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Cyclecars GAR (1922–1929)
Gardahaut et Cie (1929–1934)
legal form
founding 1922
resolution 1934
Seat Asnières-sur-Seine
management Garda skin
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Gardahaut et Cie , previously Cyclecars GAR , was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Mr. Gardahaut founded the company Cyclecars GAR in Clichy in 1922 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was GAR . In 1929 (according to another source in 1925) it was renamed Gardahaut et Cie and moved to Asnières-sur-Seine . Production ended in 1934. Automobiles JP acquired some of the engines that were still in existence.

vehicles

The company initially manufactured cycle cars with air-cooled two-cylinder engines. A little later, small sports cars with different engines were added, which were also used in car races.

The choices were:

License

The Milan company Verza Automobili GAR manufactured GAR models under license between 1924 and 1926 .

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)

Web links

  • Photo (accessed March 26, 2013)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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 g h Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.