De Pontac

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Établissements SEPA
legal form
founding 1955
resolution 1960
Seat Bordeaux
management Jacques de Pontac
Branch Automobile manufacturer

De Pontac was a French car brand.

Company history

Jacques de Pontac managed the Établissements SEPA company from Bordeaux . In 1955 he started with the development and 1957 with the production of automobiles. The brand name was De Pontac . Production ended in 1960.

vehicles

In 1955 and 1956, the company presented a coupé with a plastic body at the Paris Motor Show . The vehicle was based on the chassis of the Citroën 2CV , so it had front-wheel drive. An open two-seater followed later. There was a choice of a two-cylinder engine with a displacement of 425 cm , another two-cylinder engine with a displacement of 500 cm³ and 26 hp , which was developed from the original Citroën engine, and a Panhard engine with a displacement of 850 cm³.

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)
  • Roger Gloor: Post-war car from 1945–1960. Hallwag Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-444-10263-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .