Hotchkiss-Grégoire

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Hotchkiss-Grégoire

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Hotchkiss-Grégoire
Hotchkiss-Grégoire

Hotchkiss-Grégoire was a French car brand.

Company history

The Hotchkiss company from Saint-Denis used the brand name Hotchkiss-Grégoire from 1950 for vehicles that were based on the prototype Grégoire R by Jean-Albert Grégoire . Production ended in 1954. A total of 247 vehicles were built. Grégoire developed the vehicle further and launched it in 1956 as Grégoire Sport .

vehicles

The only model had a four - cylinder boxer engine and front-wheel drive . The prototypes had a displacement of 1998 cm³ and the engine power was 60 hp , in series production an enlarged engine with a displacement of 2188 cm and 70 hp was used. The wheelbase was 250 cm, the vehicle length 465 cm. In addition to the sedan, there was also a coupe .

A surviving vehicle was auctioned on April 10, 2019 for the equivalent of 22,720 euros .

literature

  • Roger Gloor: Post-war car from 1945–1960. Hallwag Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-444-10263-1 .
  • 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 : Hotchkiss-Grégoire  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ Motor Klassik , issue 6/2019, p. 62.