GEP

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Automobiles GEP
legal form
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Seat Gennevilliers
management Émile Godefroy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles GEP was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Émile Godefroy founded the company in Gennevilliers in 1913 to produce automobiles. His partners were Esmenard and Pons. The brand name GEP was derived from the names G odefroy, E smenard and P ons . Production ended in 1914.

vehicles

Small cars were on offer. The smallest model 8 CV had a single cylinder engine with 664 cm³ displacement . The middle model 10 CV had a two-cylinder engine with 1058 cm³ displacement. The largest model 10 CV was of a four-cylinder engine of Ballot driven with 1131 cc displacement. There was a choice of two-seater bodies for the small models, two- and four-seater bodies for the largest model, and delivery vans . The vehicles had a friction transmission and chain 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 (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)

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. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.