Automobiles Élan
Société Automobiles Élan | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1898 or 1899 |
resolution | 1900 |
Seat | Paris , France |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
The Société Automobiles Élan was a French manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1898 or 1899. The brand name was Élan . Ateliers Germain from Belgium was a licensee . Production ended in 1900.
vehicles
A model was equipped with a air-cooled single-cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton 3 PS power and chain drive equipped. The bodies of these two-seaters were made by Carrosserie Kellner . A later model with two of these motors, each driving a rear wheel, remained a prototype .
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)