Fournier et Marcadier

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Fournier et Marcadier

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founding 1963
resolution 1969
Seat Mions
management Marcel Fournier, André Marcadier
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Fournier-Marcadier Barzoi
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Fournier et Marcadier was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Marcel Fournier and André Marcadier founded the company in Lyon in 1963 and began producing racing cars. The brand name was Fournier-Marcadier . In 1967 the company moved to Mions . In the same year the production of road vehicles, which were also available as kit cars, began . In 1969 the two partners separated. Under the management of André Marcadier, Automobiles became Marcadier in 1970 . A total of around 110 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Racing car

The Barquette FM was an open, two-seater racing car. The four-cylinder engine came from the Renault 8 and was mounted in the middle of the vehicle. The wheelbase was 227 cm. The seat of the building cost 6700 French francs in 1965 . Around 60 kits were made between 1963 and 1966.

Monoposto

The Monoplace ARAL from 1966 to 1969 was a single-seat racing car that was manufactured for what would later become Formule France . The engine, engine layout and wheelbase corresponded to the Barquette FM . The company made about 20 vehicles.

Road vehicles

The only model for the street was the Barzoi . This was a coupe with double doors on a tubular frame. The four-cylinder engine with 1000 cm³ to 1600 cm³ displacement was mounted in the middle of the vehicle and came from the Renault 8 Gordini. With a wheelbase of 227 cm and a track width of about 136 cm, the vehicles were 360 ​​cm long, 156 cm wide and 98 cm high. About 30 vehicles were built between 1967 and 1969.

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)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 28. Toutes les voitures françaises 1967. Salon 1966. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2003. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 29. Toutes les voitures françaises 1968. Salon 1967. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2004. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 30. Toutes les voitures françaises 1969. Salon 1968. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2004. (French)

Web links

Commons : Fournier et Marcadier  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c d Club des Automobiles Marcadier (accessed on November 12, 2013)