De Marçay

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De Marçay et Compagnie
legal form
founding 1920
resolution 1923 at the latest
Seat Paris , France
management Edmond De Marçay
Branch Automobile manufacturer

De Marçay Cyclecar from 1922 with an Anzani engine
Side view
engine

De Marçay et Compagnie was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1920 under the direction of Edmond De Marçay. The brand name was De Marçay . Production ended in 1923 at the latest.

vehicles

The only model was a cycle car . The vehicle was equipped with an air-cooled V2 engine from Anzani with a displacement of 987 cm³ , three-speed gearbox, cardan drive , but without a differential . The weight was about 300 kg. The vehicle could reach a top speed of around 70 km / h. Robert Benoist used a vehicle of this brand in the car race from Paris to Nice in 1920.

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)
  • George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)
  • David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 . (English)

Web links

Commons : De Marçay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie , The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile , Autos. Encyclopédie complète and The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars name 1921 as the end of production;
    The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles mentions 1922
    and Guide de l'automobile française mentions 1923
  2. a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  3. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  4. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.