Utilis

Camille Lafarge
legal form
founding	1921
resolution	1924
Seat	Courbevoie , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Utilis (cf. Latin utilis : useful, beneficial) was a French car brand.

Company history

The Camille Lafarge company from Courbevoie began producing automobiles in 1921. The brand name was Utilis . Production ended in 1924. One source states that the manufacturing took place at Lafarge et Pauillac . Another source names the construction period from 1923 to 1925.

vehicles

Produced cyclecars . There were a single-cylinder engine and a two-cylinder engine of Train is available. The cylinder bore and piston stroke were both 76 mm in both engines , resulting in displacements of 344 cm³ and 688 cm³, respectively. The engine power was transmitted to the drive axle via belts. The open body offered space for two people. The vehicle had no suspension. The single-cylinder model, which was presented at the Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris in 1922 , is said to have weighed only 120 kg.

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)

Web links

GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on March 31, 2013)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.
^ Peter Kirchberg: Automobile exhibitions and vehicle tests around the world. The best from "Der Motorwagen", the magazine for the automotive industry and engine construction. Part 2: 1919-1929. Transpress, Berlin 1985, pp. 108-109.

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

[Beaulieu-2] Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.

[Autos-3] Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.

[4] Peter Kirchberg: Automobile exhibitions and vehicle tests around the world. The best from "Der Motorwagen", the magazine for the automotive industry and engine construction. Part 2: 1919-1929. Transpress, Berlin 1985, pp. 108-109.