Automobiles Alba

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Automobiles Alba
legal form
founding 1913
resolution 1928
Seat Suresnes , France
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Emblem of Alba
Alba from 1915
Alba from around 1922

Automobiles Alba was a French manufacturer of automobiles . Other sources name the company Constructions Métallurgiques, Usines Alba and Constructions Métallurgiques .

Company history

The Suresnes company started producing automobiles in 1913 . The brand name was Alba . Production ended in 1928. There was also a connection with Bobby-Alba .

vehicles

The company manufactured mid-range vehicles. Various four-cylinder built -in engines provided the drive . A small engine with side valves and 1170 cm³ displacement and a larger engine with OHV valve control and 1476 cm³ displacement were available from SCAP . Altos supplied engines with 1994 cc displacement, which had either side valves or OHV valve control. Another source also cites Ballot , Fivet , National, and Ruby motors .

In 1924 a vehicle took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race .

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Collecció d'Automòbils de Salvador Claret car museum in Sils , and another was exhibited in the 1999 car museum in Geneva . There is also a restored vehicle in Switzerland .

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 : Alba  - 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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.