Défi Création et Construction Automobile

Défi Création et Construction Automobile
legal form
founding	1973
resolution	1997
Seat	Lille , France
Branch	Automobiles

Défi Création et Construction Automobile was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Rue de Rivoli in Lille started producing automobiles in 1973. Production ended in 1997. The brand name was Défi .

The most important model Sterling was a license production of the English Nova . The vehicle was sold both complete and in kit form . Initially, built-in engines from Volkswagen and Porsche were available for the drive , later V6 engines from Peugeot and Renault with 200 hp were also available. In contrast to other Nova license productions, convertible and Targa versions were also offered.

The second model Irania was an open, Jeep- like vehicle with the technology of the VW Transporter . The success of this model has been low.

execution	Price 1994/95	Price 1996/97
Kit for VW mechanics	49.264	59,412
Kit for six cylinder engine	53,889	64,990
Complete vehicle with VW mechanics	167.361	201,837
Complete vehicle with six-cylinder engine	265,375	320.042

(All prices in French francs .)

The company produced around 15 vehicles per year.

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)

Nova Sterling ( Memento of October 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (French, accessed April 4, 2013)

↑ ^a ^b Défi is listed in French car catalogs until 1997, after which it no longer.
↑ Toutes les voitures du monde 94/95
↑ ^a ^b Toutes les voitures du monde 96/97