Automobiles Beck

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Automobiles Beck
legal form
founding 1920
resolution 1922 or 1923
Seat Lyon , France
management Charles Beck-Maillard
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Beck was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Beck-Maillard founded the company in Lyon in 1920 and began producing automobiles. The designer was Jean François, who later worked for Automobiles Delahaye . The brand name was Beck . Production ended in 1922 or 1923. In total, only a few copies were made.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer, which is referred to as 10 CV or 12 CV depending on the source . A four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1499 cc and 32 hp provided the drive . 65 mm bore and 113 mm stroke made the displacement. The transmission had three gears.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Beck (III).
  • 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Linz, Schrader: The International Automobile Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ^ Peter Kirchberg: Automobile exhibitions and vehicle tests around the world. The best from "Der Motorwagen", the magazine for the automotive industry and engine construction. Part 2: 1919-1929. Transpress, Berlin 1985, pp. 59, 65-69.