Motobloc

Automobiles Motobloc
legal form	SA
founding	1902
resolution	1930
Seat	Bordeaux , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Automobiles Motobloc was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Schaudel had manufactured automobiles in his company Ateliers Schaudel in Bordeaux . In 1902, Émile Dombret took over the company and renamed it Automobiles Motobloc . Motobloc was chosen as the brand name because the engine and transmission were interlocked. Production ended in 1930.

vehicles

The first model largely corresponded to a model by Schaudel and had a two-cylinder engine . The first four-cylinder model followed in 1904 , and the first six-cylinder model in 1909 . They were high quality vehicles.

In 1927 the range consisted of four-cylinder models with displacements between 1327 cm³ and 3000 cm³. In 1929 the four-cylinder model 9 CV with 1453 cm³ displacement and the two six-cylinder models 10 CV with 1683 cm³ and 15 CV with 3013 cm³ displacement were offered.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Automobile Museum Col·lecció d'Automòbils de Salvador Claret in Sils .

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  Motobloc from 1908

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  Motobloc from 1909

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  Motobloc from 1914

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  Motobloc from 1925

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)
• Julie M. Fenster: Race of the Century - The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race. Three Rivers Press, New York 2005, ISBN 0-307-33917-3 . (English)

Web links

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

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 2, 2013)
• Homepage for Schaudel and Motobloc (English and French, accessed on February 12, 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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.