Gautier–Wehrlé

Gautier - Wehrlé was a French manufacturer of automobiles.

Company History

The gentlemen Rossel (possibly Édouard Rossel, who later founded Rossel ), Charles Gautier and Wehrlé founded in Paris in 1894, the company Rossel, Gautier et Wehrlé for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Gautier - Wehrlé. 1897 was renamed to Société Centrale. 1900 production ended. Charles Gautier later founded Gautier et Cie.

Rolling stock

First, steam cars were produced, also participated in the 1894 Paris -Rouen race car and 1895 Paris -Bordeaux-Paris. 1897 ended the steam car production.

1896 followed the model 8 CV with a gasoline engine, three-speed gearbox and shaft drive. 1898 was the offer of several single-cylinder models from 5 to 12 CV CV and a model with a two-cylinder engine

In 1898 and electric cars.

Licensing

Linon from Belgium made ​​some models under license.