Grégoire R
| Grégoire | |
|---|---|
 Grégoire R from 1948
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| R. | |
| Sales designation: | R. |
| Production period: | 1947-1949 |
| Class : | upper middle class |
| Body versions : | limousine |
| Engines: |
Otto engine : 2.0 liters (47 kW) |
| Length: | 4500 mm |
| Width: | 1700 mm |
| Height: | 1520 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2450 mm |
| Empty weight : | 1060 kg |
| successor | Hotchkiss-Grégoire |
The Grégoire R is a French passenger car.
history
The French front-wheel drive pioneer Jean-Albert Grégoire designed a large front-wheel drive passenger car after the Second World War . Hotchkiss took over the project and marketed the vehicles as Hotchkiss-Grégoire from 1949 to 1954 .
A vehicle of this brand can be viewed in the Cité de l'Automobile in Mulhouse .
chassis
The engine was mounted in the front of the chassis and drove the front wheels.
engine
It was powered by a water-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 1998 cc and producing 64 hp .
body
The vehicles were bodied as four-door hatchback sedans .
mass and weight
With a wheelbase of 2450 mm and a track width of 1440 mm (front) or 1320 mm (rear), the vehicle length was 4500 mm, the vehicle width 1700 mm and the vehicle height 1520 mm. The weight of the vehicles was given as 1060 kg.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- GN Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present , Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 (English)
- René Bellu: Toutes les Voitures Françaises 1948 , Histoire & Collections, Paris 1998
