Hanzer
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Hanzer Frères, Hanzer, was a French manufacturer of automobiles. The Petit-Ivry company of Ivry-sur-Seine began building automobiles in 1899. Production ended in 1903.[1][2][3]
Vehicles
[edit]1899
[edit]In 1899 the first model produced was a tricycle.[1][2][3]
1900
[edit]In 1900 they introduced a voiturette powered by a 3 Hp De Dion-Bouton engine.[1][2][3]
1901
[edit]In 1901 both two and four-seater models were produced with 6 Hp engines from the Parisian builder Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster (Aster).[1][2][3]
1902
[edit]In 1902 the Parisian Durey-Sohy (de: Durey-Sohy) company took over production.[1][2][3] A 1902 vehicle survives in the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum at Halland, East Sussex.[2] It is occasionally used in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
1903
[edit]In 1903 the range consisted of the 5 HP and 6 HP single-cylinder models and the 9 HP two-cylinder model.[1][2][3]
Literature
[edit]- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
- George Nick Georgano (Editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: GO. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
- George Nick Georgano: The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars. 1885 to the Present. Ebury, 1975.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia. United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g George Nick Georgano (Editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: GO. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
- ^ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano: The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars. 1885 to the Present. Ebury, 1975.