Coadou-Fleury

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Marcel Coadou
legal form
founding 1921
resolution 1934
Seat Trébeurden
management Marcel Coadou
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Coadou-Fleury was a French car brand.

Company history

The pilot Marcel Coadou founded the company that bore his name in Trébeurden in 1921 for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Coadou-Fleury . Production ended in 1934.

vehicles

The first model was a cycle car . For driving a saw four-cylinder engine of Ruby with 850 cc or 903 cc displacement and 20 PS output. The vehicle had a self-supporting body, but was too expensive to be successful.

In 1927, a further developed version of the Citroën type B2 engine with OHV valve control was used. Due to the increased engine output of 30 hp, the vehicles received four-wheel brakes. Coupés were also available later .

The last model was the Aérolithe with an aerodynamic body. One vehicle of this model has been preserved.

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)
  • GN Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)
  • David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 . (English)

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 d e f Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ^ A b c Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present.