CIME

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1929 CIME A2 (1,202 cc)

C.I.M.E., CIME, La Compagnie Industrielle des Moteurs a Explosion, (Industrial Combustion Engine Company), was a French manufacturer of light proprietary engines, mainly four-cylinder units. CIME also built light automobiles in 1929.

Internal combustion engine engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high-pressure gases produced by combustion applies direct force to some component of the engine. The force is applied typically to pistons, turbine blades, rotor or a nozzle. This force moves the component over a distance, transforming chemical energy into useful mechanical energy.

Inline-four engine Inline piston engine with four cylinders

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a type of inline internal combustion four-cylinder engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft. Where it is inclined, it is sometimes called a slant-four. In a specification chart or when an abbreviation is used, an inline-four engine is listed either as I4 or L4.

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History

The company was established in Fraisses in the Loire department in central France. 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.

Fraisses Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Fraisses is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Loire (department) Department of France

Loire is a department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.

In the administrative divisions of France, the department is one of the three levels of government below the national level, between the administrative regions and the commune. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as regions. Departments are further subdivided into 334 arrondissements, themselves divided into cantons; the last two have no autonomy, and are used for the organisation of police, fire departments, and sometimes, elections.

Engines

In 1922 an 1100 cc C.I.M.E. engine was fitted in the Anglo French Marlborough, which was mostly manufactured by Malicet et Blin in Aubervilliers, Paris. By 1924 it was priced at £175 and was produced until the company closed in 1926. [1]

The Marlborough was a make of car sold on the British market between 1906 and 1926. For most of its life the cars were made by Malicet et Blin in France, but after World War I they were partially assembled (finished) in London and an increasing number of British parts used.

Malicet et Blin

Malicet & Blin (M.A.B.) was a French manufacturer of bicycles, car components, cars and aero engines from 1890 until 1925. They expanded into the motor industry in 1897 and aero engines in 1914. They produced both incomplete and entire cars for the UK market which were badged as Marlborough

Aubervilliers Commune in Île-de-France, France

Aubervilliers is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the Île-de-France region in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albertivillariens or Albertivillariennes.

CIME engines were used by a number of cyclecar and voiturette manufacturers in the inter-war era. Their greatest successes were in E.H.P. cars, notably a fifth place at the 1927 24 Hours of Le Mans with a 1,094 cc four-cylinder. [2] [3]

Cyclecar tiny car designs briefly popular in the 1910s–20s

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.

Voiturette

A voiturette is a miniature automobile.

E.H.P. was a French automobile manufacturer.

CIME built straight-six engines, some of which were installed in the 1926 Amilcar CIME 6 cylinder Special, and the French built Derby voiturette. [4]

Straight-six engine inline piston engine with six cylinders

The straight-six engine or inline-six engine is an internal combustion engine with the cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft.

The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.

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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 Musée Automobile Reims Champagne.

Musée Automobile Reims Champagne,, is a motor museum located in Reims. It was founded in 1985 to house the collection of Philippe Charbonneaux. It houses the fifth largest vehicle collection in France, with 230 cars dating from 1908.

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References

  1. Georgano, N. (1972). Complete Encyclopedia of the Automobile - 1885-1972. London: Ebury.
  2. Rousseau, Jacques; Caron, Jean-Paul (1988). "146". Guide de l'Automobile Française (in French). Paris: Solar. ISBN   2-263-01105-6.
  3. Örnerdal, Stefan (ed.). "5émes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1927". Le Mans Register. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
  4. RitzSite Derby Six L1 - cruiser body - manufactured in 1930