Européenne

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Société Européenne d'Automobiles
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1903
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société Européenne d'Automobiles was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Société Européenne d'Automobiles in Paris began in 1899 with the production of automobiles. Production ended in 1903.

vehicles

The company initially manufactured steam cars based on patents from Messrs. Tatin and Tanière. These were optionally three-wheelers with a single front wheel as two-seater and four-wheeled vehicles with four seats in a dos-à-dos arrangement. The maximum speed was initially given as 25 km / h. The tricycle was missing from the Paris Motor Show in July 1900; and the four-wheeler was now given a top speed of 45 km / h.

In 1900 there was also the 12 CV model with a gasoline engine and four seats and in 1903 the 6 CV with a built-in engine from De Dion-Bouton as a four-seater tonneau .

In 1903 a 30 CV racing car was created that took part in the Paris – Madrid car race.

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 e f Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.