Automobiles Westinghouse

Société des Automobiles Westinghouse
legal form
founding	1901
resolution	1912
Seat	Le Havre , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The Société des Automobiles Westinghouse was a French automobile manufacturer .

Company history

The company was founded in Le Havre in 1901 as a subsidiary of the American company Westinghouse Electric . In 1904 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Westinghouse . Production ended in 1912. At Marta in Arad ( Hungary ) a license production took place.

vehicles

Initially there were the 20/28 CV and 30/40 CV models with chain drive. In 1908 the models 16/20 CV and 20/30 CV with cardan drive and the 35/40 CV with chain drive appeared. All vehicles were equipped with four-cylinder engines.

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

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 6, 2013)

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.