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D'Yrsan
Raymond Siran, Cyclecars D'Yrsan was a French manufacturer of automobiles in the cyclecar class.Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Georgano: ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.''Georgano: ''Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.'' The business Raymond Siran de Cavanac, who previously had worked with the Levallois-Perret based automobile manufacturer S. Sandford, founded his own business in 1923 at Asnières-sur-Seine, concentrating on small cyclecar style vehicles under the D’Yrsan name, with three or four wheels. On the three wheelers the single wheel was placed at the back. Production ended in 1930. The cars Three wheels The three wheelers with which the business started loosely resembled the three-wheeler Morgans of the same period. Power for the D’Yrsan "Model A" came from a Ruby 4-cylinder 6 HP side-valve engine of 904cc. At the 19th Paris Motor Show, which took place in October 1924 ahead of the 1925 model yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclecar
A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufactured in Europe and the United States between 1910 and the early 1920s. The purpose of cyclecars was to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle and the car. A key characteristic was that it could only accommodate two passengers sitting tandem style or passenger behind the driver. The demise of cyclecars was due to larger cars – such as the Citroën Type C, Austin 7 and Morris Cowley – becoming more affordable. Small, inexpensive vehicles reappeared after World War II, and were known as microcars. Characteristics Cyclecars were propelled by engines with a single cylinder or V-twin configuration (or occasionally a four cylinder engine), which were often air-cooled. Sometimes motorcycle engines were used, in which case the motorcycle gearbox was also used. All cyclecars were required to have clutches and variable gears. This requirement could be fulfilled by even the simplest devices su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
