Sphinx Automobiles

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Sphinx Automobiles Établissements Perfecto
legal form
founding 1912
resolution 1925
Seat Puteaux
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Sphinx Automobiles Établissements Perfecto , previously F. Terrier , was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The F. Terrier company from Courbevoie started producing automobiles in 1912. The brand name was Sphinx . Alternative brand names were Anglo-Sphinx and Sphinx-Globe between 1913 and 1916, Forster between 1920 and 1922 and again Anglo-Sphinx between 1922 and 1925. The designer was the Englishman JH Forster. Vehicles were also made for Globe between 1913 and 1916 . In 1920 it was renamed Sphinx Automobiles Établissements Perfecto and moved to Puteaux . Production ended in 1925.

vehicles

There were cyclecars manufactured and small cars. A model 8/10 CV had a single cylinder engine with a displacement of 1038 cm³ . Another 8/10 CV model had a four-cylinder in - line engine with a displacement of 1130 cc. There was also a model with a V4 engine with a capacity of 1327 cc.

After 1920, models with a two - cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 1400 cm³ and a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1323 cm³ were available.

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)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c 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 f g Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ↑ a b Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.