Roussey Frères

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Roussey Frères
legal form
founding 1931
resolution 1956
Seat Meudon
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Roussey Frères was a French manufacturer of bicycles , motorcycles and automobiles .

Company history

Peter and Paul Roussey founded the company in 1931. The location was at Quai de Belfort 15-17 in Dijon . The production of bicycles and motorcycles began. The company was later located at 19 rue Baudreuil in Meudon . Automobiles were made between 1948 and 1950 . The brand name was Roussey . Production ended in 1956.

vehicles

Two-wheelers

Between 1931 and 1934, motorcycles with built-in engines from Aub , Chaisse and Staub with a displacement of 100 cm³ to 500 cm³ were made . From 1948 a single-cylinder engine with 50 cm³ displacement was manufactured, which could be mounted as an auxiliary engine on bicycles. The transmission had two gears. In 1952 a scooter with a single tube frame followed.

Automobiles

The only model was a two-door, four-seat sedan , which was presented at the Paris Motor Show in both October 1948 and October 1949 . An air-cooled two-cylinder two - stroke engine with a displacement of 700 cm³ provided the drive. The vehicle was front-wheel drive . The transmission had four gears. Few vehicles were sold. According to a source, it didn't go into series production. Another source states that it remained a unique piece.

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)
  • René Bellu: Les voitures françaises des années 50th Editions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-85922-032-1 . (French) * René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 12. Toutes les voitures françaises 1949. Salon 1948. Histoire & Collections, Paris 1999. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 16. Toutes les voitures françaises 1950. Salon 1949. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2000. (French)
  • S. Ewald: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-5364-6 .

Web links

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. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1949.
  4. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1950.
  5. ^ Hanns-Peter Baron von Thyssen-Bornemissza: Lexicon of the forgotten car brands. (accessed on November 16, 2013)