Vilém Michl, Továrna motorů, motorových kol a velocipedů, strojírna a slévárna

Vilém Michl, Továrna motorů, motorových kol a velocipedů, strojírna a slévárna
legal form
founding	1883 or 1894
resolution	1937
Seat	Slaný , Czechoslovakia
management	Vilém Michl Junior
Number of employees	130
Branch	Motor vehicle manufacturer , bicycle manufacturer
	Status: 1907

Vilém Michl, Továrna motorů, motorových kol a velocipedů, strojírna a slévárna was a manufacturer of bicycles , motorcycles and automobiles from Austria-Hungary , later Czechoslovakia .

Company history

In 1883 or 1894, Vilém Michl founded the company in Slaný . Bicycle production began in 1894. In 1902 the production of motorcycles was added. Automobiles were built in 1906 or 1909 and 1930. The brand name was Orion . In 1907 130 workers were employed. Vilém Michl Junior managed the company in the 1930s . Production ended in 1937.

vehicles

Automobiles

1906

The vehicle from 1906 was a small car. The engine was mounted below the vehicle floor. A few dozen copies were made of this.

1930

These vehicles were tricycles with the single wheel at the back. The engine with 500 cm³ displacement and SV valve control was located in the rear. The body was created according to customer requirements. Only a few copies were sold.

motorcycles

Both two-stroke and four-stroke engines were used in the motorcycles . The first engines were single-cylinder engines with 2, 2.5 and 3 HP and two-cylinder engines with 7 HP. The export took place to Belgium , Germany , Italy , Russia , South Africa and Hungary .

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 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Encyclopedie automobilů. České a slovenské osobní automobily od roku 1815 do současnosti. Computer Press, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1587-9 . (Czech)
Hans Seper , Helmut Krackowizer , Alois Brusatti : Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today. Welsermühl, Wels 1984, ISBN 3-85339-177-X .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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 ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Šuman-Hreblay: Encyklopedie automobilů.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.

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

[Beaulieu-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.

[Encyklopedie_automobilů-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Šuman-Hreblay: Encyklopedie automobilů.

[Österreichische_Kraftfahrzeuge-4] Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.