Koechlin (car brand)

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Koechlin was a French car brand.

Company history

The company S. Gerster et Cie from Courbevoie began in 1910 or 1911 with the production of automobiles which were marketed as Koechlin . Production ended in 1913 or 1914.

vehicles

The first model was a racing car that was registered for the Coupe des Voitures Légères in 1911 but did not appear for the race. A four - cylinder two-stroke engine with a capacity of 3000 cm³ provided the drive . The transmission had five gears. Between 1912 and 1913 two models were in series production: a four-cylinder model with 2995 cm³ displacement and a six-cylinder model with 3000 cm³ displacement, both with a four-speed gearbox. There was a choice of three wheelbases of different lengths .

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)

Individual evidence

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