Soncin

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Soncin
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1902
Seat Poissy
management Louis Soncin, Jean-Pierre Grégoire
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Soncin Quadricycle from 1901 in the Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National - Collection Schlumpf

Soncin was a French manufacturer of automobiles . In the literature there is also the spelling Sonçin .

Company history

Louis Soncin founded the company in Poissy in 1899 to manufacture engines. Automobile production began in 1900. The brand name was Soncin . He also made engines that he sold to other automobile manufacturers, including Hautier and Ouzou . On August 25, 1902, together with Jean-Pierre Grégoire, the name was changed to Soncin-Grégoire et Cie . On October 8, 1902, Soncin resigned from the company. Shortly thereafter, Grégoire renamed it Automobiles Grégoire . Other sources indicate that Soncin operated as Émile Ouzou et Cie and belonged to Émel Cuzon et Cie .

vehicles

A small car was on offer . A single-cylinder engine made in-house with an output of 4.5 hp provided the drive . The vehicles offered space for two people. In addition, tricycles were produced that were also used in car races.

A vehicle of this brand can be viewed in the Cité de l'Automobile in Mulhouse .

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 : Soncin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ↑ a b c d Amicale Grégoire (French, accessed on March 4, 2013)