Lacoste & Battmann, Lacoste et Battmann, was a French manufacturer of automobiles, based in Paris, from 1897 until 1913.[1][2][3][4]
Company history
editJacques Lacoste founded the company J. Lacoste et Cie in Paris in 1897 for automobile production. In 1901 the name was changed to Lacoste & Battmann and 1905 in Lacoste & Battmann Ltd.
The company sold limited numbers of finished vehicles under its own name, and via its own marques: Cupelle (1905) and L & B. In addition finished chassis, equipped with Aster, De Dion-Bouton or Mutel engines,[4][5] were supplied to competing companies such as : Gamage, Horley Motor & Engineering Co. Ltd (sold as Horley and No Name), Imperial, Jackson, Lacoba, E. H. Lancaster, Napoleon, Regal, Simplicia and Speedwell Motor & Engineering, which completed the chassis and bodywork to offer complete cars under their own names.[2][3][4]
Vehicles
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- 1897: 4 CV (4 hp) quadricycle with electric ignition.[3]
- 1903: 6 CV single-cylinder and 12 CV two-cylinder built -in engine from De Dion-Bouton as well as 24 CV four-cylinder engine from Mutel.[3]
- 1904: Single cylinder model with a displacement of 700 cm3
- 1905: single-cylinder models, 10 CV two-cylinder with 2000 cm3 displacement and four-cylinder models with 2500 cm3, 3300 cm3 and 4900 cm3 displacement; Engines from Aster and De Dion-Bouton
- 1906: 12/16 CV
- 1907: One-, two- and four-cylinder models from 4.5 CV to 24 CV as well as electric cars
- 1910: Four-cylinder model with a displacement of 1800 cm3, Aster engine
References
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- ^ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8
- ^ a b c George Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G–O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
- ^ a b c d e Nick Georgano: Cars. Complete encyclopedia. 1885 to the present day. Courtille, Paris 1975.
- ^ a b c "Lacoste et Battmann". Graces Guide. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ Mutel advert
