First Moravian factory for motorcycles and automobiles - Petr Kohout & Spol.

First Moravian factory for motorcycles and automobiles - Petr Kohout & Spol.
legal form
founding	1896
resolution	1906
Seat	Brno , Austria-Hungary
management	Petr Kohout
Number of employees	65
Branch	Motor vehicle manufacturer
Status: 1906

The first Moravian factory for motorcycles and automobiles - Petr Kohout & Spol. (Czech: První moravská továrna motorových kol a vozů Petr Kohout & spol.) was a manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles from Austria-Hungary .

Company history

1896 Petr Kohout founded the company in Brno as a workshop for bike repairs . In 1904 the production of motorcycles began. The brand name was Kohout . In 1905 automobiles added to the range. In 1906 65 workers were employed. Production ended in the same year. Some vehicles were also exported to Russia .

vehicles

motorcycles

Single-cylinder engines from Minerva Motors and the Fafnir works provided the drive .

Automobiles

In 1905, two models were exhibited at the 2nd Prague Motor Show. The smaller model was a single seater. An air-cooled single-cylinder engine from Fafnir with 4 HP power initially powered the rear axle via belts. A chain later transmitted the engine power. The maximum speed was given as 30 km / h. The larger model had a water-cooled two - cylinder engine with 8 hp. There was space for two people.

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 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Encyclopedie automobilů. České a slovenské osobní automobily od roku 1815 do současnosti. Computer Press, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1587-9 . (Czech)
• Hans Seper , Helmut Krackowizer , Alois Brusatti : Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today. Welsermühl, Wels 1984, ISBN 3-85339-177-X .
• Hans Seper, Martin Pfundner, Hans Peter Lenz : Austrian automobile history. Eurotax, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-905566-01-X .

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on January 27, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
3. ↑ Šuman-Hreblay: Encyklopedie automobilů.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.
5. ^ Seper, Pfundner, Lenz: Austrian automobile history.