Contal

Mototri Contal
legal form
founding	1900
resolution	1910
Seat	Paris
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Mototri Contal was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1900. Production ended in 1910.

vehicles

There were three wheelers manufactured in which the individual wheel was back. The driver sat in the back on a saddle, the passenger in front. There were both touring cars and delivery vans . The output was either 3.5 hp , 4 hp or 6 hp. The drive was via a chain on the rear wheel.

Others

A vehicle of this brand was used by Auguste Pons on the long-distance journey from Beijing to Paris in 1907. The vehicle broke down and was left in the Gobi Desert .

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  Contal from 1906

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  Contal from 1906

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  Contal from 1907

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• Jacques Rousseau, Jean-Paul Caron: Guide de l'automobile française. Solar, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-263-01105-6 (French)

Web links

Commons : Contal  - 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} Rousseau, Caron: Guide de l'automobile française.