Société des Moteurs Knap

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Société des Moteurs Knap
legal form SA
founding 1900
resolution 1909
Seat Troyes FranceFranceFrance 
management Georgia Knap
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société des Moteurs Knap was a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles .

Company history

Georgia Knap founded in 1900 after his return from Belgium , where he the company Construction Liégeoise cars headed in Troyes , the company Société des Moteurs Knap . First, motorcycles were made and tests were made with engines for cars. Automobiles were manufactured between 1904 and 1909.

vehicles

The only car model was a small car. A single-cylinder engine provided the drive . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle by means of a cardan shaft .

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 2: G – O. 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. ↑ 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.