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The Alda was a French
The Alda was a French automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded ...
created by Fernand Charron
Fernand Charron (30 May 1866, in Angers – 13 August 1928, in Maisons-Laffitte) was a French pioneer of motor racing and automobile manufacturing. He started his sporting career as a successful cyclist.
In 1891 he won the French National Stayers ...
of Charron, Girardot et Voigt
Automobiles Charron, Girardot & Voigt SA (trade mark C.G.V.) was a French motor manufacturer founded by the racing cyclists and motorists Fernand Charron, Léonce Girardot and Émile Voigt.
History
They opened one of the first French car d ...
(CGV). It was manufactured between 1912 and 1922. The car had a dashboard radiator and a inline-four engine
A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder Reciprocating engine, piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-f ...
that was claimed to be capable of going "6 to 47 mph in top gear" (9.7–76 km/h). Cars were available with the Henriod rotary valve
A rotary valve (also called rotary-motion valve) is a type of valve in which the rotation of a passage or passages in a transverse plug regulates the flow of liquid or gas through the attached pipes. The common stopcock is the simplest form of ro ...
system; another version featuring six cylinders was also offered. Post-World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
, the four was the only model offered, though it was rebored to .
Name
The name ''ALDA'' was invented by the readers of the magazine '' l'Auto'', an acronym for "Ah - La Délicieuse Automobile!". {{DEFAULTSORT:Alda (Automobile) Vintage vehicles Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Vehicles introduced in 1912