Lunant

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Société des Constructions de Cycles et Automobiles Lunant
legal form
founding 1890s
resolution 1914
Seat Lyon , France
management J. Lunant
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société des Constructions de Cycles et Automobiles Lunant was a French manufacturer of bicycles and automobiles .

Company history

J. Lunant founded the company in Lyon to manufacture bicycles in the 1890s . In 1900 automobile production was added. The brand name was Lunant . Production ended in 1914.

vehicles

The first model was an electric car . In 1906 there were models with single-cylinder engines and either 8 hp or 10 hp. The larger models with four-cylinder engines produced either 16 hp, 24 hp or 40 hp and were only made to order. In 1908 the 8/10 CV models with a single-cylinder engine and 16/20 CV with a four-cylinder engine were in the range. In 1913, the last model was the 10/12 CV with a four-cylinder engine and cardan drive .

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)

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. ↑ a b c d e f Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.