United Motors Industries

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United Motors Industries
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1901
Seat Paris
Branch Automobile manufacturer

United Motors Industries was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company started producing automobiles in 1899. The brand name was Empress . The market was England . Production ended in 1901.

vehicles

In the first model, a built-in engine from De Dion-Bouton with 2.25 hp provided the drive. The engine was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle. Didier's gearbox had two gears. The body offered space for two people. It was possible to assemble an additional seat for one or two children.

In 1901 a more modern model appeared. A De Dion-Bouton engine with 4.5 hp was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The tonneau body offered space for four people.

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 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

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.