Sovra

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Sovra LM 2
Sovra LM 4
Rear view

Sovra was a French car brand.

Company history

Michel Landois founded the Société de Vente et de Réparation Automobile company in 1968 . The location was at 23/25 Rue de la Gare in Corbeilles . In 1969 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Sovra . In 2001 the company went bankrupt . AABLM SARL , short for Auch Auto Buggy LM , from Castillon-Massas took over the company and continued production of a model until 2003.

vehicles

The first models were created on the chassis of the VW Beetle . The LM 1 was a VW buggy presented at the 1970 Paris Motor Show . It was available as the LM 1 L with the normal wheelbase and as the LM 1 C with a shortened wheelbase. The LM 2 was an open beach wagon and wedge-shaped body. In 1973 the LM 3 appeared . This was a station wagon coupe .

From 1985 the company converted closed vehicles into convertible sedans . The LM 4 was based on the Renault 5 . For the LM 5 , both the Peugeot 104 and the Citroën LN came into question. The last model was a conversion of the Renault 11 .

The LM 1 C was the only model that was produced until 2003.

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)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 86. Toutes les voitures françaises 1971. Salon 1970. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2007. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 76. Toutes les voitures françaises 1972. Salon 1971. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2005. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 92. Toutes les voitures françaises 1973. Salon 1972. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2008. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 82. Toutes les voitures françaises 1974. Salon 1973. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • 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)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 84. Toutes les voitures françaises 1979. Salon 1978. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 74. Toutes les voitures françaises 1980. Salon 1979. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2005. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 90. Toutes les voitures françaises 1981. Salon 1980. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2008. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Edition 80. Toutes les voitures françaises 1982. Salon 1981. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2006. (French)
  • René Bellu: Automobilia. Issue 96. Toutes les voitures françaises 1983. Salon 1982. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2009. (French)

Web links

Commons : Sovra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Company data AABLM (French, accessed on November 17, 2013)
  4. ↑ a b Voiture de plage ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French, accessed November 17, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.voiture-de-plage.fr