Chainless

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SA des Voitures Légères Chainless
legal form SA
founding 1900
resolution 1903
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

SA des Voitures Légères Chainless was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1900. The brand names were Chainless and Knowles Chain . Production ended in 1903.

vehicles

Brand name Chainless

Initially, there were the 8 CV and 12 CV models with two-cylinder built -in engines from Société Buchet . In 1901 there was the 16 CV in the Tonneau body shape . The 24 CV followed in 1903 as the largest model . All models were equipped with a cardan drive .

Brand name Knowles Chain

Under this brand name, vehicles with chain drives were built between 1900 and 1901.

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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.