Dubonnet (automobile manufacturer)
Dubonnet | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1932 or 1933 |
resolution | 1936 or 1938 |
Seat | Courbevoie |
management | André Dubonnet |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Dubonnet was a French manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
André Dubonnet ran the company that made the Dubonnet , drove car races and developed the Dubonnet suspension . In 1932 or 1933 he founded the automobile production company in Courbevoie . The brand name was Dubonnet . Production ended in 1936 or 1938. In total, only a few vehicles were built.
vehicles
Dubonnet's first vehicle was a racing car based on a Hispano-Suiza . The six-cylinder engine had a displacement of 8000 cm³ . A special feature was the light rosewood body. The maximum speed was given as 193 km / h. This vehicle was created before the company was founded.
The Xenia vehicle followed in 1932 . Again based on a Hispano-Suiza , the particularly low frame was noticeable. The four-door sedan got by without a center post.
The Dauphin or Dolphin had a V8 engine from Ford , which was mounted in the rear.
In 1935 a four-seater with two doors was created. The designer was Jean Édouard Andreau . Again a V8 engine from Ford provided the drive in the rear.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dubonnet.
- George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975, p. 236. (French)
Web links
- Report on the Dolphin (with photo) (French, accessed October 5, 2014)
- Histomobile (accessed December 18, 2014)
- Allcarindex (accessed December 18, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Dubonnet.
- ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975, p. 236. (French)
- ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed December 18, 2014)