Société Anonyme d'Études et de Construction Automobiles et Motocycles

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Société Anonyme d'Études et de Construction Automobiles et Motocycles
legal form SA
founding 1975
resolution 1978
Reason for dissolution Takeover by Vitrex Industrie
Seat Chambly
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société Anonyme d'Études et de Construction Automobiles et Motocycles , SECAM for short , was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Chambly company started manufacturing automobiles in 1975. The brand name was Addax . Around 2400 vehicles were built in 1977. From 1977 SECAM also offered the Charly model from Autozodiaco . In 1978 Vitrex Industrie took over production and marketed the vehicles as Vitrex .

vehicles

The company manufactured mini cars with three wheels. The single wheel was in the front. The open body was made of polyester and was available in five colors. The vehicle was 183 cm long and 112 cm wide. In addition to a normal hood, there was also the Bord de mer version , the hood of which was canopy-like. A single - cylinder two-stroke engine from Sachs with a displacement of 47 cm³ and normally 2.6 hp provided the drive . The maximum speed was given as 45 km / h. In the sports version, the engine developed 4.3 hp. The new prices in 1975 were 6110 French francs for the normal version, 7587 francs for the bord de mer and 8043 francs for the sports version .

In 1976, a Morini engine with 4 hp powered the most powerful model.

In 1977 the models and engines remained unchanged. The base model cost 7500 francs and the sport 9100 francs. Three quarters of production was accounted for by the base model, the rest in roughly equal parts for the other two models.

In 1978 prices were 8,046 francs for the base model and 9,784 for the sport . For comparison: The Charly cost 12,218 francs.

literature

  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 72. Toutes les voitures françaises 1975. Salon 1974. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2005. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 88. Toutes les voitures françaises 1976. Salon 1975. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2007. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 78. Toutes les voitures françaises 1977. Salon 1976. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 94. Toutes les voitures françaises 1978. Salon 1977. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1975.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1976.
  3. ↑ Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1977.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Bellu: Toutes les voitures françaises 1978.