La Nef

Lacroix et de Laville
legal form
founding	1898
resolution	1914
Seat	Agen
management	Joseph Lacroix
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

La Nef Tonneau 1898

La Nef 1906

La Nef was a French car brand.

Company history

Joseph Lacroix founded Lacroix et de Laville in Agen in 1898 and began developing automobiles . In the same year the first prototype was ready. It is unclear whether series production began before 1903. Production ended in 1914. A total of around 200 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Three- wheeled vehicles were offered , similar to the La Va Bon Train . The single-cylinder built -in engine from De Dion-Bouton with a choice of 400 to 700 cm³ displacement was installed behind the individual front wheel and drove the rear wheels. It was steered by means of a long handlebar. There were bodies for two and four people.

Vehicles of this brand can be seen in the car museums in Brussels , Nysted and Rochetaillée-sur-Saône .

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 : La Nef  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on February 27, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.