Onfray (make of car)

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Onfray was a French car brand.

Company history

The company Société Française de Cycles et Automobiles from Paris began in 1899 with automobile production, which ended about 1905th

vehicles

In 1899 a motor tricycle named Gaulois and a three-wheeled small car were in the range. The latter had a single cylinder engine that drove each rear wheel via a chain. The open bodies offered space for two, three or four people.

From 1901 there was a model with a single-cylinder engine with 6 hp , which was developed in collaboration with Hérald . The radiator was located behind the engine, as in the Renault models of that time . The same radiator arrangement was also found in a model with an 8 hp engine, which was added to the range in 1903. Both models had cardan drive . In 1903, the range was supplemented by two models in which the radiator was mounted on the front of the vehicle. The engines delivered either 9 hp or 10 hp. The most powerful model had a chain drive.

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)

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 d e f g h i j Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b c d Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.