Automobiles Antony

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Automobiles Antony
legal form
founding 1921
resolution 1932
Seat Douai , France
management Louis-Auguste Antony
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Antony from 1923
Antony from 1923

Automobiles Antony was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Louis-Auguste Antony (1885–1958) founded the company in Douai in 1921 to manufacture automobiles. The brand name was Antony . Production ended in 1932. A total of around 50 vehicles were built, two of which still exist.

vehicles

In the first model made a four-cylinder engine of Ruby 1095 cc displacement for the drive. This was followed by a model with a built-in motor of CIME with overhead camshaft and 1494 cc capacity. In 1924 there was a model with an eight-cylinder in - line engine from CIME in the catalog, but none of the models were made. The standard body of many models was a four-seater touring car . Small cars with Hannisard engines with 350 cm³ and 500 cm³ displacement were also on offer . Racing cars were also created.

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)

Web links

Commons : Automobiles Antony  - Collection of pictures, 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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.