Hurtu

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Compagnie des Automobiles et Cycles Hurtu
legal form
founding 1895
resolution 1930
Seat Albert
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Emblem 1897
Emblem around 1900
1910 emblem
Share over 100 francs in the Compagnie des Automobiles et Cycles Hurtu on March 15, 1899

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 .

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 : Hurtu  - collection of pictures, 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. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.