Donnet-Contin

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SA des Automobiles Donnet-Zedel (1924–1928)
SA des Automobiles Donnet (1928–1934)
Donnet-Contin (1935–1936)

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legal form SA
founding 1924
resolution 1936
Seat Nanterre and Neuilly-sur-Seine
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Lettering on the radiator grille
Automobiles Donnet SA's obligation of 500 francs dated December 1, 1928

Donnet-Contin was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Jérôme Donnet founded SA des Automobiles Donnet-Zedel in 1924 and took over Zedel . Factories were located in Nanterre and Neuilly-sur-Seine . The brand name was initially Donnet-Zedel . As a result of the company's name being changed to SA for Automobiles Donnet , the brand name was changed to Donnet in 1928 . Production ended in December 1934. Henri Théodore Pigozzi took over the plant in Nanterre and founded Simca . Contin-Souza took over twelve completed vehicles as well as parts and machines, manufactured a few vehicles until 1936 and sold them under the old brand name Donnet .

vehicles

Brand name Donnet-Zedel

From 1924 the four-cylinder models 7 CV Model G with a displacement of 1100 cm³ and one with a displacement of 2250 cm³ were manufactured in the former factory of Vinot & Deguingand .

In 1926, a six-cylinder model with a displacement of 2500 cm³ was presented, followed by smaller six-cylinder models with a displacement of 1300 cm³ and 1800 cm³.

Brand name Donnet

In 1931 the prototype of a six-cylinder model with front-wheel drive was created , which, however, did not go into series production.

In 1932 the small car was taken over by Deguingand , which had a four-cylinder two-stroke engine with a displacement of 750 cm³.

Contin-Souza sold the twelve vehicles of the Donnastar model , which were built in 1934, in 1935. The company also produced a further developed version D 35 , which was similar to the Renault models at the time . Sales ran until 1936.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Musée Automobile Reims Champagne in Reims .

Web links

Commons : Donnet-Zedel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Donnet  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b 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)
  3. George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)