Le Zèbre

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SA Le Zèbre

logo
legal form SA
founding October 1909
resolution May 15, 1931
Reason for dissolution bankruptcy
Seat Puteaux
management Jules Salomon , Jaques Bizet, Emile Akar, Joseph Lamy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

SA Le Zèbre was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Share over 100 francs in the SA des Automobiles Le Zèbre from July 26, 1919

Company history

The company from Suresnes started producing automobiles in 1909. The brand name was Le Zèbre . Production ended in 1931.

vehicles

Jules Salomon , who later designed the Citroën Type A at Citroën , developed the first 5 CV model with a single-cylinder engine with a displacement of 600 cc . In 1912, two four-cylinder models with a displacement of 785 and 942 cc followed. The models were produced in relatively large numbers until 1917/18. From 1923 there was a larger model with a displacement of 2000 cc.

Vehicles of this brand can be seen in several automobile museums, mainly in France. According to a census in 1996, there are still 250 complete vehicles worldwide, with over 20 in Belgium alone.

  • Type A, 4/5 hp, 1909-1917
  • Type B, 10 hp, 1912-1917
  • Type C, 6 hp, 1912-1918
  • Type D, 8 hp, 1919-1923
  • Type single cylinder, 1920-1923
  • Type C / Type Army, 6 hp, 1924
  • Type E, 8 hp, 1923
  • Model 10 PS, License Amilcar, 1923
  • Type E, Amilcar, 1923-1925
  • Type Z, 1924-1930
  • Model 8/10 CV, prototype only

  • Le Zèbre from 1909

  • Le Zèbre from 1910

  • Le Zèbre from 1911

  • Le Zèbre from 1912

  • Le Zèbre from 1913

  • Le Zèbre from 1926–1927 with a four-door body

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)
  • Philippe Schram: The epic of Le Zèbre and their contribution to the introduction of Amilcar and Citroën.

Web links

Commons : Le Zèbre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ^ Schram: L'épopée de la société Le Zèbre et sa contribution aux lancements d'Amilcar et de Citroën.