Constantinesco

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Constantinesco
legal form
founding 1926
resolution 1928
Seat Paris
management George Constantinesco
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Constantinesco was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Romanian-born George Constantinesco (1881-1965) for operation in London the Constantinesco Torque Converter Ltd . In 1926 he founded a company for the production of automobiles in Paris and in the same year exhibited vehicles at the Paris Motor Show . The brand name was Constantinesco . Production ended in 1928.

vehicles

The only model 5 CV was a small car. A two-cylinder two - stroke engine with a displacement of 494 cm³ provided the drive . The drive took place on one of the two rear wheels. A special feature was the torque converter that the British company manufactured by George Constantinesco. The open two-seater cost 250 pounds sterling . The original price for a closed version was £ 370, but this version was no longer on sale.

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)

Web links

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