Automobiles Ratier

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Automobiles Ratier
legal form
founding 1926
resolution 1929
Seat Montrouge , France
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Ratier was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Montrouge in 1926 as part of Établissements Ratier for automobile production. The brand name was Ratier . Production ended in 1929. A total of around 30 vehicles were built.

vehicles

There were some small cars on offer. A four-cylinder engine with OHC valve control , 748 cm³ displacement and 34 HP power provided the drive . The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft . There was a choice of a two-seater touring car , a two-seater sports car and a coupé . In 1927 one was compressor of Cozette available. This increased the engine output to 46 HP with commercial gasoline and to 61 HP with special gasoline . The vehicles were also used in car races.

In 1929 a model with a six-cylinder engine was in the catalogs. With the same dimensions for bore and stroke as with the four-cylinder engine, the result was a displacement of 1122 cm³. It is unclear whether a vehicle was made with this engine.

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. ↑ GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 30, 2013)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f 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 g h i Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  4. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.