Marguerite type BO 2

The Marguerite type BO 2 was a sporty passenger car.

Manufacturer and construction time

The French company Société A. Marguerite from Courbevoie started producing automobiles around 1922 . The production of the Marguerite type BO 2 took place from 1927 to 1928.

vehicle

The chassis was a conventional, but particularly low chassis with a front engine and rear-wheel drive . A four-cylinder built -in engine from Chapuis-Dornier with 1095 cm³ displacement and OHV valve control , three -valve technology and double carburetors provided the drive for 23 vehicles . Two vehicles were equipped with a four-cylinder SCAP engine with a displacement of 1100 cc. The chassis had a track width of 125 cm and a wheelbase of 260 cm. The vehicles were created as open two-seater. The sports cars were also used in car races. The design-related top speed was specified as 134 km / h for the Chapuis-Dornier model and 141 km / h for the SCAP model.

Predecessor and successor

The model was replaced by the successor Morano-Marguerite type BO 2 in 1928 .

literature

George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)
George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
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)

Web links

Report on the vehicle (French, accessed April 27, 2014)
Brief description of the company with some photos, also of type BO 2 (Spanish, accessed April 27, 2014)

Individual evidence

↑ Cars. Encyclopédie complète and Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie name 1920 as the start of production;
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles , The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars , Die große Automobil-Enzyklopädie , The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile and GTÜ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit mbH name 1922
and Guide de l'automobile française name 1923.
↑ ^a ^b ^c The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile

[1] Cars. Encyclopédie complète and Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie name 1920 as the start of production;
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles , The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars , Die große Automobil-Enzyklopädie , The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile and GTÜ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit mbH name 1922
and Guide de l'automobile française name 1923.

[Beaulieu-2] The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile