Automobiles Alcyon

Automobiles Alcyon
legal form
founding	1890
resolution	1963
Seat	Courbevoie , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Alcyon motorcycle from 1925

Automobiles Alcyon was a French manufacturer of bicycles , motorcycles and automobiles .

Company history

Edmond Gentil founded the company in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1890 to manufacture bicycles. In 1902 the production of motorcycles was added. From 1906 cars were also made. From 1912 the company was located in Courbevoie . In 1914 it was renamed Automobiles Alcyon . After the First World War , motorcycle construction was given priority and automobile construction was restricted. In 1928 the production of cars ended. In 1963 motorcycle production also ended.

Automobiles

Initially, voiturettes were created that were also used in motorsport, as well as models with four-cylinder engines . After the First World War, a cycle car was added to the range. It was similar to the Sima-Violet . For driving attended single-cylinder and two-cylinder - two-stroke engines with a maximum of 500 cc engine capacity .

Cars of this brand can be seen in the Musée Henri Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône and in the Auto Museum Oldtimer in Reninge .

Alcyon from 1908
Alcyon from 1921
Alcyon from 1925

Web links

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

GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH for automobile production (accessed on March 8, 2013)
GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring Ltd for motorcycle production (accessed on March 8, 2013)

Individual evidence

↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
^ ^A ^b 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)
^ David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 . (English)

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

[Beaulieu-2] A ^b 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)

[Autos-3] George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

[Illustrated-4] David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 . (English)