Lacoste & Battmann

1904 Lacoste et Battmann on the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2009.jpg

1907 Lacoste & Battmann

Lacoste & Battmann, Lacoste et Battmann, was a French manufacturer of automobiles, based in Paris, from 1897 until 1913. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Company history

Jacques Lacoste founded the company J. Lacoste et Cie in Paris in 1897 for automobile production. In 1901 the name was changed to Lacoste & Battmann and 1905 in Lacoste & Battmann Ltd.

The company sold limited numbers of finished vehicles under its own name, and via its own marques: Cupelle (1905) and L & B. In addition finished chassis, equipped with Aster, De Dion-Bouton or Mutel engines, ^{[4] [5]} were supplied to competing companies such as : Gamage, Horley Motor & Engineering Co. Ltd (sold as Horley and No Name), Imperial, Jackson, Lacoba, E. H. Lancaster, Napoleon, Regal, Simplicia and Speedwell Motor & Engineering, which completed the chassis and bodywork to offer complete cars under their own names. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Production ended in 1913. ^{[2] [3]}

Vehicles

• 1897: 4 CV (4 hp) quadricycle with electric ignition. ^[3]
• 1903: 6 CV single-cylinder and 12 CV two-cylinder built -in engine from De Dion-Bouton as well as 24 CV four-cylinder engine from Mutel. ^[3]
• 1904: Single cylinder model with a displacement of 700 cm³
• 1905: single-cylinder models, 10 CV two-cylinder with 2000 cm³ displacement and four-cylinder models with 2500 cm³, 3300 cm³ and 4900 cm³ displacement; Engines from Aster and De Dion-Bouton
• 1906: 12/16 CV
• 1907: One-, two- and four-cylinder models from 4.5 CV to 24 CV as well as electric cars
• 1910: Four-cylinder model with a displacement of 1800 cm³, Aster engine

References

1. Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN   978-3-8032-9876-8
2. George Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G–O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN   1-57958-293-1.
3. Nick Georgano: Cars. Complete encyclopedia. 1885 to the present day. Courtille, Paris 1975.
4. "Lacoste et Battmann". Graces Guide. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
5. Mutel advert