Regina (car brand)

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Regina was a French car brand.

Company history

The Société l'Électrique company was founded by Bernard Maurice Dufresne and Count Armand de Gantaut Biron in Paris and began producing automobiles in 1903 , which were marketed under the Regina brand. Production ended in 1908. There was no connection to Automobiles Regina .

vehicles

Regina-Dixi model

The company offered various models with petrol engines on the basis of a license agreement with the Dixi works in Eisenach . There were models with 17 hp , 26 hp and 40 hp. The engines drove the rear wheels via a six-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft.

Gallia and Galliette models

Various models with electric motors were created under these names . The Società Italiana Vetture Elettriche Gallia from Turin manufactured these models under license . These vehicles were exported to the United States as Gallia Electric through a branch at 152-154 West 38th Street in New York City .

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)
  • Halwart Schrader: German Cars 1886–1920. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 .
  • Beverly Rae Kimes (Ed.), Henry Austin Clark Jr.: The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. 2nd Edition. Krause Publications, Iola WI 1985, ISBN 0-87341-111-0 , p. 597. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 2001.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. 1975.
  4. ↑ a b Kimes: The Standard Catalog. 1985, p. 597.