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Chainless
The Chainless was a French automobile manufactured from 1900 to 1903 in Paris by SA des Voitures Légère Chainless. The cars used Abeille or Buchet engines of 10, 16, and 20 cv, were shaft-driven voiturette A voiturette is a miniature automobile. History ''Voiturette'' was first registered by Léon Bollée in 1895 to name his new motor tricycle. The term became so popular in the early years of the motor industry that it was used by many makers ...s. References *David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''. Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France {{Veteran-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automobile
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, people rather than cargo. There are around one billion cars in use worldwide. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The modern car—a practical, marketable automobile for everyday use—was invented in 1886, when the German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Commercial cars became widely available during the 20th century. The 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash and the 1908 Ford Model T, both American cars, are widely considered the first mass-produced and mass-affordable cars, respectively. Cars were rapidly adopted in the US, where they replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abeille (company)
Abeille may refer to: Ships * HMS ''Abeille'' (1796), a ship of the Royal Navy *''Abeille Bourbon'', a high sea tow vessel *'' Abeille Flandre'', a high sea tug of the French navy *''Abeille Liberté'', a salvage tug *'' Abeille Provence'', a salvage tug, later the ''Ryan Leet'' * ST Abeille No 7, a tug, originally the ''Empire Helen'' * ST Abeille No 8, a tug, originally the ''Empire Simon'' * ST Abeille No 22, a tug, originally the ''Empire Alfred'' * ST Abeille No 23, a tug, originally the ''Empire Sprite'' People * Abeille de Perrin (1843–1910), full name Elzéar Emmanuel Arène Abeille de Perrin, French entomologist * Scipion Abeille (died 1697), French physician * Gaspard Abeille (1648–1718), French poet * Pierre-César Abeille (1674 – after 1733), French composer * Guy Abeille, French economist * Jacques Abeille (1942–2022), French writer * Louis Paul Abeille (1719–1807), French economist * Ludwig Abeille (1761–1838), German pianist and composer * Rafael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchet
Buchet () was a French motorcycle and automobile manufacturer between 1899 and 1930. Origins Société Buchet was founded in 1888 at Levallois-Perret as a producer of lamps. In 1899 Élie-Victor Buchet began to manufacture engines for auto-makers. Buchet engines were also used to power other manufacturers' aircraft (from 1906), and motorcycles. The business It was not till 1911, initially at Levallois-Perret, and after 1919 at Billancourt, that Buchet started to produce cars of its own. In 1919 the company was purchased by Gaston Sailly and renamed Gaston Sailly, Moteurs et Automobiles Buchet, with a new factory at Billencourt. The cars continued to be branded with the "Buchet" name, however. By the end of the decade Buchet was one of a number of automakers to find itself competed out of business by France's by now increasingly dominant larger auto-makers. Activity ceased at the factory at the end of 1929, and in 1930 Buchet went out of business. The cars Early cars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voiturette
A voiturette is a miniature automobile. History ''Voiturette'' was first registered by Léon Bollée in 1895 to name his new motor tricycle. The term became so popular in the early years of the motor industry that it was used by many makers to describe their small cars. The word comes from the French word for "automobile", ''voiture''. Between World War I and World War II light-weight racing cars with engines limited to 1500 cc such as the Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta, the Bugatti Type 13 and the original ERAs were known as voiturettes. In France, in the years after World War II a type of small three-wheeled vehicle voiturette was produced. In 1990s, voiturette became a French classification for a vehicle weighing less than 350 kilograms (770 lb) empty and carrying a load (i.e. passengers) of not more than 200 kilograms (~440 lb). The top speed is limited to 46 km/h (~30 mph) and engine size to 50 cc or 4 kilowatts for an engine of "another t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
