musée des 24 Heures in Le Mans , and another in the Musée Henri Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône near Lyon.

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)

Web links

Commons : Audibert-Lavirotte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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 Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.