Automobiles Catala

Automobiles Catala
legal form
founding	1912
resolution	1914
Seat	Brussels , Belgium
management	Etienne Catala
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Catala was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles . The brand name was Alatac , the manufacturer's ananym .

Company history

The company was based on Rue Ten-Bosch in Brussels and had factories in Braine-le-Comte . The production of automobiles began at the end of 1912. Production ended in 1914.

vehicles

The company offered two models with four-cylinder engines of Chapuis-Dornier on. These were the 9/12 CV with 1526 cm³ displacement and the 12/16 CV with 2297 cm³ displacement. The vehicles were based on chassis from Malicet & Blin . The engines were mounted in the front of the chassis and drove the rear axle. The vehicles were equipped with removable spoked wheels.

Sports activities

The vehicles were also used in car races. Etienne Catala took part in the Rallye d'Ostende in 1914 .

literature

• George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
• GN Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present , Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 (English)
• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian and Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-87057-001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-85120-090-9 (French)