Société Rochet

Société Rochet
legal form
founding	1899
resolution	1910
Seat	Paris
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Rochet from 1901

The Société Rochet was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Compagnie Générale des Cycles et Autos , later renamed Société Rochet , began building automobiles in Paris in 1899 . The brand name was Rochet . Danneels built vehicles under license . Automobile production ended in 1905. In 1910 the company was dissolved. There was no connection to Rochet Frères from Lyon , which at the time also offered automobiles under the Rochet brand name .

Models

The first 6/8 CV model had a two-cylinder engine in the rear that drove the rear wheels via chains. The engine came from Rossel and was originally based on a design by Daimler. The 12 CV model followed in 1900 . 1902 the smaller model came 4 ½ CV with a single cylinder engine of Aster it.

A vehicle of this brand can be viewed at Grandson Castle .

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  Rochet from 1902

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  Rochet from 1902

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  Rochet from 1902

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  Rochet from 1902

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  Rochet from 1902

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 : Rochet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bonhams auctioned a Rochet 4 CV from 1902 in 2008 (accessed March 3, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.