Marot-Gardon

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Ph. Marot, Gardon et Cie
legal form
founding 1898
resolution 1902
Seat Corbie
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Marot-Gardon, supposedly from 1897
Marot-Gardon from 1898–1900
Marot-Gardon from 1898–1900

Ph. Marot, Gardon et Cie was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Corbie in 1898 . Another source states that the company's headquarters were at 37 rue Brunel in Paris and only the production facility in Corbie. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Marot-Gardon . Production ended in 1902.

vehicles

Initially, three- wheeled tricycles and four-wheelers were produced. In 1899 a small car appeared with a single-cylinder engine with 3 hp and a three-speed gearbox. In 1900 the engine output rose to 4.5 hp. In 1901, the range consisted of a model with a front engine, 6 hp and chain drive as well as a racing car with a built-in engine from Soncin in the rear, which made 7 hp.

A tricycle of this brand can be viewed at the Shuttleworth Collection in Biggleswade . Another tricycle is in the Belgrade Automobile Museum. The seat instead of a motorcycle saddle and the shape of the tail are unusual; a subsequent conversion is not excluded.

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)

Web links

Commons : Marot-Gardon  - Collection of images, 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. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ↑ Bonhams auctioned a motor tricycle in 2009 (accessed March 1, 2013)