Eldin & Lagier

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Eldin & Lagier
legal form
founding 1898
resolution 1901
Seat Lyon
management Alphonse Eldin, Lagier
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Eldin & Lagier was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Messrs. Alphonse Eldin and Lagier founded the company in Lyon in 1898 to sell De Dion-Bouton vehicles . In 1899 the production of automobiles began. Barisien was the designer. In 1901 production ended after only a few copies had been made. Alphonse Eldin moved to Rochet-Schneider in 1906 as sales director .

vehicles

The first model was equipped with two built-in motors from De Dion-Bouton , each with 1.75 hp , which were mounted in the front of the vehicle. The 20 CV model with a four-cylinder engine followed in 1901 . A vehicle of this type was delivered to the Belgian King Leopold II .

literature

  • 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)

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 c d Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.