Borittier

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Borittier is the name of a short-lived French automobile brand .

In the course of 1899, an unknown number of light automobiles were built in Mayet ( Sarthe department ).

These Voiturettes were open two-seaters with the engine in the rear. The manufacturer of the small single-cylinder engine was the market leader De Dion-Bouton . This engine appeared on the market in 1893 with a displacement of 137 cm³ and 0.5 hp. With a speed of 1500 / min. - three times that of Carl Benz's engine - it was considered "high-speed". The version from the beginning of 1899 already produced 2.75 hp, had a removable, water-cooled cylinder head and an air-cooled engine block. The inlet valve worked automatically (at atmospheric pressure), the outlet valve mechanically. The power was transmitted to the rear axle with a belt .

The Borittier appeared around the same time as the much better known face -to- face Voiturette by De Dion-Bouton, for which the same engine was used.

During the long production period of the engine from 1893 to 1913, it was used by around 140 companies at home and abroad.

literature

  • GN Georgano (Ed.): Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. Dutton Press, New York, 2nd edition (hardcover) 1973, ISBN 0-525-08351-0 . (English)
  • Anthony Bird: De Dion Bouton - First automobile Giant. Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Car marque book No. 6. (1971) Ballantine Books Inc. 101 Fifth Ave., New York, No. 02322-6. (English)
  • Anthony Bird: The single-cylinder De Dion Boutons. Profile Publications No. 25; Profile Publications Ltd., Leatherhead, Surrey, England. (English)