Automobiles Fonck

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Société des Automobiles René Fonck
legal form
founding 1921
resolution 1925
Seat Fraisses-Unieux , France
management René Fonck
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société des Automobiles René Fonck was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

René Fonck founded the company in Fraisses-Unieux in 1920 to manufacture automobiles. The brand name was Fonck , according to a source René Fonck . The designers were Grillot and Gadoux. Production ended in 1925. A total of around 12 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The company made high quality vehicles. The first vehicle had a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2615 cm³ . In addition, an eight-cylinder engine with a displacement of 5230 cm³ and 100 hp was available. Later a four-cylinder model with 2200 cm³ displacement and an eight-cylinder model with 4400 cm³ were in the range. The latter model had four-wheel brakes. In 1923 a model was created with a six-cylinder engine , 3923 cm³ displacement and 80 hp. Many of the engines had the same bore and stroke dimensions despite the different number of cylinders . The wheelbase is 310 cm for the first four-cylinder model and 360 cm for the first eight-cylinder model. The production figures of the individual models are estimated at three to four four-cylinder models, around six six-cylinder models and one to two eight-cylinder models.

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 3: P – Z. 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ^ Peter Kirchberg: Automobile exhibitions and vehicle tests around the world. The best from "Der Motorwagen", the magazine for the automotive industry and engine construction. Part 2: 1919-1929. Transpress, Berlin 1985, pp. 59-62.