Delage Type A

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Type A
Production period: 1905-1907
Class : Small car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
1.1 liters
(9 hp)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 1850 mm
Empty weight : Chassis 445 kg
successor Delage Type F

The Delage Type A was the first passenger car model from the French brand Delage . The manufacturer called it a voiturette .

description

The national registration authority tested the vehicle with the number 1 and granted the approval on August 18, 1905. Delage offered the model from 1905 to 1907. Successor was Delage Type F .

A single-cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton powered vehicles. It had a 106 mm bore and 120 mm stroke . This resulted in a displacement of 1059 cm³ . The engine developed 9  hp . As with all subsequent series models, it was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear wheels. This made a top speed of 42 km / h possible.

The chassis came from Malicet & Blin . It had a track width of 1165 mm and a wheelbase of 1850 mm . It weighed 445 kg. The open body as a Phaeton offered space for two people.

The Delage Type B , also presented in 1905, was identical except for a weaker engine.

Numbers of units and surviving vehicles

Peter Jacobs from the Delage Register of Great Britain compiled an overview of production figures and the number of vehicles that still exist in October 2006. His information on the construction times differ in some cases from the information given by the book authors. Numbers of the models before the First World War are unknown. For this model, he gives the construction period from 1905 to 1906. There are four vehicles left.

Automobile sport

The only known participation in racing was in the Coupe des Voiturettes in 1906 . The race for small cars took place from November 5 to 12, 1906 in the region around Rambouillet . Delage reported three Type A. The driver Pessonneaux and the mechanic Louis Chenard formed one team and Ménard and Lucas formed a second. Laillault did not start. Pessonneaux and Chenard dropped out by accident. Ménard and Lucas took second place behind a Peugeot.

literature

  • Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 2. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 13 (English).
  2. ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 1. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 20-21 (English).