C. Jeantaud
C. Jeantaud | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1893 |
resolution | 1906 |
Seat | Paris , France |
management | Charles Jeantaud |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
C. Jeantaud was a French manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Charles Jeantaud founded the company for the production of automobiles in Paris in 1893. The brand name was Jeantaud . Production ended in 1906 with the death of Charles Jeantaud.
vehicles
The company initially only manufactured electric cars. There was a choice of open bodies, coupés and Hansom cabs . From 1905, the vehicles had front-wheel drive . One vehicle took part in the Paris – Bordeaux – Paris car race in 1895 , but was eliminated. In addition, record vehicles were created for the hunt for the land speed record , which the driver Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat was able to achieve three times.
Between 1903 and 1904 the company also manufactured vehicles with gasoline engines. There was a choice of a two-cylinder engine with 12 hp , a three-cylinder engine with 18 hp and a four-cylinder engine with 24 hp.
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 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
Web links
- Jeantaud record car (accessed April 7, 2013)
- Description of a Phaëton électrique de Jeantaud from 1894 (French, accessed April 7, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.