Deshais

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Automobiles Deshais
legal form
founding 1950
resolution 1952
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Deshais was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company started producing automobiles in 1950. The brand name was Deshais . Production ended in 1952.

vehicles

Small cars were on offer . Initially, an air-cooled single-cylinder engine with a displacement of 125 to 350 cm³ and 6 to 15 hp was used, which drove the front wheels via a four-speed gearbox. The open body offered space for two people. The wheelbase was 2 meters, the weight with the smallest engine 180 kg. From autumn 1951 a model with a water-cooled , transversely installed two-cylinder engine with 420 cc displacement was also available, but sales were low due to the high purchase price.

literature

  • Walter Drawer: Small Cars International . Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1999. ISBN 3-613-01959-0
  • 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)