Lethimonnier

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Lethimonnier et Cie
legal form
founding 1903
resolution 1912
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Lethimonnier et Cie was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1903 . The brand name of the road vehicles was Sultans . The vehicle designer was Mr. Martin. Production ended in 1912. The Sultan Motor Company of Springfield, Massachusetts manufactured Lethimonnier et Cie vehicles under license and marketed them as Sultan .

vehicles

The first model was the 10/14 CV with a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2400 cm³ . The 16/20 CV model followed in 1906 . In 1907 there were four-cylinder models from the 9/12 CV with 1800 cm³ displacement to the 45/60 CV with 7800 cm³ displacement. In 1907 the only model with a two-cylinder engine was presented, the 7/9 CV .

In 1907, two 45/60 CV racing cars under the brand name Martin-Lethimonnier took part in elimination races for the Kaiserpreis races , but could not qualify for the finals.

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. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.