Marsonetto

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Atelier Marsonetto
legal form
founding 1946
resolution 1972
Seat Lyon
management Mario Marsonetto
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Marsonetto Mars-1, second version with hatchback, from 1968

Ateliers Marsonetto was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The coachbuilder Mario Marsonetto founded the company in Lyon in 1946 . He manufactured automobiles between 1957 and 1959 and between 1965 and 1972. The brand name was Marsonetto .

vehicles

The 1957 model was the Luciole designed by Baptiste Luciole. This was a coupe . The two-cylinder engine from the Panhard Dyna Z provided the drive . Alternatively, the four-cylinder engine of the Renault 4 CV could be used. 15 vehicles were created from this model.

In 1965 the Mars-1 appeared . This coupé with a plastic body offered space for four people. The four-cylinder engine of the Renault 8 provided the drive. The vehicle was front-wheel drive . In 1968 the model was revised. The large rear window was striking. The engine from the Renault 16 TS powered the vehicle. The top speed was given as 225 km / h.

A vehicle was exhibited in 2001 in the Musée Henri Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône .

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)
  • Roger Gloor: Passenger Cars of the 1960s. Hallwag Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-444-10307-7 .

Web links

Commons : Marsonetto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.