Cottin & Desgouttes

Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes
legal form
founding	1905
resolution	1934
Reason for dissolution	Great Depression
Seat	Lyon , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Lettering on the radiator grille

Automobiles Cottin & Desgouttes share of more than 100 francs on January 10, 1922

Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes was a French manufacturer of automobiles and commercial vehicles .

Company history

Pierre Desgouttes, who previously worked for Audibert-Lavirotte and Berliet , founded the Société des Automobiles Pierre Desgouttes et Compagnie in Lyon in 1905 and began building automobiles. The brand name was Desgouttes . In January 1906, Cyrille Cottin joined the company. The company then changed to Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes and the brand name to Cottin & Desgouttes . In 1910 300 people were employed. 450 copies were made in 1913. In 1922 Paul Joseph replaced Pierre Desgouttes as a designer. In the mid-1920s, production stagnated at around 420 vehicles per year; around a third of them are commercial vehicles. In 1934 production ended as a result of the global economic crisis .

vehicles

Brand name Desgouttes

The 24/40 CV model was presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1905 . A four-cylinder engine with 6330 cm³ displacement provided the drive . The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via a chain. In addition, the models 12 CV , 18/22 CV and 50/70 CV were offered; however, it is not certain whether these models were actually produced.

Brand name Cottin & Desgouttes

In addition to the 24/40 CV, the 18/22 CV with 3770 cm³ displacement and the 50/70 CV with 10220 cm³ displacement supplemented the range that had already been announced. In 1907 a 12/14 CV followed with a displacement of 2412 cm³. In 1909, a 12 CV with 1538 cm³ displacement and for the first time cardan drive as well as the 20 CV and 45 CV models with six-cylinder engines added to the range. After the 50/70 CV was discontinued in 1908 or 1909, a similar model called the 60 CV or 45/70 CV with a displacement of 10613 cc was available between 1911 and 1914 . In 1911 the four-cylinder 12 CV model with 1846 cc and a monoblock engine followed.

After the First World War , the revised pre-war models 14/16 CV with 3216 cm³ displacement, 18/20 CV with 4071 cm³ displacement, 25/35 CV with 5026 cm³ displacement and 32 CV with 7238 cm³ displacement were in the range. The 32 CV had a wheelbase of 350 cm . In 1922 the more modern M-Type followed with a four-cylinder engine, 2613 cm³ displacement and overhead valves ; and in 1923 the six-cylinder model M 6 with the same dimensions for bore and stroke , ie 3920 cm³ displacement. M 6 Léger was the version for light, sporty versions and M 6 Long for sedans. Of the M de Course , a racing car with a four-cylinder engine and 2986 cm³ displacement, around 20 examples were made between 1922 and 1928. In 1926 the new model series Sans Secousses (“without jerk”, vibration-free) appeared with individually suspended front wheels, which were guided by sliding sleeves and sprung with transverse leaf springs. There was a choice of different motors, including a built-in motor from CIME .

Car production ended in the summer of 1931. Vehicles in stock were sold until 1932. Commercial vehicles were made until 1934.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Musée Automobile Reims Champagne in Reims .

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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

Commons : Cottin & Desgouttes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 9, 2013)

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 g} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.