Turgan, Foy et Cie

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Turgan, Foy et Cie
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founding 1899
resolution 1907
Seat Levallois-Perret , France
Branch Automobile manufacturer , commercial vehicle manufacturer Tram

Turgan, Foy et Cie was a French manufacturer of automobiles , trucks and buses .

Company history

Turgan steam bus (1900).
Turgan steam truck used as a horse transporter (1903).

The Levallois-Perret company began producing automobiles in 1899. The brand name was Turgan-Foy for the passenger cars and Turgan for the commercial vehicles; the latter later became generally accepted. Automobile production ended in 1906 and commercial vehicle production ended in 1907.

Automobiles

The first models were with built-in motors of Filtz equipped. Initially the engines made 4.5 HP , later 6 HP and 8 HP. These two-cylinders were idiosyncratic designs with horizontal pistons, each of which drove its own vertical crankshaft . A flywheel was attached to the lower end of each crankshaft , which was therefore positioned horizontally. The power was transferred to a four-speed gearbox by means of a belt and from there, depending on the vehicle model, passed on to the rear axle with one or two chains.

In 1902 new models with four-cylinder engines and cardan drive appeared . The engines made either 16 hp or 24 hp. In 1905 a racing car with 60 hp and chain drive added to the range; possibly supplemented by a chain-driven version of the 24 HP.

commercial vehicles

The production of commercial vehicles started almost simultaneously with the automobile production; it soon became more important than automobile manufacture. A steam double-decker bus was introduced in 1900, and in October of the same year a smaller Turgan steam bus took part in a competition for commercial vehicles in Paris. In 1905 the program consisted of one steam truck each with 3 or 6 long tons of payload. These vehicles had a coal -fired boiler in the front and a compound steam engine for each rear wheel; the latter were attached under the driver's seat and transmitted the power by means of long chains. From 1905, trucks and buses were optionally available with gasoline or steam engines when a commercial vehicle chassis with a 24 hp four-cylinder engine was added for both applications. At least one Turgan double-decker bus was manufactured. He was used in liner service in London . The last model to appear in 1907 was a front control arm with a 20 hp four-cylinder engine and double chains to the rear axle.

In addition, Turgan, Foy et Cie manufactured some Renard trains for the Société française des Trains Renard . This was a hybrid of a road train with several trailers and an articulated vehicle. Each of the attached two- or three-axle transport elements had an axle driven by the towing vehicle and was also steered by means of a linkage. In addition to Turgan , which probably produced the steam-powered version of the Train Renard , vehicles from Darracq and British Daimler with gasoline engines are known.

tram

Tram Turgan with petroleum engine (1904).

Turgan, Foy et Cie built at least one tram known to be powered by a petroleum engine.

Distribution in Italy

OTAV from Turin began selling Turgan Foy road vehicles in Italy from 1905 .

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)
  • GN Georgano (Editor-in-Chief), G. Marshall Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI, 1979; ISBN 0-87341-024-6 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Turgan-Foy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
  4. ↑ a b Grace's Guide: Turgan.
  5. ↑ a b c Georgano, Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles.