Automobiles Dangel

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Automobiles Dangel
legal form
founding 1968
Seat Sentheim , France
management Buzon Pascal (CEO)
Branch Automobiles
Website www.dangel.com

A Peugeot 504 Dangel pickup
A current Peugeot Rifter 4x4 at the 2018 Paris Motor Show

Dangel is a French company in the automotive and former manufacturers.

Company history

Henry Dangel founded the company in 1968 in Sentheim, Alsace, and began producing sports and racing cars. The brand name is Dangel . Production initially ended in 1971. The company has been converting two-wheel drive vehicles into all-wheel drive vehicles since 1980. The company is therefore not considered the current car brand.

vehicles

The 1968 Barchetta was a club racing car that was also available with street legal approval. The open two-seater body was made of fiberglass . A four-cylinder engine from the Renault 8 Gordini, which was mounted in the rear, provided the drive .

The manufacturer's activities continued in 1980 with the conversion of pickups and station wagons from Peugeot models. Dangel converted the vehicles to SUVs and then sold them as the Peugeot 504 Dangel . Later Dangel modified the Peugeot 505 , other models were the Citroën C15 Dangel , the Citroën C25 Dangel and the Peugeot J5 Dangel . At present, station wagons and utility vehicles from Peugeot, Citroën and Fiat are the main focus of activity: Dangel offers all-wheel-drive versions of the models Citroën Nemo , Berlingo , Jumpy and Jumper , Peugeot Bipper , Partner , Boxer and Expert ; there are also modifications of the Fiat Scudo and Ducato .

literature

  • 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)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 30. Toutes les voitures françaises 1969. Salon 1968. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2004. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 31. Toutes les voitures françaises 1970. Salon 1969. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2004. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 86. Toutes les voitures françaises 1971. Salon 1970. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2007. (French)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.