Godefroy et Levêque

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Godefroy et Levêque
legal form
founding 1910
resolution 1936
Seat Levallois-Perret
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Ruby engine

Godefroy et Levêque was a French company in the automotive industry.

Company history

The Levallois-Perret company began producing engines and automobiles in 1910. The brand name was Ruby . For export to England, the vehicles were given the brand name Elburn-Ruby until 1912 and then Tweenie . In addition to the small number of its own automobiles, built-in engines were supplied to numerous other automobile manufacturers. Automobile production ended in 1922 and engine production in 1936.

vehicles

Until 1914 there were three different single-cylinder models and three two-cylinder models from 6 CV to 12 CV . In 1919 a four-cylinder model appeared .

Engine deliveries

Built-in engines were supplied to the following automobile manufacturers: Antony , AS , Ashby , Automobilette , BNC , Caban , Carteret , Clément-Rochelle , Coadou-Fleury , Colin , Cyclauto , Dalila , Demati , Derby , D'Yrsan , EHP , FD , Fournier , GAR , Georges Irat , Guilick , Hebe , Hinstin , JBR , JG Sport , Jousset , Kévah , Lambert , Le Cabri , Loryc , Madou , MASE , Mouette , Noël , Octo , Orial , Panthère , Perreau , Philos , Rally , Regina , Rémi- Danvignes , Sandford , Schmidlin , Sénéchal , Short-Ashby , SPAG , Spidos , Storm , Tholomé , Tic-Tac , Tom Pouce , Tuar and Zévaco .

See also

  • Levêque Frères , also a former French car manufacturer. However, according to a source, there was no link between the two companies.

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 3: P – Z. 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

Commons : Godefroy et Levêque  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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.