Delage Type E

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Type E
Production period: 1906-1909
Class : Small car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
0.9 liters
(8 hp)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2050 mm
Empty weight :

The Delage Type E was an early 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 38 and approved on November 16, 1906. Delage offered the model from 1906 to 1909.

A single-cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton powered vehicles. It had a 100 mm bore and 120 mm stroke . This resulted in a displacement of 942 cm³ . The engine developed 8  hp . The more powerful engine was the only difference to Delage Type D . The maximum speed was given as 50 km / h.

The chassis had a track width of 1165 mm and a wheelbase of 2050 mm . The open body as a Phaeton offered space for two people.

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 confirms the construction period from 1906 to 1909. Four vehicles still exist.

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).