Secqueville-Hoyau

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SA of the Anciens Établissements Secqueville-Hoyau

logo
legal form SA
founding 1911
resolution 1924
Seat Gennevilliers
management Alfred Secqueville, Gaston Hoyau
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Secqueville-Hoyau from 1920
Secqueville-Hoyau from 1920

The SA des Anciens Établissements Secqueville-Hoyau was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Alfred Secqueville and Gaston Hoyau founded the company for the production of aircraft engines and propellers in Gennevilliers in 1911 . In 1919 automobile manufacture was added. The brand name was Secqueville-Hoyau . Porney was the designer. Production ended in 1923 and the last vehicles were sold in 1924. A total of around 500 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model was the 10 CV . It was equipped with a four-cylinder engine with side valves and a displacement of 1244 cc . The transmission had four gears. A special feature was the electric starter. There was a choice of three wheelbases of 2386 mm, 2690 mm and 2893 mm as well as the body shapes of three-seater torpedo , four-seater touring car , sedan and coupé de ville . The new price was relatively high at 20,000 French francs , as comparable vehicles cost 13,500 to 15,000 francs.

A vehicle of this brand from 1920 can be seen in the Museu do Automóvel Fafe in Fafe . Another vehicle from 1922 still exists with British registration XL 595. It was auctioned in 1995 for £ 10,350 .

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)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Commons : Secqueville-Hoyau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ↑ Christie's auction of the XL 595 on September 9, 1995 (accessed March 30, 2013)