Cico SA

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Cico SA
legal form SA
founding 1979
resolution 1984
Seat Limoges , France
Branch Automobiles

The Cico SA was a French manufacturer of automobiles . Cico stood for Chaudronnerie Industrielle du Center-Ouest.

Company history

Cicostar LC 79 (1981)
Cicostar Matic

The company started producing automobiles in 1979. The location was at rue Léonard Samie 52-54 in the Magré et Romanet industrial area of Limoges . The brand name was Cicostar . Production ended in 1984.

vehicles

The company manufactured micro cars. The engines were mounted in the stern. First, a tricycle stood with a built-in motor of Sachs with 47 cc displacement and four-wheel with an engine of Motobécane 49.9 cc on offer. The vehicles were 194 cm long, 112 cm wide and 144 cm high. Later in 1980 the Matic model with four wheels added to the range. There was a choice of engines with 50 cm³ and 125 cm³ displacement. A slightly longer model called the Starvan remained a prototype .

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)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 74. Toutes les voitures françaises 1980. Salon 1979. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2005. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 90. Toutes les voitures françaises 1981. Salon 1980. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2008. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 80. Toutes les voitures françaises 1982. Salon 1981. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 96. Toutes les voitures françaises 1983. Salon 1982. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)

Web links

Commons : Cico SA  - 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 c Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1980.