Automobiles Otto

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Société Générale des Voitures Automobiles Otto
legal form
founding 1900
resolution 1914
Seat Paris , France
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société Générale des Voitures Automobiles Otto was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company manufactured automobiles in Paris between 1900 and 1914 and sold them under various brand names.

vehicles

Brand name Otto (1901–1907)

Initially, the 10 CV models with a two-cylinder engine and 20 CV with a four-cylinder engine were produced. Both models had a chain drive . In 1902 a 10 CV with a four-cylinder engine replaced the 20 CV . In 1907 a 30 CV was on offer.

Brand name Culmen (1907–1909)

With the brand name Culmen there was a model with its own single-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1100 cm³ , as well as models with four-cylinder engines from Chapuis-Dornier with a displacement of 1500 cm³ and 1700 cm³.

Brand name FL (1910-1914)

Henri de la Fresnaye from Levallois-Perret manufactured small cars with the brand name FL between 1908 and the end of 1909 . From 1910 Otto took over the production. The 12/16 CV model had a four-cylinder engine with 2010 cc and 13 hp . In 1911 or 1912, the 18/24 CV model with a six-cylinder engine and a displacement of 3015 cm³ also appeared.

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)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
  • George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)

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