De Dietrich (Lunéville)

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De Dietrich et Compagnie
legal form
founding 1897
resolution 1905
Seat Luneville
management Adrien de Turckheim
Branch Automobile manufacturer

De Dietrich, license Amédée Bollée
De Dietrich from 1903
De Dietrich racing car from 1903

De Dietrich was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The industrial dynasty De Dietrich owned numerous industrial companies in Alsace , Lorraine and other neighboring French regions in the 19th century . In 1896 a license was acquired from Amédée Bollée . The company started producing automobiles in 1897. The place of production was Lunéville in Lorraine. The brand name was De Dietrich . Initially, the product range was similar to that offered by De Dietrich from Niederbronn, which belongs to the same family . Production ended in 1905. Lorraine-Dietrich was the successor company.

vehicles

The first models under license from Amédée Bollée had two-cylinder engines . The displacement was either 2300 cm³ or 3000 cm³. 72 of these models were made in 1898 and 107 in 1900. They were also used in the 1901 Paris – Berlin race, but they were not competitive.

The company then manufactured vehicles under a license from Turcat-Méry . The two- and four-cylinder engines were mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a chain. In 1902, 253 vehicles were built. In 1903 there were three four-cylinder models with 3000 cm³, 4100 cm³ and 5400 cm³ displacement.

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 : De Dietrich  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. ^ Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present.