Delaunay-Belleville

See also: Delaunay

Delaunay-Belleville was a French mark of cars of luxury created in 1904 by two brothers, Pierre and Robert Delaunay Belleville.

The object of this old company of boiler making located at Saint-Denis was to build very top-of-the-range vehicles.

The first type H4 was a limousine with engine of 3600 cm ³ to 6 cylinders. The production diversified by the motorization while remaining in the high category. The round radiator of Delaunay-Belleville characterized them perfectly. They were then regarded as the automobile mark most prestigious. The absence of vibrations of the engine made them particularly quiet for the time.

Delaunay-Belleville was the preferred mark of the tsar Nicolas II of Russia. The anarchist Jules Bonnot carried out in 1911, with accomplices, its first steering of bank at the wheel of Delaunay-Belleville. What constitutes the first criminal act at the wheel of a car.

These vehicles were often fitted with body according to the request of the customer by carriage-builders who became later famous like Ieteren, Labourdette and Mulhbacher. After 1919, while preserving an identical type of motorization, the line was modernized. In parallel in 1922 was launched the 12CV P4B with 4 cylinders which approached the high-end of the manufacturer Renault.

In 1931, to dissociate ordinary worldwide production, were launched two large frames with engine Continental of 4 and 4,5 liters. The last Delaunay-Belleville cars of series were a counterpart of the Mercedes-Benz 13CV 230: this RI6 had 4 independent wheels and was produced until 1948 dates to which the factory was yielded to De Rovin for the construction of the carriers of this mark.

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history of Delaunay-Belleville

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