Rochet Frères

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Rochet Frères & Cie
legal form
founding 1898
resolution 1901
Seat Lyon
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Rochet Frères 1898
Rochet Frères, supposedly from 1903

Rochet Frères & Cie was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Lyon-based company started producing automobiles in 1898. The brand name was Rochet or Rochet Frères . Production ended in 1901. There was no connection to Société Rochet from Paris , which at the time also offered automobiles under the Rochet brand name.

Models

The only model 4 ½ CV had a single cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton . The engine was mounted in the stern. The transmission had three gears. There were two-seater and vis-à-vis body styles .

Vehicles of this brand can be seen in the Museo de la Fundación Cultural RACE in San Sebastián de los Reyes and in the Musée Henri Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône .

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)

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.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.