Maurice Jeanson

Maurice Jeanson
legal form
founding	1921
resolution	1931
Seat	Asnières-sur-Seine
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Emblem of Benjamin

Benjamin from 1922

Benjamin from 1924

Benova from 1927

Maurice Jeanson was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Asnières-sur-Seine started producing automobiles in 1921. The brand name was initially Benjamin , from 1927 Benova . Production ended in 1931.

vehicles

Benjamin

The first 5 CV model had a four-cylinder engine with 750 cm³ displacement . Due to its low weight of 350 kg, this model was classified as a cycle car .

In 1924 the range consisted of the following models:

• AR, two-cylinder two - stroke engine with 525 cm³ displacement in the rear
• P2, two-cylinder two-stroke engine with 750 cm³ displacement in the bow
• P3, three-cylinder two-stroke engine with 1125 cm³ displacement in the bow

In 1925 the AR model got a larger engine with 636 cm³ displacement, and the P2 and P3 models received four-stroke engines . From 1926 four-cylinder four-stroke built-in engines from Chapuis-Dornier with 930 cm³ and 1035 cm³ displacement were used.

Benjamin brand vehicles can be seen in several automobile museums, mostly in France.

Benova

From 1927 the vehicles were marketed under the name Benova . In addition to the four-cylinder models, a model with an eight-cylinder in - line engine was also produced by SCAP with a capacity of 1402 cc, the capacity of which was increased to 1996 cc in 1929.

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 1: A – F. 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 : Maurice Jeanson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH to Benjamin (accessed on March 23, 2013)
• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH zu Benova (accessed on March 23, 2013)

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