Peugeot Croizat

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SA Italiana per la fabbricazione di automobili Peugeot-Croizat
legal form Spa
founding 1905
resolution 1907
Reason for dissolution liquidation
Seat Turin , Italy
management Giovanni Goria Gatti
Branch Automobile manufacturer

SA Italiana per la fabbricazione di automobili Peugeot-Croizat was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Vittorio Croizat ran a workshop in Turin . He drove bicycles from Rambler and automobiles of Oldsmobile , from 1904 also cars from Peugeot . On December 27, 1905, he founded the SA Brevetti Automobili Peugeot company for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Peugeot-Croizat . Just three months later, the company was renamed SA Italiana per la fabbricazione di automobili Peugeot-Croizat . Giovanni Goria Gatti was the president of the joint stock company. In November 1907 the company was liquidated. Officine Meccaniche Torinese took over the production.

vehicles

The company manufactured Peugeot vehicles under license . The smallest model was the 6 HP , which largely corresponded to the Peugeot Type 69 . However, the displacement of the single cylinder engine was increased to 695 cm³. There was also the 12/16 HP , which was based on the Peugeot Type 71 . The four-cylinder engine had a displacement of 2205 cc.

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 : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 3 P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
  • Collective of authors: Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Brands · Models · Technology. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg, 1989