Nordenfelt (car brand)

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Nordenfelt
legal form
founding 1906
resolution 1910
Seat Puteaux
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Nordenfelt was a French car brand from before the First World War . There are various information on the manufacturer and the production site in the literature.

Company history

The Société des Usines Prunel from Puteaux manufactured automobiles between 1900 and 1907, which in most cases were marketed as Prunel . In 1906 the brand name Nordenfelt was introduced. These vehicles were mainly intended for sales in Belgium . Various parts were assembled in Liège . In this context, the name of the company Société Anonyme des Établissements John Cockerill falls from John Cockerill , although Cockerill denies having anything to do with the Nordenfelt. It was sold in Great Britain by the former racing driver Clifford Earp . Production ended in 1910. Phénix later took over the plant.

vehicles

The company manufactured the 12 CV , 16 CV , 20 CV , 24/30 CV , 30/35 CV and 40/45 CV models . All models had a four-cylinder engine of Barriquand & Marre . The motors were mounted in the front of the chassis and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft . Hewers , Withers, and other body manufacturers made the bodies.

A Nordenfelt 30/35 CV still exists in South Africa today .

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)
  • GN Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present , Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 (English)
  • David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 (English)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.