Automobiles Impetus

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Automobiles Impetus, Max Hertel
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1903
Seat Pornichet , France
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Impetus, Max Hertel was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Pornichet company started producing automobiles in 1899. The brand name was Impetus . The design came from Max Hertel from Chicago , who already manufactured the vehicle for the Oakman Motor Vehicle Company . Production ended in 1903.

vehicles

At first the models were 3 CV and 4 CV offered via single-cylinder engines from De Dion-Bouton possessed. In 1901 the larger 9 CV model with a two-cylinder engine added to the range.

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, Vol. 2: G – O. 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)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.