Darmont

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R. Darmont
legal form
founding 1919
resolution 1939
Seat Courbevoie
management Roger Darmont, André Darmont
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Darmont was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Roger Darmont began importing the Morgan three-wheelers made in England during the First World War . After the end of the war, he and his brother André founded the automobile production company in Courbevoie, France . He obtained the license to build the Morgan tricycle in France. He brought it to the market under the name Darmont-Morgan with slight technical changes. Over the years, Darmont launched three other models. The V Junior , presented in 1935, remained the only four-wheeled Darmont to go into series production. With the beginning of the Second World War , Roger Darmont had to file for bankruptcy.

vehicles

Darmont-Morgan

Darmont-Morgan from 1922

The Darmont-Morgan is identical to the early Morgan three-wheeler except for small changes . It was produced from 1920. He had a front air-cooled two-cylinder V-engine with a displacement of 1084 cm³. This accelerated the car up to a top speed of around 125 km / h. Darmont used this model successfully in several road and hill climbs, for example in the Mont Ventoux Rally . In 1921 Darmont took the first three places in the Paris-Nice endurance race.

Darmont Special

Darmont Spécial from 1926

The Darmont Spécial was produced from 1926. It was equipped with a water-cooled two-cylinder engine with a displacement of about 1100 cm³. The top speed was 150 km / h. In the 1930s, more luxurious versions of the rather sparse Spécial were also sold.

Darmont Étoile de France

The Darmont Étoile de France was produced from 1932. It is very reminiscent of the Spécial.

Darmont V Junior

Darmont V Junior from 1935

The Darmont V Junior is the only four-wheel car produced by Darmont. It was sold from autumn 1935 and was equipped with a two-cylinder V-engine with a displacement of 1100 cc.

literature

  • Jonathan Wood: Morgan, achievement and tradition. Heel 2005, ISBN 3-89880-420-8 .
  • 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 : Darmont  - 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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.