Automobiles Vinet

Automobiles Vinet was a French manufacturer of automobiles and bodywork .

Gaston Vinet

Gaston Vinet (* 1870) was an inventor and entrepreneur who founded Maison G. Vinet in Courbevoie in 1896 for the manufacture of automobile bodies. The company still existed in the mid-1910s; There is evidence of a Vinet body for a Bugatti Type 22 from 1913. Vinet patented axles and brakes and in 1905 invented a wheel with a removable rim. The patent was acquired by Michelin and used by Renault in the 1906 French Grand Prix , which was instrumental in the win.

In 1904 Vinet began to experiment with gliders and from 1910 he built several test aircraft with engines from different manufacturers. In his designs, the pilot sat in a cage below the wings, which contributed to a low center of gravity and thus to stable flight behavior.

Company history

The Neuilly-sur-Seine company started producing automobiles in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1900. The brand name was Vinet . Automobile production ended in 1904. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

vehicles

The first model was a small car. A built-in engine from De Dion-Bouton with 3.5 hp provided the drive . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle by means of belts. The vehicle had a tubular frame.

In 1902 a model with a two-cylinder engine and 12 hp followed, as well as the 16/20 CV model with a four-cylinder engine . The engines came from Aster . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via chains .

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)
• Olaf von Fersen (ed.): A century of automobile technology. Passenger cars. VDI-Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3184006204 .
• Hans Christoph von Seherr-Thoss : Dictionary of famous personalities in the automobile world. Ivy House Publishing, Raleigh NC, USA, 2005, ISBN 1-57197-333-8 .

Web links

Commons : Gaston Vinet  - collection of pictures, 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.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Fersen: A Century of Automobile Technology. Passenger cars. 1986, p. 436.
5. ^ Seherr-Thoss: Dictionary of famous personalities in the automobile world. 2005, p. 164.
6. ↑ L'Aérophil, 1 May 1913th
7. ↑ jn.passieux: Vinet monoplan.
8. ↑ All Aero: Vinet.