Tourand

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Tourand et Cie
legal form
founding 1900
resolution 1907
Seat Suresnes
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Tourand et Cie was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company began producing automobiles in Le Havre in 1900 . The brand name was Tourand . After a break of several years, vehicles were again manufactured in Suresnes between 1905 and 1907 .

vehicles

The first model was a two-cylinder engine with 6 hp output of Crozet equipped. The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via two chains .

In 1905 the range consisted of models with four-cylinder engines and cardan drive . The engines developed either 16 HP, 18 HP, 40 HP, 60 HP or 70 HP. In 1906 a racing car followed with an engine with 80 hp. This vehicle was offered as a used car at The Autocar in 1912 .

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 c d e f g Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.