Léon Ducommun & Cie.

Léon Ducommun & Cie., Mechanical engineering workshop
legal form	k. A.
founding	1903
resolution	1905
Seat	Mulhouse , German Empire
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Léon Ducommun & Cie., Werkstätte für Maschinenbau was a German manufacturer of automobiles and commercial vehicles .

Company history

The company was based in Mulhouse ( French: Mulhouse ) in Upper Alsace . The Alsace belonged to the German Reich began when in 1903 the production of automobiles. The brand name was Ducommun . Production ended in 1905.

vehicles

Passenger cars were built until 1904. The smaller model had a two-cylinder engine with 12 hp . In the larger model, a four-cylinder engine with 24 hp provided the drive. The trucks were designed for a payload of 2.5 to 6 tons . There were also omnibuses that were used in London , among others .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)