Automobiles L. Rosengart

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Automobiles L. Rosengart
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founding 1928
resolution 1955
Seat Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
management Lucien Rosengart
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Rosengart LR 4 torpedo with closed hood
Rosengart LR 4 torpedo from 1928
Share of 100 Francs in the SA of the L. Rosengart automobile from October 1, 1929

Automobiles L. Rosengart was a French automobile manufacturer that was in the market from 1928 to 1955. The company was founded by Lucien Rosengart and was based in Neuilly-sur-Seine .

history

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In 1928, Rosengart saw the opportunity to manufacture a small automobile in France. This segment was not yet covered by the mass manufacturers. Rosengart bought the former Bellanger factory in Neuilly near Paris .

The first Rosengart automobiles were licensed by the British Austin Seven . These replicas were released as Rosengart LR 2 and were available with many different superstructures. This car was built for a very long time and not only outlived its highly developed successors Rosengart LR 4 and Rosengart Vivor , but also the British original by far.

In the early 1930s, Rosengart teamed up with the German Adlerwerke and offered licensed builds for the front-wheel drive Adler Trumpf and Adler Trumpf Junior . A larger, rear-wheel drive vehicle was also built that looked like a stretched and widened Austin . The further development of the front-wheel drive cars led to the elegant Rosengart Supertraction , which competed in 1937 against the established vehicles of mass manufacturers such as the Peugeot 402 and Berliet Dauphine.

In 1936 Rosengart got into financial difficulties and transferred his company to the new Société Industrielle de l'Ouest Parisien .

The production numbers of the Supertraction were never particularly high and the factory was also destroyed when the German Wehrmacht invaded . The company survived the German occupation, but could not produce during this time (1940–1944). Lucien Rosengart, who had spent this time in American exile, returned to France after the Second World War and tried to lead his company back to the production of the small cars that had made the success of the 1920s and 1930s. At that time, however, the mass manufacturers were already producing very small, economical cars that were ideally suited for the conditions in post-war France.

The last Rosengart model, the Rosengart Ariette , was produced from 1947 to 1954 but did not sell well. In the summer of 1955, Automobiles L. Rosengart had to close its doors forever after the further development of the Ariette, the Rosengart Sagaie with a boxer engine, could no longer be released.

Rosengart LR 4

Models

1928-1945

  • LR 2 (1929)
  • LR 4 and derivatives (1930)
  • LR 6 (1932)
  • LR 500 (1933)
  • LR 505 (1934)
    Rosengart Supertraction
  • LR 4N2 (1937)
  • LR 70 Supersept (1938)
  • Supertraction (1938)

1946-1955

Rosengart Ariette from 1953
  • Supertrahuit (1948)
  • Vivor (1950)
  • Robor (1950)
  • Laboratory (1950)
  • Ariette (1951)
  • Ariette Fourgonette (1952)
  • Artisane (1952)
  • Sagaie (1953) with the engine of the Panhard Dyna X

Web links

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