Le Métais
Voiturettes Le Métais | |
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legal form | Société |
founding | 1904 |
resolution | 1910 |
Seat | Levallois-Perret , France |
management | Louis Le Métais |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Voiturettes Le Métais was a French manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Louis Le Métais founded the company in Levallois-Perret in 1904 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Le Métais . His sisters-in-law Henri Godefroy and Émile Godefroy were also involved. Production ended in 1910. Henri Godefroy then founded GEP with Levêque Godefroy et Levêque and Émile Godefroy founded GEP in 1913
vehicles
Initially there were single-cylinder models with built-in engines from De Dion-Bouton . A dedicated engine was used in the 9 CV model . The vehicles were equipped with a friction or friction gear and also took part in car races from 1906 to 1908. From 1907 models with two-cylinder engines and four-cylinder engines were manufactured by Gnôme et Rhône .
A vehicle that has survived was exhibited in the Museon di Rodo in Uzès in 1980 .
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Le Métais.
- George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Le Métais.
- ↑ a b c George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English).
- ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
- ^ Erik Eckermann: Museon di Rodo in Uzès. In: Automobil- und Motorrad-Chronik , issue 7/1980, p. 39.