SAFIR automobiles
Swiss automobile factory in Rheineck SAFIR (1906–1907) SAFIR Automobile (1907–1910) |
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founding | November 14, 1906 |
resolution | 1910 |
Seat | Zurich , Switzerland |
management | Anton Dufour and Jakob Schmidheiny |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
SAFIR Automobile , previously a Swiss automobile factory in Rheineck SAFIR , was a Swiss manufacturer of automobiles and commercial vehicles .
Company history
Anton Dufour and Jakob Schmidheiny founded the company Schweizer Automobil Fabrik in Rheineck SAFIR for the production of automobiles on November 14, 1906 in Rheineck . The trade name was Safir , derived from S wiss A utomobil F abrik I n R Heineck. In 1907, the company was renamed SAFIR Automobile and moved to Zurich . In 1910 production ended after a few dozen copies had been made.
vehicles
Automobiles
The 30 hp and 50 hp models were on offer . The drive was provided by a four-cylinder in - line engine that was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft. Special features were a directly translated upper gear of the transmission and the air starter of Saurer . The design-related top speed of the more powerful model was given as 97 km / h.
commercial vehicles
The company manufactured a number of trucks and buses . Rudolf Diesel , Hippolyt Saurer , Heinrich Dechamps and Gustave Seguin worked on a diesel engine for road vehicles.
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 : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 3 P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
- Ernest Schmid: Swiss cars. Swiss automobile designs from 1868 to the present day. Auto-Jahr, Lausanne 1978, ISBN 2-88001-058-6
Web links
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 19, 2012)