Automobiles marathon

Automobiles Marathon SA
legal form	SA
founding	1953
resolution	1955
Seat	Paris , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

1953 marathon

Automobiles Marathon SA was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company started producing automobiles in 1953. The brand name was Marathon . Production ended in 1955. A total of 17 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The models were based on a design by Hans Trippel . The vehicles had a two - cylinder boxer engine from the Panhard Dyna X , later Panhard Dyna Z , which delivered 42  hp from a displacement of 850 cc . There were the models Corsair as a coupé and Pirate as a roadster.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Manoir de l'Automobile in Lohéac .

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 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)

Web links

Commons : Marathon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on April 5, 2013)

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. ^ ^{A b} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.