Automobiles Boitel

Automobiles Boitel
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founding	1938
resolution	1949
Seat	Paris , France
Branch	Automobiles

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Automobiles Boitel was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1938. The brand name was Boitel . Production ended in 1949.

vehicles

From 1938 a small car with front-wheel drive was built under a license from DKW . The two-cylinder two - stroke engine had a displacement of 400 cm³ or 589 cm³ . Many parts were imported from Germany.

In October 1946 a revised model was shown at the Paris Motor Show . The engine was now mounted in the stern. 1948 followed by a model with a built-in motor of DKW with 589 cc and 18 hp. The last model was the 3 CV from 1949 with 688 cc and 20 HP. The open body offered space for two people side by side. The length of the vehicle was 3.15 meters, the weight 350 kg.

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 : Automobiles Boitel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring

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