Auguste Chambon

Auguste Chambon
legal form
founding	1900s
resolution	1925
Seat	Lyon , France
management	Auguste Chambon
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Auguste Chambon was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Auguste Chambon founded the company that bore his name in Lyon in the 1900s to manufacture vehicle parts. He made gears , differentials and machines . Automobile construction began in 1912. The brand name was Chambon . Automobile production ended in 1914. A total of around 20 vehicles were built. After the First World War , tractors were built . In 1925 it merged with the motorcycle manufacturer Établissements Rhony'x .

Automobiles

The company produced medium-sized vehicles. A four-cylinder engine , which was presumably obtained from Luc Court , provided the drive . A 70 mm bore and 140 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 2154 cm³ . The four-speed gearbox was mounted on the rear axle.

A vehicle was created as a one-off for a doctor in the area. Here two four-cylinder engines were arranged side by side. The open body offered space for six people. The maximum speed was given as 110 km / h.

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)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.