L'Élégante

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L'Élégante from 1903 during the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

L'Élégante was a French car brand.

Company history

The company JB Mercier had his headquarters on the Rue St. Ferdinand 6 in Paris . In 1903, the production of automobiles began , which were marketed as L'Élégante . Production ended in 1907.

vehicles

In the beginning there were models with single-cylinder engines that delivered either 4 HP , 6 HP or 8 HP. Later, more powerful engines with 9 hp, 12 hp and 16 hp were available. The built-in motors came from De Dion-Bouton .

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 : L'Élégante  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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