International Motor Cars

Études Design Développement et Diffusion des Produits sarl (1982–1986) International Motors Cars (Quatex Automobiles) (1986 – around 1992)
legal form
founding	1982
resolution	around 1992
Seat	Les Lilas
management	Robert Sulpice, Jean-Louis Cariou
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

E 3 D Chipie

International Motors Cars , previously Études Design Développement et Diffusion des Produits sarl , was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Robert Sulpice, who previously worked as a designer at Renault , and Jean-Louis Cariou founded the company Études Design Développement et Diffusion des Produits sarl in Roissy-en-Brie in 1982 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was E 3 D . In 1986 International Motors Cars took over production from Les Lilas . Production ended around 1992.

vehicles

The company presented the Jeepie model as a prototype . In the production version, the model was called Chipie . It was an open leisure car that resembled the jeep . The basis was the shortened chassis from the Renault 4 . The four-cylinder engine of the Renault 4 with 1108 cm³ displacement and 34 hp provided the drive . The body was made of polyester . The kit cost 15,000 French francs .

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 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 96. Toutes les voitures françaises 1983. Salon 1982. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)

Web links

Commons : International Motors Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Allcarindex.com (accessed November 7, 2013)
• voiture-de-plage.fr (French, accessed November 7, 2013)

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 c d e f g h i} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.