Hinstin

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SA of the Établissement Jacques Hinstin
legal form SA
founding 1920
resolution 1928
Seat Eye of the mouth
management Jacques Hinstin
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Hinstin from 1921

The SA des Établissements Jacques Hinstin was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Jacques Hinstin was a partner of André Citroën . In 1920 he founded the company in Maubeuge and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Hinstin . There were connections to SUP , Automobiles Grégoire and Guilick . Production ended in 1928.

vehicles

The first model was developed in cooperation with SUP. A four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control and 1098 cm³ displacement provided the drive. The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The transmission had three gears. There is no differential . The open body offered space for two people. With the dissolution of SUP, the production of this model also ended. A total of around 700 copies were made of this model. Three of these vehicles received a streamlined body and took part in a car race at Le Mans in 1921 .

Other sources cite the engine suppliers Ruby and CIME for engines with around 1100 cc and Altos for larger engines.

A vehicle of this brand was on view in 1999 at the Jean Tua Auto Museum in Geneva .

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

Commons : Hinstin  - 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. ^ A b c Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.