Caban (automobile manufacturer)

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Yves Giraud-Cabantous
legal form
founding 1926
resolution 1932
Seat Boulogne-Billancourt
management Yves Giraud-Cabantous
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Yves Giraud-Cabantous was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The racing driver Yves Giraud-Cabantous founded the company that bore his name in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1926 to manufacture automobiles . The brand name was Caban . Production ended in 1932. A total of 28 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Mainly sports cars were manufactured that were also used in car races such as the 24-hour races of Le Mans . There was a choice of four-cylinder engines from Ruby , Salmson and SCAP. In addition to 19 sports and racing cars, six sedans and three convertibles 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 c d e 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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.