Ledoux Carriage

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Ledoux Carriage Co. Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1852
resolution ?
Seat Montreal , Canada
Branch Carriages , bodies , automobiles

Ledoux Carriage Co. Ltd. was a Canadian manufacturer of carriage , bodywork and automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Montreal in 1852 to manufacture carriages. Around 1905 the production of car bodies was added. In 1912 Henri Bourassa was hired, who previously worked for HE Bourassa . He developed his own automobiles, which went into production in 1914. The brand name was Ledoux . The First World War ended vehicle production.

vehicles

One model with a four-cylinder engine and one with a six-cylinder engine were on offer . The open touring cars had bodies made of aluminum .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Ledoux chapter.
  2. a b c d e f g h George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 887. (English)