Hurtu
Compagnie des Automobiles et Cycles Hurtu | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1895 |
resolution | 1930 |
Seat | Albert |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
The Compagnie des Automobiles et Cycles Hurtu was a French manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Messrs. Hurtu, Hautin and E. Diligeon founded the company Hurtu, Hautin et Diligeon in Albert in 1880 to build sewing machines . Machine tools, grinders and bicycles followed , which were marketed as Hurtu . In 1895 E. Diligeon sold his shares and founded his own company Diligeon et Cie . The brand name Hurtu remained unchanged. Automobile production began in 1896 under a license from Automobiles Léon Bollée . In 1897 the first car was built in-house. Marshall & Co from Manchester was a licensee. In 1899 the company was renamed Compagnie des Autos et Cycles Hurtu . Other factories were located in Neuilly-sur-Seine and Rueil . Automobile production increased. In 1913, 600 vehicles were built. Production ended in 1930.
vehicles
The first model was similar to the German Benz and had a single cylinder engine . From 1900 there was the more modern 3½ CV model with a single cylinder engine from De Dion-Bouton . In addition, models with single-cylinder, two-cylinder and four-cylinder engines from Aster were created from 1900 . In 1912 the range consisted of the single-cylinder model 8 CV and the four-cylinder model 10 CV . From 1922 a four-cylinder model with a displacement of 2000 cc was created .
A vehicle of this brand can be viewed in the Musée de l'automobile de la Fondation Pierre Gianadda in Martigny , Switzerland .
Hurtu (1897) in the Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National - Collection Schlumpf
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
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on February 25, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
- ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.