Phébus (car brand)

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Phébus Tricycle (three-wheeler) from 1900
Phébus Quadricycle from 1900 at the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2011

Phébus was a French car brand.

Company history

The company Noé Boyer & Cie from Suresnes belonged to the Société Gladiator and began in 1899 in addition to its own automobile production with the production of automobiles under the brand name Phébus . Production ended in 1903. In England the brand name was Automobilette .

vehicles

On the one hand, there was a three-wheel tricycle and a quadricycle with four wheels in the range, which clearly showed the origin of the motorcycle . There were also two conventional models with the Phaeton body shape that offered space for two people next to each other. Used came built-in motors of Aster with optional 2.75 hp to 3.5 hp.

A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Museu Nacional de l'Automòbil d'Andorra in Encamp .

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 3: P – Z. 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)

Web links

Commons : Phébus  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Photo (accessed March 2, 2013)

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. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.