Burlat Frères

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Burlat Frères, Construction de Moteurs Rotatifs et Châssis Automobiles
legal form
founding 1905
resolution 1907
Seat Villeurbanne
management Antoine Burlat
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Burlat Frères, Construction de Moteurs Rotatifs et Châssis Automobiles was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Antoine Burlat made an engine in 1904. In 1905 he and his three brothers founded the company in Villeurbanne near Lyon and began manufacturing automobiles. In 1905 a vehicle was shown at the Paris Motor Show . A Coventry company was licensed to manufacture the engine and use it in taxis and airplanes . Automobile production ended in 1907. The Burlat brothers also founded the company CAR for the production of trucks and aircraft engines.

vehicles

The 1,904-made motor 12/16 CV was a four-cylinder - rotary engine with 2798 cc displacement . This engine was used in automobiles from 1905. The vehicles had the drive concept front engine , cardan shaft and rear wheel drive . In 1905 the 20 CV model was presented with a four-seater touring car body. Three more vehicles were built.

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)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.