E. Hidien

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E. Hidien
legal form
founding 1898
resolution 1902
Seat Châtillon-sur-Indre , France
management Emile Hidien
Branch Automobiles

E. Hidien was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Emile Hidien founded the company in Châtillon-sur-Indre in 1898 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Hidien . In 1900 and 1901 the company exhibited vehicles at the Paris Motor Show . Production ended in 1902. A total of around 20 vehicles were built.

In 1913, Emile Hidien took over the management of his father's company in Châteauroux , which manufactured agricultural implements.

vehicles

In the first vehicles, the two-cylinder engine was mounted under the rear seat and powered the rear axle via a chain. Later models had a front engine, the radiator behind the engine, a three-speed gearbox and cardan drive .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hidien.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 690. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 690. (English)
  2. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Hidien.
  3. ↑ George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)