SFAT

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Société Française des Autos Thermo-Pneumatiques
legal form
founding 1903
resolution 1904
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société Française des Autos Thermo-Pneumatiques , or SFAT for short , was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1903. The brand name was SFAT . In 1903, for example, a vehicle was shown at the Paris Motor Show . Production ended in 1904.

vehicles

A four-cylinder engine in connection with compressed air provided the drive . The engine powered a compressor that directed air into a turbine that powered the rear wheels. This construction should make it possible to dispense with a transmission .

literature

  • 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. ↑ a b c d Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.