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SA Nouvelle des Automobiles Philos

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founding 1912
resolution 1923
Seat Lyon
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The SA Nouvelle des Automobiles Philos was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Lyon-based company started producing automobiles in 1912. The brand name was Philos . Production ended in 1923. Jean Gras took over the company.

vehicles

Initially, automobiles were created that were equipped with four - cylinder built- in Ballot engines with a displacement of 1131 cm³ . After production was interrupted due to the war, vehicle construction was resumed in 1919. Now four-cylinder built-in engines from Altos , Ballot, SCAP and Ruby with displacements between 1088 cm³ and 1775 cm³ were used.

A vehicle of this brand is in the Musee Communal de l'Automobile Mahymobiles in Leuze-en-Hainaut to visit

  • Philos from 1912

  • Philos 6 CV from 1913

  • Philos 9 CV from 1913

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 : Philos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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.