Santax

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Cyclecars Le Santax
legal form
founding 1922
resolution 1926
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Cyclecars Le Santax was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1922. The brand name was Santax . Production ended in 1926.

vehicles

The first model was a cycle car . A single - cylinder two-stroke engine with a displacement of 125 cm³ provided the drive . Due to its small cubic capacity, the vehicle was exempt from vehicle tax and could be driven without a license.

A larger model followed in 1926. It was equipped with a single cylinder engine with 500 cm³ displacement and a three-speed gearbox. The original price was only 5,300 French francs , one third the price of a Citroen Type C .

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 e f Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  2. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.