Automobiles René Bonnet

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Société des Automobiles René Bonnet
legal form
founding 1961
resolution 1964
Seat Champigny-sur-Marne , France
management René Bonnet
Branch Automobile manufacturer

René Bonnet Missile
René Bonnet Djet

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

Company history

After René Bonnet parted company with Charles Deutsch and Deutsch & Bonnet , he founded his own company in 1961. The location was at 160 avenue du Général-de-Gaulle in Champigny-sur-Marne . In 1962 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was René Bonnet . Production ended in 1964 when Matra took over the company.

vehicles

The company manufactured sports cars and racing cars. Bonnet used four-cylinder engines from Renault . The street models Missile , Le Mans and Djet were offered . The first two were front-wheel drive . The missile engine with a displacement of 845 cm³ developed 55 hp . The Le Mans had a larger and more powerful engine with a displacement of 1108 cc and 65 to 75 hp. In the Djet , the engine was installed in the middle of the car . There was a choice of engines with 996 cm³ displacement and 80 hp as well as 1108 cm³ displacement and 60 to 65 hp. The Djet continued to be produced after the takeover by Matra and was marketed as Matra Djet.

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)

Web links

Commons : Automobiles René Bonnet  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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.