Automobiles Bignan

Automobiles Bignan
legal form
founding	1918
resolution	1931
Seat	Courbevoie , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

emblem

Bignan from 1919

Bignan from 1919

Bignan at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1922

Automobiles Bignan was a French manufacturer of automobiles from Courbevoie and Levallois-Perret .

Company history

Jacques Bignan founded the company Établissements Industriels J. Bignan in Courbevoie in 1918 to manufacture automobiles. The brand name was Bignan . Bignan had previously manufactured engines for other companies. Bignan received help from the Grégoire workshops in Poissy to manufacture the first automobiles . In 1920 it was renamed Automobiles Bignan . In 1926, the company went bankrupt , production was continued under the direction of Henri Précloux from competitor EHP . Production ended in 1930. Existing vehicles were sold as Bignan-MOP in 1931 .

vehicles

On offer were sporty vehicles with in-house engines that were also used in motorsport. First, there were models that either cc over 1400, 3000 cc or 3500 cc engine capacity possessed. A little later, the four-cylinder 11 CV model with 2000 cc displacement and OHC valve control appeared . From 1921 a stand Cyclecar for a license of Salmson on offer. For the vehicle, 1086 cm³ displacement, 350 kg curb weight , a two-seater body and a rear axle without differential are specified. From 1924 onwards, some four-cylinder models had four valves per cylinder. From 1927, built-in motors from Ballot , CIME , Salmson and SCAP were used.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Musée Automobile de Vendée in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire .

Sports successes

• In 1921 Albert Guyot won the Corsica Grand Prix over 443 km on a Bignan with an average speed of 72.420 km / h .
• In 1923 and 1924, Bignan won the Touring Car Grand Prix in Spain.
• In 1924 Jacques Edouard Ledure won the Monte Carlo Rally in a Bignan Sport 11 CV .
• In 1928 Jacques Bignan won the Monte Carlo Rally, albeit in a Fiat 509 .
• From 1923 to 1925, Bignan used sports models in the Le Mans 24-hour race . The greatest success was third place overall in the opening race in 1923 , driven by Raymond de Tornaco and Paul Gros on a Bignan 11 HP Desmo Sport.

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 : Bignan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 9, 2013)
• L'épopée Turcat-Méry: Performances (French) (accessed August 20, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
4. ^ Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1994, ISBN 3-89350-534-2 , p. 69 .
5. ^ L'épopée Turcat-Méry: Performances