Mini cat

Mini cat
legal form
founding	1978
resolution	1980
Seat	Tain-l'Hermitage
management	Serge Aziosmanoff
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Mini cat

Side view

Mini-Cat was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Serge Aziosmanoff founded the company in Chabeuil near Valence in 1978 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Mini-Cat . In 1980 the company moved to Tain-l'Hermitage . Production ended in the same year. Jeanneau took over the rights and launched similar vehicles as microcars .

vehicles

The company manufactured micro cars. The first model was a single-seat tricycle with the single wheel in the front. The body was made of polyester . The vehicle was 158 cm long, 112 cm wide, 160 cm high and weighed 125 kg. A built-in engine from Peugeot with 49 cm³ displacement , which was mounted in the rear, provided the drive. The AZ 49 model with four wheels followed in 1979 .

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)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 84. Toutes les voitures françaises 1979. Salon 1978. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
• René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 74. Toutes les voitures françaises 1980. Salon 1979. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2005. (French)

Web links

Commons : Mini-Cat  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Allcarindex (accessed November 15, 2013)

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} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.