France
France is regarded as the cradle of the car, because it produced the first self-propelled vehicle (Cugont’s Fardier), and the first manufacturers of cars on an industrial scale. Prominent amongst these were Panhard & Levasor who made an agreement in 1889 with Gottlieb Daimler for the France rights to his engine, and in 1891 put [...]
Berliet VL 16 CV
Car : Berliet VL 16 CV
Year : 1921
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke : 90×130 mm
Cylinder capacity : 3308 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power :30
Maximum speed : 52 mph
Wheelbase : 10 ft 3 ins (3.07 m)
Suspension : front: semi-elliptic leaf- springs ; rear : cantilever leaf- springs
At [...]
Brasier Type VL
Car : Brasier Type VL
Year : 1908
Engine : vertical in line twin-cylinder
Bore and stroke : 90×120 mm
Cylinder capacity : 1526 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power :-
Maximum speed : -
Wheelbase : –
Suspension : front: semi-elliptic leaf- springs ; rear : ¼ elliptic leaf- springs
The Brasier fame rests mainly on its [...]
Bugatti 5 Litres Roland
Garros ‘Black Bess’
Bugatti 50 T
Bugatti 57 S
Bugatti 41 Royale
The name Ettore Bugatti is immortal in motoring history. He had an extraordinary personality and his creations were highly original. He had a unique understanding of how to infuse art into a product that until then had lacked almost any artistic [...]
Car : Bugatti 50 T
Year : 1932
Engine : 8 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke : 86×107 mm
Cylinder capacity : 4972 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power :200
Maximum speed : 105 mph
Wheelbase : 10 ft 2 ins (3.10 m)
Suspension : front: semi-elliptic leaf- springs ;
rear : upside down ¼ elliptic leaf- springs At the age [...]
The 50 T was modeled on the 46 and had the same chassis but with a shorter wheelbase, 10 feet 2 inches (3.10 m) as against 11 feet 6 inches ( 3.50 m). Sixty-five of them were built between 1930 and 1934, the majority of which had short chassis. It differed from the 46 only [...]
The design of the Royale was absolutely unique and the actual number that were built still remains a mystery. Some chassis have had more than one body which had added to the uncertainty. The makers of the car knew it by its workshop designation, the Type 41, and it was named the Royale by Ettore [...]
Car : Bugatti 41 Royale
Year : 1925-1933
Engine : 8 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke : 125×130 mm
Cylinder capacity : 12760 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power :300
Maximum speed : 120 mph
Wheelbase : 14 ft 2 ins (4.31 m)
Suspension : front: semi-elliptic leaf- springs ;
rear : upside down ¼ elliptic leaf- springs and hydraulic shock-absorbers
Maurice [...]
This included the prototype which had several different bodies: a torpedo inspired by a Packard of the time; a 2-door sedan by the Paris designer Kellner, which was displayed at the London Motor Show of 1932 and subsequently passed to Ettore’s daughter Ebé Bugatti; a touring sedan with a partition which was built in [...]
Chenard-Walcker
Car : Chenard-Walcker
Year : 1926
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke : 66×80 mm
Cylinder capacity : 1095 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power :-
Maximum speed : 93 mph
Wheelbase : –
Suspension : front and rear : semi-elliptic leaf- springs ;
Chenard-Walcker has an important place in the history of racing through its victory with Lagache and [...]