Automobiles Erad

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Automobiles Erad
legal form SARL
founding 1975
resolution 1997
Reason for dissolution Takeover by Savel
Seat Aniche , France
management M. Renard
Number of employees 105
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Erad was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

M. Renard founded the company in Aniche in 1975 . In 1978, the series production of small cars began . The brand name was Erad . Erad stood for Études et Réalisations du Douaisis . In 1979 the annual production was almost 2,400 vehicles. In 1980, 105 employees produced around 2,640 vehicles. Production ended in 1997. A total of around 30,000 vehicles were built, including 800 electric cars . Savel took over the company.

vehicles

The first model was the Capucine . This was a single seater with a plastic body . The vehicle was 169 cm long, 125 cm wide, 160 cm high and weighed 170 kg. For driving a provided two-stroke engine of Sachs with 47 cc engine capacity . From 1981 a diesel engine from Farymann with a displacement of 290 cm³ and a gasoline engine from BCB with a displacement of 123 cm³ were also available. In 1984 the model was revised and was available both with an open body and as a four-seater.

Erad Midget

In 1982 a scaled-down replica of the 1936 MG Midget was added to the range. The vehicle was 270 cm long. There was a choice between a gasoline engine with a displacement of 125 cm³ and a diesel engine with a displacement of 600 cm³.

In 1988 the entry-level model Junior was added. At 35,000 French francs , it was the cheapest car on the French market. The junior has the headlights of the Peugeot 205 .

Erad Junior

The Spacia appeared in 1990 . With its shape it was similar to the Renault Twingo, which appeared later . Diesel engines with a displacement of up to 505 cm³ and electric motors were available.

The last new model was the Agora introduced in 1993 . This was a light two-seater.

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)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 94. Toutes les voitures françaises 1978. Salon 1977. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 84. Toutes les voitures françaises 1979. Salon 1978. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 74. Toutes les voitures françaises 1980. Salon 1979. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2005. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 90. Toutes les voitures françaises 1981. Salon 1980. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2008. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 80. Toutes les voitures françaises 1982. Salon 1981. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 96. Toutes les voitures françaises 1983. Salon 1982. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)

Web links

Commons : Automobiles Erad  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1980.
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  4. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1979.