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Automobiles G. Brouhot & Cie

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founding 1898
resolution 1911
Seat Vierzon
management Charles Brouhot
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Share for 100 francs in Usines d'Automobiles G. Brouhot SA dated June 9, 1906
Brouhot in Paris, 1910
Brouhot from 1898
Brouhot from 1906

Automobiles G. Brouhot & Cie was a French manufacturer of automobiles and engines .

Company history

Charles Brouhot ran a farm manufacturing company in Vierzon in the 1890s . In 1898 he founded Automobiles G. Brouhot & Cie as an independent company , also in Vierzon. Automobile production ended in 1911. The main company went into liquidation in 1914 . Société Française de Vierzon took over the company.

Models

The first model had a horizontal two-cylinder engine in the rear. In 1903 there was the two-cylinder model 10 CV and the four-cylinder models 15 CV and 20 CV with stationary engines and chain drive . Four-cylinder models with 10 to 60 hp followed later . In 1906 the two-cylinder model 8 CV with cardan drive appeared . The last new model 9 CV appeared in 1908.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Musée Auto Moto Vélo in Châtellerault .

motor race

In 1903 the race from Paris to Madrid took place. Brouhot made a one-off racing car and took part. The engine had a displacement of 8013 cm³ and made 40 hp. The vehicle had an accident near Angoulême . In addition to the mechanic, two spectators died. Thereupon Brouhot gave up the automobile sport.

Engines

Ateliers P. Sage and Elswick Motor used Brouhot built-in motors .

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 1: A – F. 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

Commons : Brouhot  - collection of images, 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. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.