Dubonnet (automobile manufacturer)

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Dubonnet
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

Commons : Dubonnet vehicles  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975, p. 236. (French)
  3. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed December 18, 2014)