Orion automobile factory
Zürcher & Huber, Orion automobile factory (1900–1904) Zürcher, Orion AG automobile factory |
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1898 |
resolution | 1976 |
Seat | Zurich , Switzerland |
Branch | Motor vehicle manufacturer |
Zürcher, Automobilfabrik Orion AG , previously Zürcher & Huber, Automobilfabrik Orion , was a Swiss manufacturer of automobiles , trucks and automotive accessories.
Company history
Alfred Zürcher, who previously worked for the Martini weapons factory, opened a workshop in the Zurich district of Hottingen in 1898 . On June 21, 1900, together with Jean Huber, he founded the company Zürcher & Huber, Orion automobile factory for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Orion . Initially, automobiles were made. From 1902 only trucks and buses were produced . Between 1903 and 1905, 50 copies of the Oldsmobile Curved Dash were imported and sold. In 1904 it was converted into a stock corporation called Zürcher, Automobilfabrik Orion AG . Subsidiaries existed in Bologna and Marseille . Vehicle production ended in 1910. In addition to repairing commercial vehicles, the company now manufactured radiators . Between 1918 and 1935 Mathis vehicles were sold . Then rims, radiators, car heaters and other accessories were made. In 1976 or 1977 the takeover by the international technology group AL-KO followed .
Passenger car vis-à-vis
The only model was the Vis-à-vis . A water-cooled single - cylinder engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle. The vis-à-vis body shape offered space for four people.
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 : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
Web links
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring for passenger car production (accessed on March 19, 2012)
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring Ltd for truck production (accessed on March 19, 2012)