Société des Établissements L. Picker, Moccand & Cie
Société des Établissements L. Picker, Moccand & Cie | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1903 |
resolution | 1908 |
Seat | Geneva , Switzerland |
management | Lucien Picker and Charles Moccand |
Number of employees | 50 |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Société des Établissements L. Picker, Moccand & Cie was a Swiss manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Lucien Picker developed his first car in 1903 and sold it to Charles Moccand. Together they founded the company on the Route de Chêne-Bougeries in Geneva in 1904 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was a modification of Lucien Picker's first name Lucia . The main sales market was France . In 1908, production ended after around 100 copies were made. The Société Industrielle Genevoise de Mécanique et d'Automobiles took over the plant.
vehicles
The first vehicle had a water-cooled four - cylinder engine with 16 hp and a three-speed transmission. In mass production of went 12/16 CV with a two-cylinder engine and 24/30 CV with four-cylinder engine and 4,396 cc engine capacity . In 1908 a new 24/30 CV followed , its four-cylinder engine with cylinder dimensions of 115 mm bore and 128 mm stroke and 5318 cm³ displacement. This model had a three-speed gearbox and chain drive.
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 : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
Web links
- GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 19, 2012)