Lion-Peugeot

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Les Fils des Peugeot Frères

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founding 1905
resolution 1912
Reason for dissolution Merger with Peugeot
Seat Beaulieu at Valentigney
Branch Automobile manufacturer

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Lion-Peugeot was a French automobile manufacturer.

Company history

Jules, Pierre and Robert Peugeot founded the company Les Fils des Peugeot Frères in Beaulieu near Valentigney in 1905 to produce automobiles. The brand name was Lion-Peugeot . The designers Michaux and Kuntz previously worked for Peugeot . Lucien Verdet was an engine engineer and developed the two- and four-cylinder engines. In 1912 Automobiles Peugeot and Lion-Peugeot merged to form the Société des Automobiles et Cycles Peugeot . The brand name was used until 1915 or 1916.

vehicles

Single cylinder models

The company initially only produced small cars. The first model was the VA from 1906. It had a single cylinder engine with 785 cm³ displacement and 6 to 7  hp . This model was on offer until 1908. VC and VC 1 were also published in 1906 . They also had a single cylinder engine, but 1045 cm³ displacement and 8 to 9 hp. In 1909 the VC 2 was added, whose engine developed 9 HP. The successor to these three models, which were produced until 1910, was the VC 3 , which was only offered in 1911. It had the same engine as the VC 2.

Between 1908 and 1909 there were also the models VY and VY 2 . Its single-cylinder engine developed 12 hp from a displacement of 1841 cm³. They were only available as sports cars and racing cars.

Two-cylinder models

In 1910, two models with a V2 engine also appeared . These were the V 2 C 2 , whose engine developed 12 hp from a capacity of 1325 cm³, and the V 2 Y 2 , whose engine developed 18 hp from a displacement of 1702 cm³. In the following year they were replaced by V 2 C 3 and V 2 Y 3 . In terms of engines, they corresponded to the previous models. Production of this model series also ended in 1911.

Four-cylinder models

In 1912 the V 4 C 3 appeared as the successor to the V 2 Y 3 . This was the first model with a V4 engine . It made 9 hp from 1725 cc. The VD followed in 1913 , also known as the V 4 D. It had a larger engine with 1888 cc and 10 hp. In 1915, the last model in this series was the VD 2 with the same engine. Production ended in the same year. The VD 4 D from 1914 remained a prototype .

BP series

The BP series was the last model series. The models BP 1, B 3 P 1 and B 4 P 1 belonged to it. This model was developed with the help of Ettore Bugatti as the successor to the Peugeot Type 69 . Also called Bébé , 3,095 copies were produced from 1913 to 1916. The four-cylinder four-stroke engine developed 10 HP from a displacement of 855 cm³. With a wheelbase of 1800 mm and a track width of 1050 mm, the vehicle length was 2620 mm, the vehicle width 1500 mm and the vehicle height 1620 mm. The body shape offered space for two people.

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)
  • Wolfgang Schmarbeck: All Peugeot automobiles 1890–1990. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-613-01351-7 .

Web links

Commons : Lion-Peugeot  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.