Automotive mass

Automotive mass
legal form
founding	1903
resolution	1923
Seat	Courbevoie , France
management	Louis Pierron
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Mass was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Courbevoie company started producing automobiles in 1903. The brand name was Mass . The main market was England . Production ended in 1923. Between 1912 and 1923 vehicles were also marketed under the Pierron name .

vehicles

Single cylinder models

From 1903 there were the single cylinder models 4½ CV with built-in engine from Aster and 6 CV with engine from De Dion-Bouton . The chassis of both models were similar to the chassis from Lacoste & Battmann at the time . In 1906 a model with an engine from Gnôme et Rhône appeared as a supplement to the 6 CV . The production of the 4½ CV had already stopped at this point.

Two-cylinder engine models

In 1904 the only model with a two-cylinder engine was presented. The engine came from De Dion-Bouton and had a displacement of 1700 cm³ .

Models with four-cylinder engines

In 1905, the first four-cylinder engine was the 18/24 CV model with 3900 cc displacement and chain drive . In 1906 the 10/12 CV followed with 2300 cm³ displacement, the 14 CV and two large models with 4100 cm³ and 5600 cm³ displacement and chain drive. In 1907 the models 40/50 CV with 8000 cm³ displacement with either chain or cardan drive and the 15 CV with a Ballot engine with 2400 cm³ displacement appeared. The 10/12 CV followed in 1910 with a displacement of 2000 cc. In 1911 there was a model with a displacement of 4900 cm³ and a cardan drive. In 1913 a model with 1767 cm³ displacement (75 mm bore, 100 mm stroke) appeared. In 1914 all models were equipped with Ballot engines, including the 15.9 CV with a displacement of 2800 cc and the largest model with a displacement of 5341 cc.

After the First World War , only the 15.9 CV was produced.

Six cylinder models

The only six-cylinder model appeared in 1913 . A cylinder bore of 80 mm and a piston stroke of 180 mm resulted in a displacement of 5429 cm³.

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)

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.