Fabbrica di Automobili e Cicli Lux
Fabbrica di Automobili e Cicli Lux SA | |
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legal form | Spa |
founding | 1906 |
resolution | 1936 |
Seat | Turin , Italy |
management | Eugenio Paschetta |
Number of employees | 300 |
Branch | Motor vehicle manufacturer |
Fabbrica di Automobili e Cicli Lux SA was an Italian manufacturer of bicycles and automobiles .
Company history
Eugenio Paschetta had produced his first automobile in 1905. On March 10th, 1906, he founded the company on Corso Valentino in Turin with a share capital of 600,000 lire and began producing bicycles and automobiles. From 1907, Decauville vehicles were manufactured under license . Automobile production ended at the end of 1907. Bicycles were made until 1936.
Automobiles
The first vehicle had a two-cylinder engine with 10 hp in the rear, a four-speed gearbox and chain drive. Later there was the model 16 HP under a Decauville license. The vehicle had a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2672 cm³ and a cardan drive.
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 : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
- Collective of authors: Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 1989
Web links
- Illustration of a share (accessed February 12, 2012)