Léon Bollée Automobiles

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• Woman Bollée
• Henri Péan
• Mr. Faivre

• William Richard Morris

Automobiles Leon Bollee was a French manufacturer of automobiles.

Company History

Leon Bollee (* 1870, † 1913) founded the company in 1895 in Le Mans and began the production of automobiles. The brand name was Leon Bollee. Darracq was the licensee. After the First World War, the production figures declined. After the death of Leon Bollee 1913, his widow, together with Henri Péan and a Mr Faivre the company. 1925 took over the Morris Motor Company, the company and renamed it in Morris Motors Ltd.. , Usine Leon Bollee. The new brand name was Morris Leon Bollee. 1931 was renewed renamed Société Nouvelle Leon Bollee. The brand name was again Leon Bollee. 1933 production ended.

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Automobiles Leon Bollee (1895-1924)

1895 was the first vehicle in a tricarboxylic that Voiturette was called. The term Voiturette was later used by many manufacturers for small vehicles. For driving various air-cooled single-cylinder engines were of 640 cc, 692 cc, 825 cc and 995 cc for election who performed 2-3 hp. 1899 this model has been discontinued. 1900 was followed by vehicles with four wheels, the water-cooled single-cylinder engines possessed. 1902 supplemented models with four-cylinder engine and chain drive offer. These were the 18/24 CV with 3920 cc displacement, the ³ 24/30 CV at 4500 cm displacement, the 35/45 CV with 7360 cc and 40/50 CV with 8500 cc capacity. From 1908, the engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a propshaft. In 1910, three four-cylinder models from 12 CV with 2380 cc up to 24/30 CV and three six-cylinder models from 18 CV with 3570 cc up to 75 CV with 11940 cc at the Paris Motor Show.

After the First World War, the four-cylinder model type H a six-cylinder model with 3918 cc capacity were with 2612 cc and 1922 in the range. The latter model had four-wheel brakes by Perrot.

Morris Leon Bollee (1925-1931)

The new base model 12 CV, also called MLB, was an English design. Hotchkiss gave the four-cylinder engine with 2402 cc and overhead valve valve control. In addition, a six-cylinder model was on offer. The price of the chassis was 26,000 French francs. In addition, there was a model with an eight-cylinder in-line engine with 3072 cc capacity at a price of 71,300 francs for the chassis. Chassis and engine came from the Wolseley Motor Company.

Société Nouvelle Leon Bollee (1931-1933)

Now just created a model, the EFA. He was equipped with a four -cylinder engine with 1997 cc capacity. This model was also produced as vans and exported to England. The six and eight-cylinder models were also still offered, but found no buyers. They would have traded leftover vehicles that were produced ahead during the Morris -Léon- Bollée era.

Production numbers, if known

1903 created 300 chassis and complete vehicles. In 1908 there were already 500 copies, and from 1911 to 1914 annually about 600 from Morris -Léon Bollée 12 CV in the first three years originated about 1250 copies, from the six-cylinder model only 25 and the eight-cylinder model only 6