Vinot & Deguingand
Vinot and Deguingand | |
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legal form | |
founding | 1898 |
resolution | 1926 |
Seat | Nanterre |
management | Albert Deguingand |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Vinot et Deguingand was a French manufacturer of automobiles and bicycles .
Company history
Lucien-Marie Vinot-Préfontaine (1858–1915) and Albert Deguingand (1872–1943) founded the bicycle production company in Puteaux in 1898 . Automobile production began in 1901. The brand name was Vinot & Deguingand . One source indicates that from 1907 only the brand name Vinot was used. In 1909 there was cooperation with the Société Gladiator . 650 vehicles were built in 1913.
In 1919 the company moved to Nanterre . Production ended in 1926 due to declining sales. Donnet-Zedel bought the factory in Nanterre. Albert Deguingand founded the new Deguingand company in Puteaux in 1927 .
vehicles
The first vehicle had a two-cylinder engine with 1500 cc displacement and chain drive. In 1903 the range consisted of the two-cylinder model 10 CV and the four-cylinder models H 14 CV with 3300 cm³ and F 18 CV with 3300 cm³. The 30 CV followed in 1905 with a displacement of 5800 cm³. The first six-cylinder model appeared in 1906 . In 1908 there were the 10/14 CV and 16/24 CV models . In 1910 the 24 CV model followed with a displacement of 4000 cm³, and in 1911 the 12 CV . In 1914 the range consisted of models with 1700 cm³, 2100 cm³, 2600 cm³ and 4200 cm³ displacement.
In 1921 the 11/25 CV model appeared with a displacement of 1800 cm³. In 1922 the BO 15.9 CV appeared , and in 1924 the 12/25 CV with 1800 cm³ displacement.
A vehicle of this brand can be viewed in the Musée des 24 Heures in Le Mans .
Sports successes
- A team from Vinot & Deguingand took part in the opening race of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923 . The brothers Léon and Lucien Molon came 26th overall with a Vinot & Deguingand 10 HP.
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 6, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- ^ A b Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
- ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.