C.I.M.E., CIME, La Compagnie Industrielle des Moteurs Explosion, (''Industrial Combustion Engine Company''), was a French manufacturer of light proprietary engines, mainly

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units. CIME also built light automobiles in 1929.

History

The company was established in Fraisses in the

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department in central

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. ''Cime'' branded engines were first produced in the 1920s for third party car manufacturers. In 1929 they also began producing automobiles, but only about 20 vehicles were produced. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

Engines

In 1922 an 1100 cc C.I.M.E. engine was fitted in the Anglo French

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, which was mostly manufactured by

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, Paris. By 1924 it was priced at £175 and was produced until the company closed in 1926. CIME engines were used by a number of

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and ''

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'' manufacturers in the inter-war era. Their greatest successes were in E.H.P. cars, notably a fifth place at the

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with a 1,094 cc four-cylinder. CIME built

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s, some of which were installed in the 1926

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CIME 6 cylinder Special, and the French built

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Cars

In 1929 they also began producing automobiles, but only about 20 vehicles were produced. The only model was the ''A2'', a small sports car which used a 1203 cc four-cylinder engine. A surviving specimen vehicle is displayed at the

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References

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