Automobiles Rossel

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SA of the automobile Rossel
legal form SA
founding 1903
resolution 1926
Reason for dissolution Takeover by Peugeot
Seat Montbeliard , France
management Frédéric Rossel
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The SA des Automobiles Rossel was a French automobile manufacturer .

Company history

In 1903, Frédéric Rossel founded the company F. Rossel et Cie in Montbéliard , which was later renamed SA des Automobiles Rossel . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Rossel . Production ended in 1926. Peugeot took over the company. There was no connection to Édouard Rossel .

vehicles

In 1903 the 22 CV appeared as the first model with a four-cylinder engine and chain drive. The cylinder bore and piston stroke were identical at 108 mm. The displacement was 3957 cm³. In 1905 there was the 22/26 CV with the same engine and the 28/35 CV with 120 mm bore, 110 mm stroke and 4976 cm³ displacement. In 1906 the 40/50 CV and the 50/65 CV were added. The largest model, 60/80 CV , appeared in 1907 with a six-cylinder engine with a capacity of 12,000 cc. In 1910 there were the models 10 CV , 12 CV with 2651 cm³ displacement and 16 CV . In 1913 the 40 CV with six-cylinder engine and 7464 cm³ displacement was added.

After the First World War , the range consisted of the previous 12 CV and the new four-cylinder model 25 CV with 5500 cm³ displacement. In 1923 a six-cylinder model with a displacement of 3500 cc was added.

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. ↑ 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.